The Royal College of Psychiatrists Podcast
Sep 4, 2026 · 26 min · 6 segments
In this special episode, Dr Leah B. Henen leads a gentle guided meditation designed to help you reconnect with your body and find a sense of containment, even in the middle of a hectic day. Through…
Containment meditation.
This is a short meditation That offers a space for you to find your container again.
What I mean by this is to come back into your body as best as you can.
Your body being the container of you.
It might be for those who have had a busy day where you have gone from one meeting to another, jumping without a break from one intense interaction to the next and finding That you come out of those in a state where things are sped up.
That your body, if it's available to you, seems to be buzzing.
That there may be a slight discomfort.
Maybe your mind is just reeling with lists, interactions and things that need to be done.
But everything feels a little bit faster.
You may struggle to settle.
You may want another cup of tea or coffee.
It may feel like you just have so much to do.
It isn't, it is time to come back to feeling your containment, your container to allow you to maybe find a little space to slow down.
If you have arrived at this meditation, then maybe you are aware that somewhere your body boundaries have been broken or have been removed.
It might feel even painful to stop and to come into your space that is your body.
I would suggest that And it is normal that high levels of interactions, meetings, screens overrides your own sense of interoception.
And you may have ignored or not been able to action the needs of your body.
The subtle engagement of your body trying to tell you what it needs.
It might have just needed a shift in the chair.
It might have needed a movement of the shoulders, the fingers a stretch, or maybe even feeling cold.
It might even come into your mind that you have ridden, overridden your need to empty your bladder.
Not unusual.
But this just shows that somewhere in your day and in your interactions, your ability to act upon your needs within your container has been overridden and even broken.
If any of this resonates, or if it doesn't, but you still are curious, why don't we just start? As always, my name is Dr.
Leah B. Heenan.
Containment meditation.
This is a short meditation That offers a space for you to find your container again.
What I mean by this is to come back into your body as best as you can.
Your body being the container of you.
It might be for those who have had a busy day where you have gone from one meeting to another, jumping without a break from one intense interaction to the next and finding That you come out of those in a state where things are sped up.
That your body, if it's available to you, seems to be buzzing.
That there may be a slight discomfort.
Maybe your mind is just reeling with lists, interactions and things that need to be done.
But everything feels a little bit faster.
You may struggle to settle.
You may want another cup of tea or coffee.
It may feel like you just have so much to do.
It isn't, it is time to come back to feeling your containment, your container to allow you to maybe find a little space to slow down.
If you have arrived at this meditation, then maybe you are aware that somewhere your body boundaries have been broken or have been removed.
It might feel even painful to stop and to come into your space that is your body.
I would suggest that And it is normal that high levels of interactions, meetings, screens overrides your own sense of interoception.
And you may have ignored or not been able to action the needs of your body.
The subtle engagement of your body trying to tell you what it needs.
It might have just needed a shift in the chair.
It might have needed a movement of the shoulders, the fingers a stretch, or maybe even feeling cold.
It might even come into your mind that you have ridden, overridden your need to empty your bladder.
Not unusual.
But this just shows that somewhere in your day and in your interactions, your ability to act upon your needs within your container has been overridden and even broken.
If any of this resonates, or if it doesn't, but you still are curious, why don't we just start? As always, my name is Dr.
Leah B. Heenan.
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