This is a reclaim the body meditation for taking you into the night.
Feel for a moment if you're comfortable.
We're not sitting this time.
We're laying in the bed and make sure that everything is ready.
That you've put your alarm if you need it.
That you don't have to get up at the end.
Or even open your eyes.
That you can just keep on sinking.
And going into sleep.
This is a moment to let the day and all its activities slow down.
So much has happened.
Even on a boring day,
So much happens.
There's so much thought and feeling.
Thank you,
Daytime.
Thank you,
Sunlight.
For all your possibilities.
Movement and action.
I'm rounding up this part now.
And I am moving into another part.
Into the night time.
The dark time.
I'm moving into resting,
Digesting.
Dreaming.
The night time is the winter of the day.
The time of quiet.
The time of rest and replenishing.
So bring your attention from your mind and your thinking to your body.
Let your body become soft and heavy.
And start with feeling the places where your body touches the bed.
We'll go from the head to the toes.
Where do you feel your head touching the pillow?
Can you let your head be more heavy?
Sink in a bit more.
This way your neck can have a break.
Your shoulders.
Where is the bed touching your torso?
Take your time.
Bringing the speed down will help.
For sinking.
Where are your arms touching the bed?
Hello there.
I feel you there.
You can acknowledge all these sensations for a moment No analyzing.
Just letting it know that you feel better.
The sensations.
Letting your hands become heavy And where do you feel your legs touching the bed?
The upper legs.
The knees.
The lower legs and ankles.
And the feet.
Then move from there.
To the belly.
The belly as the center of your body.
Hello AmazingBelly.
There's no need for you to respond to the outside world.
You can use your hands.
Always easier to feel your body if you lay your hands.
On that part.
And just feel what is there for the moment Often if there is a little pain,
That will be the first thing that you feel.
And you can always let the pain know,
Hey,
I feel you.
Acknowledging.
And then to see what else is there.
There is other meditations that you can use for giving time to the pain Now we're just gonna acknowledge.
And practice feeling the more subtle sensations.
You Then from the belly.
To the heart.
Hello,
My lovely heart.
We're resting now.
We're moving into the dark and we're letting go of the day.
Again,
Use your hands to make contact if it's not so easy.
Inviting the chest to soften and widen.
Then from the chest to the jaw.
Hello,
Amazing jaw.
Hello,
Wonderful feeling.
Maybe also tensed feelings Just feeling,
Acknowledging.
Spending some time.
And then from the jaw to the top of the head.
And here we will stay for a little longer.
Here at the top of the head Imagine the skull loosening a bit.
Softening a bit.
Our head can feel so tight.
Can you imagine your skull softening?
And taking in much more space.
Can you imagine?
Can you imagine your skull softening?
Can you imagine your skull taking in much more space,
Becoming wide and loose?
Letting the tightness of the day loosen.
And giving a bit more spaciousness for the night.
For your dreaming life.
Your resting life.
The replenishing part of your life.
Maybe with your breath,
You can imagine moving to your skull with the in-breath,
Giving space And on the out breath,
The skull coming back a little.
On the in-breath the skull becomes bigger And on the out breath,
It moves back.
Like your chest or belly moving with the breath.
How would it be if the skull could also move with the breath?
And then from there we move back to the belly.
Just for a moment.
Before I stop talking.
Just feeling the belly again as your center.
And imagining that you could sink all the way down.
To your pelvic floor and that your pelvic floor could be your resting place.
Imagining that you could curl up like a cat there.
Hello,
Knight.
Hello darkness.
I'm letting go of this day now.
