Welcome,
I'm so glad you're here.
Tonight there is nowhere you need to go,
Nothing you need to solve and nothing you need to hold together.
This is a night for rest,
For deep healing and for allowing your body and energy to do what they already know how to do.
You don't have to try to sleep,
Because sleep will come to you.
Now just let your eyes gently close,
Just enough to rest.
Notice the weight of your body being held by the bed beneath you,
Supported,
Cradled,
Safe.
Let your jaw loosen,
The tongue is resting gently in your mouth and your shoulders are melting down and away from your ears.
There is no effort here,
Only permission.
If thoughts pass through,
You don't need to follow them,
They can drift by,
Like clouds moving across a night sky.
Each moment your body is settling more deeply,
More comfortably into rest.
Now we'll move into a gentle breathing pattern that doesn't require any counting or control.
It's a breath that will help to soothe your nervous system by following a natural wave.
So just visualize your breath moving like a gentle tide.
As you inhale,
The breath is rising slowly like water coming up a quiet shore and as you exhale,
Your breath recedes longer,
Slower,
Pulling tension back with it.
A soft pause at the top and an even softer pause at the bottom.
So nothing is forced,
Nothing is held,
Just the feeling of being gently breathed.
Inhale,
Your breath is rising slowly and with each exhale,
The breath is flowing down out of your chest,
Through your belly,
Your hips,
Your legs and it's dissolving into the earth below you.
You may notice your breathing is becoming quieter,
Shallower,
Slower and that's perfect and if your breath changes on its own,
Just let it.
Your body knows exactly how to guide you toward sleep.
So once more just breathe in,
Your breath rising slowly like water coming up the shore and as you exhale,
Your breath recedes longer,
Slower and pulling tension or stress back into the sea with it.
Your body knows exactly how to guide you toward sleep.
Just resume your natural breathing pattern now and just see yourself standing at the top of a wide,
Gentle staircase.
These steps are not solid stone,
But they are made of softness,
Almost like light or warm air.
So there's no effort in stepping down.
Each step will receive you and as I count,
Just see yourself stepping down each step and just simply feel yourself sinking deeper.
10.
Your body is already heavy and calm.
9.
Your muscles release without instruction.
8.
Your mind is becoming quieter,
Less interested in thinking.
7.
Your awareness is turning inward.
6.
Your breath is slow,
Natural,
Easy.
5.
You're halfway now,
Floating more than stepping.
4.
Feel your nervous system settling into deep safety.
3.
You see healing happening beneath awareness.
2.
You're almost there,
You're so deeply relaxed right now.
And 1.
Resting fully now,
Supported,
Held,
Safe.
Now you see yourself gently floating,
Not in water,
Not in air,
But in a warm,
Intelligent current of energy.
This current,
It knows you,
It knows exactly where to flow.
You don't need to visualize clearly,
You don't need to focus,
Just the sense of being carried.
This beautiful healing current moves slowly through and around your body.
It's like a soft cocoon of healing light.
It adjusts itself to what you need most tonight.
Where your body needs rest,
It brings rest.
Where your nervous system needs reassurance,
This healing light brings calm.
And where your energy feels depleted,
This beautiful healing light,
It restores.
Quietly,
Gently.
There is no fixing here,
It's only remembering balance.
Now feel this healing current moving around your head.
It's soothing your mind,
Softening any thoughts.
Now see this beautiful healing light moving first around your head.
It's soothing your mind,
Softening thoughts.
Now you see it flowing down through your neck,
Your shoulders,
Your arms,
All the way to your fingertips.
It's healing.
Now through your chest and heart space,
It's unwinding,
Old holding,
Old effort.
Down now into your belly,
Your vital organs.
See it floating into your hips,
Your legs and feet and toes.
Now you see your whole body is floating in this gentle field of healing.
Reiki energy is flowing effortlessly now,
Without direction,
Without intention,
Without words,
Just presence,
Just harmony.
Now you see this gentle current of healing energy is slowly carrying you forward.
There is no destination,
No place to arrive,
Only movement,
The soft,
Steady and kind movement.
You may sense this current as warmth or light or simply a feeling of being supported,
Cared for.
It flows around your body now,
Like a cocoon of safety,
Adjusting itself perfectly for you.
And as you float,
The current subtly changes its rhythm.
It's slowing even more now,
Inviting every system in your body to follow.
So your muscles,
They respond fast,
Loosening without effort,
As if they've been waiting for permission to let go.
Your face is softening,
The space behind your eyes are growing calm.
Your jaw relaxes,
Your tongue is heavy,
Your throat is open and easy.
Nothing to hold here,
Nothing to manage.
Now this current gently moves its attention throughout your body.
Not fixing,
Not correcting,
But simply restoring balance and calm.
It's drifting back through your head and your brain,
Smoothing thought,
Allowing your mind to rest in spaciousness.
Your thoughts are slowing now,
Spacing out or dissolving altogether.
And if they appear,
They pass just as easily.
This healing current is continuing downward,
Back through your neck and shoulders,
Areas that often carry old effort,
Old responsibility.
Feel the energy lingering here.
It's softening even further,
Unwinding,
Releasing layers that you no longer need.
And you don't have to remember what they were.
It's just the feeling of ease spreading through your body,
Your muscles,
Your nerves,
All of your systems.
And now this current is flowing through your arms and elbows and wrists,
And all the way back to your fingertips.
Hands that no longer need to do,
To hold or to reach,
But resting fully now.
Now as this beautiful healing energy moves into your chest and heart space,
It becomes especially gentle.
Because here the current works quietly,
Respectfully,
It's easing any emotional weight,
Softening old protections and bringing a wonderful sense of safety and trust.
You may feel warmth here or spaciousness,
And whatever you feel,
All of it is perfect.
Now this healing current is drifting into your belly,
Into your lower back,
Your hips.
And these are areas deeply connected to your survival,
To safety,
To rest.
Here the healing energy becomes really grounding,
Anchoring,
And so deeply reassuring.
Your nervous system is recognizing this signal.
It knows it is safe to sleep now,
Very safe.
Now this healing gentle energy is flowing down through your thighs,
Through your knees and calves,
Ankles,
All the way to the soles of your feet.
Any remaining tension is gently carried away by this current.
Now you are floating,
Supported,
Whole.
Now see this healing field becoming slightly dimmer now,
Softer.
As if night itself is wrapping around you,
The current is slowing further till it's almost still.
It's holding you in perfect suspension.
Reiki energy continues to flow effortless,
Intelligent,
Quiet.
Working beyond awareness now,
Beyond thought,
Beyond time,
There is nothing you need to stay awake for.
Sleep can come at any moment,
Even now.
And as awareness fades,
The healing continues,
Deeper and deeper and deeper and deeper.
Notice how the sense of floating is becoming more diffuse.
It's less defined,
As if the edges of your body are no longer so clear.
You may still sense the bed beneath you,
Or you may not,
But there is no need to check.
The healing current,
It's continuing.
But it no longer moves,
It simply is.
It's simply holding you in a state of deep permission.
Your breath continues,
Quietly,
Naturally.
You don't need to follow it,
It is just happening all on its own.
And with each breath,
Awareness becomes softer.
Thoughts appear less solid,
Less interesting,
As if they are happening very far away.
Now that the gentle current begins to slow even further,
Almost like time itself is stretching,
The moments lengthen,
Silence expands.
There is nothing pulling you back into waking awareness.
Nothing asking for attention.
Just this,
It's deep,
Comfortable,
Drifting.
If there is any part of you that is still listening,
Or still aware,
You don't need to let it go.
It will fade on its own.
There is no effort required,
Because sleep arrives when it is ready.
And it is very close now.
The healing energy will continue its work,
Without language,
Without imagery.
It doesn't need your awareness,
It doesn't need your belief.
It simply flows.
It's restoring balance,
Repairing gently,
And realigning naturally.
It's deeper than your mind.
Now the sense of floating begins to feel heavier,
Slower,
As if you are sinking,
Not downward,
But inward,
Into a deep inner stillness.
There is a place beneath thoughts,
Beneath memory,
Beneath identity.
You don't need to know this place,
Your body remembers it.
Here there is no effort,
No story,
No need to listen,
Only rest,
Only sleep.
Words are becoming less important now,
Meaning softens,
The spaces between sounds become wider,
And sleep,
Very gently,
Is taking over.
Nothing more is needed,
Nothing more is happening,
Only deep,
Healing sleep.
And floating here,
With the current barely moving now,
It is safe enough for you to rest,
For you to drift into deep sleep.
Breath is happening quietly,
Sleep is coming naturally,
And there's no need to stay awake now.
Healing is continuing beneath awareness,
And the body is remembering balance.
So drift now,
Deeper,
Now,
Deeper,
Deeper,
Sleep is holding you.
You don't need to stay awake for this,
You don't need to listen.
Even if your mind drifts,
Even if you fall asleep,
The healing continues.
Your body understands this language,
Each sound,
Each pause,
Each moment of silence,
It is guiding you deeper,
Deeper into deep,
Peaceful sleep.
Nothing more is required of you tonight,
And when sleep comes,
Just let it take you.
If awareness lingers,
That's fine too.
Either way,
You are resting,
You are safe,
You are held,
And you are deeply supported and loved.
Now the words will soften,
The space will widen,
As the music gently carries you into deeper,
And deeper,
And deeper sleep.
