Relaxing down,
Three lines.
In this practice,
We immerse in a felt sense of ease and flow,
Feeling the sensations of warm,
Soothing liquid light flowing down through our arms and legs,
Down through our spine,
Out through our whole body,
And through the whole universal field within which we live.
This is a wonderful practice for relaxing deeply and living with a greater sense of ease and flow in life.
To begin,
Sit comfortably upright with the soles of your feet firmly on the ground.
Rest your hands,
Palms down,
On your thighs.
Lightly close your eyes.
Take a moment to check in inside and notice how you feel.
If you could sum up your feeling in a word,
Phrase,
Or an image,
What would this be?
Call to mind an intention for your practice.
Why is this important to you?
Now let's begin by settling into relaxed embodied presence through a series of posture cues.
First,
Feel down into the sensation of contact of the soles of your feet on the ground.
Allow your feet and your toes to soften and relax as if they are melting deep down into the earth.
Focus into your palms and fingers resting down on your legs.
Allow your palms and fingers to soften and relax as if they are melting down into your legs.
As your hands relax,
Allow your arms and shoulders to relax down,
Releasing any tension in your shoulders,
Neck,
And your head.
Imagine and feel as if a string is attached to the top of your head,
Drawing your spine gently upright like a string of luminous pearls.
Feel your spine gently stretched from your perineum and tailbone right up through the top of your head.
Tuck your chin just slightly,
Gently lengthening the back of your neck.
Lightly close your lips and breathe in and out through your nose.
Rest your tongue up on the roof of your mouth,
With the tip of your tongue touching the gum line behind your upper front teeth.
Soften and relax your tongue here.
Now focus into your right shoulder and allow a feeling of warm soothing liquid light to fill your right shoulder and allow that feeling to flow down into your upper right arm very slowly.
Feel that warm soothing liquid light flowing down into your upper arm,
Very slowly flowing down through your right elbow,
Slowly filling your right forearm,
Flowing through your right wrist,
Into the palm of your right hand,
And out through your fingers.
Feel your right arm as a whole,
Filled with warm soothing liquid light,
And completely relaxed.
Now focus into your right hip.
First feel the sensations of contact with the seat underneath you and allow that feeling of warm soothing liquid light to fill your right hip,
And follow that feeling like a warm liquid flowing into your right thigh,
Filling your right thigh,
Flowing through your right knee,
Down through your shin and calf,
Down through your right ankle,
Your right heel,
Through the arch of your right foot,
The ball of your foot,
And out through your toes.
Feel your right leg as a whole,
From your hip through your toes,
Filled with warm soothing liquid light,
And completely relaxed.
Now compare your right side with the left side and feel the difference.
Your right side might feel more present,
Warmer,
More full.
Now focus into your left shoulder,
And allow a feeling of warm soothing liquid light to fill your left shoulder,
And follow this feeling as it slowly flows down,
Filling your left upper arm,
Through your left elbow,
Into your left forearm,
Flowing through your left wrist,
Into the palm of your left hand,
And out through your fingers.
Feel your left arm as a whole,
From your shoulder through your fingers,
Filled with warm soothing liquid light,
And completely relaxed.
Now focus into your left hip,
First feeling the sensations of contact with the seat underneath you.
Allow the feeling of warm soothing liquid light to fill your left hip,
And flow forward into your left thigh,
Slowly filling your left thigh,
Flowing through your left knee,
Down through your and calf,
Down through your left ankle,
Your left heel,
Through the arch of your left foot,
The ball of your foot,
And out through your toes.
Feel your left leg as a whole,
From your hip through your toes,
Filled with warm soothing liquid light,
And completely relaxed.
Now feel both sides at once,
Both arms and both legs,
And allow the energy to balance in both sides of your body.
And now cup your hands in your lap,
With the tips of your thumbs touching lightly,
And feel the energy in the center of your body.
And now focus to the top of your head.
Imagine a warm,
Slow-moving waterfall,
Flowing down on the top of your head,
Flowing down the back of your head,
Flowing down the back of your neck,
Down between your shoulder blades,
Down through your lower back,
Down through your sacrum and the tip of your tailbone,
Down into your seat,
And down into the earth.
See if you can feel that whole waterfall at once,
Flowing down from the top of your head,
Down your spine,
And down into the earth,
Relaxing,
Releasing any tension along your spine,
Allowing it to wash down into the earth.
Now allow that warm,
Soothing liquid light to flow out through your whole body,
Filling every cell with a felt sense of ease,
Relaxation,
And flow.
Feel that sensation of warm,
Soothing liquid light flowing out through the pores of your skin,
Out through the space all around you.
Feel as if the walls of your room dissolve,
And that warm,
Soothing liquid light flows out infinitely in front of you.
Feel it flowing out infinitely behind you.
Feel it flowing out infinitely to the left,
And infinitely to the right.
Feel that warm,
Soothing liquid light infinitely above you,
And infinitely below you.
You are floating in an infinite sea of pure positive energy,
Floating in this infinite sea of pure positive energy,
This infinite sea of warm,
Soothing liquid light.
And now feel the space of your body within this infinite sea of warm,
Soothing energy.
Really soak it in,
Absorb it deeply,
Let it saturate every cell.
Now maintaining this felt sense of deep ease and flow,
Very slowly begin to open your eyes and take in the feeling of the space all around you,
Together with the space inside,
As one space of ease and flow.
Take this feeling with you into your life.