Brainstorm a list of associated terms or concepts that are similar to or remind you of the abstract idea you seek to embody. For example, for an abstract principle like freedom, you might list similar concepts such as liberty and rights and reminiscent terms such as open or unbound.
Organize your list of associated terms and concepts into abstract and embodied terms. For example, you might separate a list of concepts related to the term "moral" into abstract terms such as good and just and embodied or physical terms such as help and gift.
Add more embodied or physical terms to your list, this time drawing associations between terms already on your list, not just the abstract concept you wish to embody. For example, you might associate the terms "smiling" and "donations" with help, and "present" and "party" with "gift."
Practice performing each of the embodied or physical terms on your final list. Some, such as Benjamin Franklin, chose to focus on one such performance every week, until he felt he had mastered all the embodied behaviors of a certain principle. For example, in trying to embody temperance, Franklin gave up drinking in excess one week, then eating in excess the next week, then drinking altogether the week after, and so on.
Reflect upon your performance of each embodied or physical term. Ask yourself, "Is doing X making me more Y?" where X stands for the embodied term, and Y for the abstract idea you wish to embody. For example, you might attempt to answer if smiling more was making you a more moral person.
Amend and add to your list of embodied or physical concepts that connect to the abstract idea you wish to embody.