Hello and welcome.
Well done on taking this time out for yourself to reset,
To recalibrate.
Choosing a place where you'd like to practice that can be seated or laying down wherever feels comfortable for you today.
There's nothing to get right or accomplish.
Let's settle in together.
Can you notice the parts of your body in contact with the surface beneath you?
That could be feeling your feet on the floor,
The ground beneath your feet.
It could be feeling the chair,
The couch,
Whatever it is you're seated on.
Letting your body relax into the support that's underneath you.
Feeling the earth,
The ground receive your weight,
Invite your weight to soften and release.
Bringing your attention to the feeling of your breath.
Perhaps noticing the rise and the fall of your belly or your chest as you inhale and as you exhale.
No need to make the breath any different than just as it is.
Inviting you to soften your shoulders,
Letting the shoulders grow heavy and drop down your back,
Even if it's just a fraction.
Inviting in a softness into your shoulders.
Roll your neck from side to side,
Bringing a little fluidity into your spine.
Checking in with your facial features.
Can you encourage your brow to soften and melt?
Releasing out through your jaw,
Letting your tongue drop from the roof of your mouth.
Imagining any tension or stress or worry that has accumulated in your day.
Begin to release.
Tuning in to the ground,
The support beneath you.
Let's take one last full,
Expansive breath.
Sending your breath deep down into your belly and exhale slowly through your mouth.
Beginning to open and close through your hands,
Stretching your fingers out long,
Letting them gently curl back in.
It might feel nice to invite some gentle swaying or rocking into your torso,
Waving your spinal column.
Whenever you feel ready to return to your day,
Carrying this sense of presence,
Of grounding and of ease with you.
Let's practice together again really soon.
