Hello and welcome.
I'm Kate.
I'm really glad you've taken this time for yourself today.
This is a space where nothing is required of you.
Nowhere to get to,
Nothing to achieve,
Just a chance to pause and reconnect with your body.
You might like to gently close your eyes or soften your gaze and just begin by noticing your breath.
No need to change it,
Just noticing it.
The natural rhythm of breathing in and breathing out.
And as you sit here you might begin to notice that the body is always responding to your experiences,
Your thoughts,
Your environment.
Sometimes holding on just in case it needs to protect you and over time that can show up as tension.
Tight shoulders,
A clenched jaw,
A heaviness in the chest or stomach.
Not because anything is wrong but because your system has been trying to help.
So today we're not forcing anything to change.
We're simply allowing the body to realize it might not need to hold on quite so tightly right now.
Bringing your attention now to the top of your head and slowly,
Gently beginning to scan down through the body.
Noticing your forehead,
Your eyes,
Your jaw and just becoming aware.
Is there any tightness here?
And if there is,
You might imagine softening just a little.
Not all at once,
Just enough.
Moving down now to your neck,
Your shoulders,
A place many people carry tension.
And as you breathe in you might imagine creating a little space there.
And as you breathe out allowing the shoulders to drop even just a fraction.
And you may notice that as the body begins to let go even slightly the mind often follows.
Now bringing your awareness to your chest,
Noticing the movement of your breath and if it feels right allowing that breath to deepen just slightly.
Not forced,
Just a gentle invitation.
And as you breathe out you might imagine releasing something.
Not needing to name it,
Just letting the body do what it already knows how to do.
Down now to your stomach,
A place that often holds emotion and just noticing without judgment,
Without needing to fix anything.
And you might find it helpful to imagine that with each breath out there is a soft unwinding happening,
Like a knot loosening in its own time.
And if your mind wanders that's completely okay.
Just gently bringing it back to the body,
Back to the breath.
Now becoming aware of your arms,
Your hands,
Noticing any tension you might be holding there and allowing the fingers to soften.
And down to your legs,
Your hips,
Your thighs,
Your calves,
Your feet.
Letting the whole body be supported,
Held and just for a moment allowing yourself to sit in this feeling of a little more space,
A little more softness.
And you might begin to notice that tension doesn't always need to be pushed away.
Sometimes when it's noticed and given space it begins to release naturally.
And something else you may begin to realize is that each time you return to a moment like this,
Even briefly,
You're gently teaching your body what it feels like to let go.
Because the body learns through repetition,
Through these small consistent experiences of safety,
Of softening.
And over time you may find it becomes easier for your breath to deepen,
For your shoulders to drop,
For your system to settle.
Sometimes without you even needing to think about it.
So you might come back to this in your own way,
In your own time,
Knowing that each time you do you're supporting your body to feel a little lighter,
A little calmer,
A little more at ease.
And when you're ready you can begin to bring some awareness back to the space around you.
Noticing any sounds,
The feeling of where you are and gently in your own time opening your eyes.
And just taking a moment to notice how you feel.
Thank you for taking this time for yourself.
I'll see you again soon.
