Close your eyes and take a slow breath in through your nose.
Exhale gently through your mouth.
Let your breath guide you back into yourself.
With each inhale,
Your body opens a little more.
With each exhale,
You let go of a little more noise.
Now imagine a soft light at the center of your chest.
Warm and steady,
Like morning sunlight behind your ribs.
With every breath you take,
This light expands.
Travels through your shoulders,
Down your arms,
To your hands.
Each part softening,
Loosening,
Unwinding.
Then,
The light flows upward,
Through your throat,
Your face,
The space behind your eyes.
A wave of calm moving through you.
Now imagine yourself standing in a quiet open space.
The air is soft,
The world feels wide and still.
Maybe you see light moving over water,
Or trees swaying in a slow rhythm.
Whatever comes to you is right.
Here,
You notice there is no rush,
No need to fix or force.
Only your breath.
Only stillness.
Let your thoughts float by,
Like clouds in a bright sky.
You don't need to chase them,
You simply watch them move and fade.
Now place one hand over your chest and one over your belly.
Feel the rise and the fall.
This is your rhythm,
Your calm and your truth.
You are safe here.
You are whole here.
And you can always return here,
To this place within.
Take one more deep breath in,
And exhale fully,
Let go.
When you're ready,
Slowly open your eyes,
Carry the stillness with you,
Like light quietly resting beneath everything you do.