Welcome.
You've arrived at the end of the day.
However this day unfolded,
You're here now.
Take a moment to feel where your body is supported.
The surface beneath you.
The steadiness that holds you without asking anything in return.
Let your attention rest there.
Just resting.
Just being held.
Just being held.
Notice the rhythm of your breathing.
In and out.
Allow these breaths to pass naturally.
Breath moving on its own.
Nothing to guide.
As evening settles,
Many things begin to loosen on their own.
The body knows this rhythm.
Bring awareness gently inward.
Not to think.
Not to review.
Just to be present.
We close with a Hebrew word.
A sacred word.
Menucha.
Menucha means rest.
A settling into ease.
If you like,
Whisper it softly or within.
Menucha.
Let the sound of the word move through the body.
Let it land where it lands.
You are being held here.
Bring awareness to your feet.
Feel their quiet weight.
They've carried enough for today.
Bring awareness to your hands.
Let them rest easily.
Their doing can be done for now.
Bring awareness to your belly.
The place we're holding often gathers.
Let it soften and let it rest.
Feel the back of your body.
The part you don't see.
The part that leans without effort.
You are supported here.
You don't have to hold yourself up.
Alignment continues even when nothing is happening.
Nothing is being tended.
And trust unfolds when space is allowed.
Let me repeat that.
Alignment continues even when nothing is being tended.
Trust unfolds when space is allowed.
Let the day gently recede from the edges of awareness.
Not disappearing.
Just completing.
Feel what remains when effort loosens.
When it feels natural,
Quietly say,
I am aligned enough for tonight.
Let that be enough.
Take one easy breath in and out.
Take one easy breath in and out.
Carry this sense of ease into the rest of your evening.
With softness.
With quiet trust.
With sacred vitality.