Self-Love Body Scan Meditation
How to Create a Loving Relationship With Yourself
Authentic self-love doesn’t tend to arrive in a single moment of clarity.
It’s not a mood we wait to feel or a reward we earn for getting everything “right.”
And it’s certainly not the polished image of positivity we so often see online.
Instead, self-love is something we gradually learn to offer ourselves - gently, consistently, and imperfectly. It’s a tender inner presence that’s built over time, shaped by how we show up for ourselves in the quiet spaces of our daily lives.
It sounds like: I see you. I care.
Even when we’re tired.
Even when doubt is loud.
Even when old habits try to pull us away from our own tenderness.
Self-Love Is a Relationship We Grow Over Time
The truth is, self-love rarely arrives all at once.
It’s not something we accomplish and then never have to think about again.
It’s something we return to - again and again - through presence, through practice, through patience.
Every time we pause and listen inward…
Every time we choose to stay near our own experience, especially when it’s uncomfortable…
Every time we honor the truth of our feelings, needs, and longings with care…
We’re tending to something sacred.
And over time, those quiet moments of attunement begin to add up.
They become the foundation of an inner relationship we can trust - one where we feel less alone in our bodies and more anchored in our own presence.
A relationship where we can finally exhale.
Where we feel held.
Where we know, not just in theory, but in our bones: I am here for me.
Side note: If you’d like a deeper understanding of how to actually cultivate this kind of steady, loving inner relationship, I invite you to listen to last week’s episode: “Meditation for Secure Attachment with Yourself (Because Self-Love Isn’t a Feeling. It’s a Relationship).”
In that episode, I share a research-backed framework rooted in developmental psychology and somatic healing that shows exactly how we begin to re-pattern the way we relate to ourselves. You’ll learn how the four-step attachment cycle—used to create secure bonds in childhood—can be adapted into a powerful process for building secure attachment with yourself. Even if you didn’t grow up with consistent emotional attunement, your body can still learn what it feels like to be seen, supported, and deeply loved from within.
Self-Love Body Scan Meditation
This week’s Self-Love Body Scan Meditation is a regulating and soothing journey to connect more deeply with an authentic sense of self-love deep within.
It’s a soft, somatic practice designed to help you come home to yourself and tap into something real and loving within.
We begin with soothing breathwork to calm and regulate your nervous system. From there, you’ll be guided through a series of iffirmations - open-ended, curiosity-based prompts that invite a more loving inner dialogue. Then, through a slow and spacious body scan, we practice connecting to the body with kindness and care.
This is all about creating the conditions where love can naturally arise within (because you’ve made room for it in your awareness, your breath, and your body).
Listen to the Self-Love Body Scan Meditation now!
Episode timing:
00:00 - How to Cultivate Authentic Self-Love
04:40 - Self-Love Body Scan Meditation: Regulating Breathing to Drop In
09:41 - Self-Love Body Scan Meditation: Iffirmations For Authentic Self-Love
16:51 - Self-Love Body Scan Meditation: Feeling Authentic Self-Love in Your Body
24:28 - Self-Love Body Scan Meditation: Rotation of Consciousness
38:27 - Conclusion
🐠 Somatic Self-Love Retreat in Costa Rica 🐠
Join me in Costa Rica this winter for a deeply restorative Somatic Self-Love Retreat - a gentle, immersive experience designed to help you reconnect with your body, soften old self-protection, and return to your truest self.
Through daily somatic practices, heart-opening workshops, and healing time in nature, you'll learn how to cultivate embodied self-love from the inside out.
We’ll snorkel in turquoise waters, hike through sun-dappled forests, and go on an ocean safari in search of dolphins and whales. This retreat is a sacred pause - a nervous system reset and a return to the parts of you that are ready to feel alive again.
Space is limited! ✨
Iffirmations for Authentic Self-Love:
I wonder what it would be like to experience more self-love.
I wonder who I could become if I learned to love and accept myself as I am.
What if I can soften my heart to myself today?
What would it be like to consistently treat myself with more warmth and kindness?
What would it feel like to look at myself through a more loving lens?
What if it’s safe for me to see the good in myself?
What if nothing in me needs to be “fixed” in order to be worthy of love?
What if I could feel more appreciation for the beauty within me?
What if I could feel more compassion for the struggle within me?
What if all parts of me belong, right here and right now?
What if all parts of me belong, right here and right now, even the ones that feel unlovable?
What if there’s a quiet part within me that never forgot my true worth?
What if there’s a quiet part within me that knows how to love?
What would it be like to look beneath the stories of self-judgment and connect more with that part of me?
What if it’s safe for me to slow down and show myself the warmth and kindness I truly deserve?
How did that Self-Love Body Scan Meditation feel to you?
How did things shift within you as you did it? How do you feel now?
Please let me know in the comments!
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