Let your body settle into whatever is supporting you.
If you're lying down,
Feel the weight of your body slowly sinking.
If you are seated,
Feel your feet connecting with the ground beneath you.
If your mind wanders,
Simply come back to the breath.
If thoughts begin to arise,
Let them pass like clouds across a wide,
Open sky.
No need to follow them.
No need to hold onto them.
Simply open to receiving Reiki now.
Take a slow breath in through the nose,
And release it softly through the mouth.
Again,
But this time extend the exhale.
Breathing out further and longer,
Repeat.
Feel your body begin to respond.
Your shoulders gently relaxing.
Your jaw softening.
Your breath slowing down.
The sands are never still for long,
Forever shifting and reshaping with the wind.
And yet,
Beneath that movement,
There is something constant.
Something deeply steady.
Let your breath guide you there now.
To the part of you that doesn't rush,
Doesn't strive,
That simply is.
If it feels natural,
Place a hand over your heart.
And just notice how you are feeling in this moment.
Notice your breath.
Notice your body.
Notice without trying to change anything.
Allow your awareness to begin to flow through you,
Slowly guiding it through the body.
By bringing your focus to the top of your head,
Your forehead,
The space around the eyes,
Your mouth relaxing.
Notice as you begin to melt and unwind,
Moving down to your neck and shoulders,
Allowing them to drop further,
Releasing anything they've been holding.
Down into the chest,
Feeling the natural rhythm of your breath.
Your heart beating steadily beneath your hand.
Down into the belly,
Softening here.
Down through the hips,
The legs,
All the way to the soles of your feet.
Feel the connection beneath you.
Imagine that from wherever your body meets the earth below,
Gentle roots begin to extend downward,
Steady,
Quiet,
Supportive.
You are held,
You are anchored,
You are protected.
Allow your breath to deepen.
Inhale and exhale,
Letting go.
With each breath,
Your system unwinds a little more,
Like soft waves smoothing the shore within you.
Reiki flows here,
Through spaces that feel tense,
Through thoughts that have been circling,
A gentle rebalancing,
A quiet return.
Notice the unwinding,
The slowing.
Space beginning to open where there was once tension.
Rest in this place of safety within yourself.
A place where your body can let go and your system can gently return to balance.
Feel the sense of ease,
Of grounding,
Of calm.
Notice any subtle shift,
A sense of warmth,
A gentle heaviness,
A deep wave of peace.
Small signs that something within you is settling.
Imagine your nervous system like sand carried by the wind.
Soft,
Lifting,
Swirling,
Unsettled.
And now,
With each breath,
This movement begins to ease,
The grains gently finding their place again.
Returning to quiet stillness.
Your body knows this rhythm.
It is safe for you to follow.
This is how your system returns to balance.
Through moments of calm.
Through coming back to yourself.
Through steady awareness.
Rest here for a while.
Breathe.
From this place of quiet presence,
Your inner peace begins to ripple outward.
Softly.
Effortlessly.
Carried beyond you.
Out into the space around you.
And out into the world beyond.
Know that you can return to this space at any time.
Through your breath.
Through settling back into your body.
Begin to slowly bring awareness back.
To the space around you.
The surface beneath you.
Invite a little movement into your body.
Take one more steady breath in.
And release.
Slowly.
Slowly.
In your own time.
Open your eyes.
Acknowledge this time you have given yourself.
A simple return.
A quiet act of care.
And as you come back.
Know this calm.
This peace stays with you.
Like the sands beneath.
Steady.
Constant.
And always there to come back to.
Stay here.
