You might choose to sit with your feet firmly planted on the floor,
Or lie down on a surface that is firm.
And when you are ready,
Close your eyes and let yourself turn inward.
Take in a deep,
Slow breath,
Inviting the air to reach into the very depths of your lungs.
And as you exhale,
Imagine you are releasing anything that no longer serves you.
Just observe any thoughts passing through your mind,
Seeing them as distant stars,
Fading far away,
While you remain here,
Anchored in the stillness within you.
As you relax more,
Feel your shoulders surrender their burdens.
Let your jaw soften.
Let your brow smooth over as you continue to breathe in this present moment,
Feeling each breath as it flows in and out.
Bring your awareness to the places your body meets the world.
Feel the steady pressure of your heels,
The weight of your thighs,
The deep,
Silent pressure upon your spine.
As you let gravity take over,
Feel the world itself rising up to support you.
Feel gravity's pull,
A constant silent promise from the earth that it will never let you go.
Breathe in to this realisation.
You are being held in a vast planetary hand that has supported every step you have ever taken.
Allow 10% more of your weight to sink into this embrace as you surrender more,
Trusting that the ground beneath you is infinite,
Ancient,
And absolutely certain.
As you relax even more,
See yourself within your mind's eye,
Not as a fragile thing of flesh and bone,
But as a great mountain of weathered stone.
You are composed of the very foundations of the world,
Granite,
Basalt,
Veins of cooling cores.
Your base is miles wide,
Reaching deep into the silent crust of the earth.
You are a monument of stillness.
Above you,
The winds may howl and the clouds may rush in frantic circles.
But,
They do not move you.
You are grounded.
You are solid.
You are safe.
Sense the seasons of emotion and the storms of the mind that play across your surface like shadows,
But they cannot reach the quiet mineral core of your being.
Sink deep into your centre,
Feel a heavy glowing density.
This is your anchor,
A fragment of the earth's own heart,
Keeping you steady,
Keeping you whole.
You are the mountain,
And the mountain is peace.
As you continue to breathe,
Your awareness sinks deeper still,
Down past the soil and the stone,
To the very centre of the earth.
Feel the earth's core,
A bright sphere of molten iron and crystalline fire,
Pulsing with a slow rhythmic heartbeat.
Feel a soft magnetic resonance beginning to pulse between that central fire and your own body.
It is a golden thread of belonging that pulls you home to the centre.
As you inhale,
Draw this ancient stability of the earth up through the soles of your feet and into your bones.
As you exhale,
Let any restless energy drain out of you and into the deep.
The earth receives it all without judgement,
Composting your worries into silence.
You are heavy with the wisdom of the ground.
You are solid.
You are part of the world's enduring foundation.
As you continue to breathe,
Gently begin to return to your own body,
Carrying the mountain's peace within you.
Take a few moments to just be here,
With your breath,
Feeling completely at peace.
As you take a deep breath in,
Acknowledge the strength that lives within you.
And as you exhale,
Acknowledge you do not need to reach for the world.
You are already a part of it.
Take one more conscious breath,
Feeling the floor beneath you as a constant companion.
And when you are ready,
Slowly open your eyes,
Knowing that you are always held,
Always anchored and always connected.
