As you lie here,
You might want to notice the weight of the blankets or perhaps you notice the space between the blankets and your skin.
It doesn't matter which you notice first,
In fact you can wonder if your left hand is more relaxed than your right or if the relaxation is simply moving from your shoulders down through your breath.
To do,
Even the effort of listening to my voice can become a background sound like the hum of a distant city or the rhythm of a sea you've only ever seen in your dreams.
Your eyes are closed but your mind can begin to see the colour of rest.
Imagine a staircase of 10 steps.
As I count,
You might find that you forget to count along with me or you might find the numbers becoming soft.
You may feel your breath breathing you,
Rather 8,
Every muscle in your jaw is becoming like heavy liquid.
7.
Is the floor rising to meet you or are you sinking to meet the floor?
It's a comfortable question with no need for an answer.
6.
Is the space deepening?
If a thought enters your mind,
Notice its shape,
Then notice the space around its shape until only the shape remains.
The numbers are drifting away now in a windless room.
And in that house is a room and in that room is a person dreaming of a forest.
And as the person in the dream walks through the woods,
They find a house.
Your mind can stay awake to listen while your body goes to sleep or your body can stay awake to breathe while your mind goes to sleep.
It doesn't matter which part of you drifts off first,
Because the other part will soon follow.
The rhythm of the music is the rhythm of your heartbeat,
And your heartbeat is the rhythm of the tide,
The shore,
The deep dark.
There is no you left.
