Take a moment.
Settle in.
Allow your body to find a comfortable position.
When you're ready.
Gently close your eyes.
And take a nice slow breath in.
And easy breath out.
Again,
Breathing in.
And slowly letting it go.
For these next few minutes,
There's nowhere else you need to be.
Just give yourself permission to slow down.
To soften.
Just simply.
Be here.
Sometimes life can get noisy.
There can be so much happening around us,
So much coming in.
That we can move through our days without taking much time to simply be with ourselves.
And underneath all of that noise.
There is still you.
There's a light within you that has always been there.
A warmth.
I love.
A quiet presence that doesn't disappear when life gets busy or loud.
Sometimes we simply need enough space to notice it again.
So take another slow breath in.
And as you exhale,
Allow yourself to settle a little more deeply into this moment.
Imagine,
If it feels good for you,
A soft,
Warm light somewhere within you.
Maybe it's your heart space.
Perhaps somewhere in the center of your body,
There's no right place or wrong place.
And simply allow yourself to imagine that this light is there,
Soft.
More.
Steady.
This light is a part of you.
This symbolizes the love within you.
The goodness within you.
The part of you that can easily be overlooked when your attention is everywhere else.
Right now.
You're giving yourself a few quiet moments to return to your attention.
Inside back to you Take another breath.
And as you inhale,
Imagine that this warm light is gently expanding.
Surrounding your heart.
Spreading across your chest.
Down through your arms.
Your hands.
Your belly.
And on your next inhale,
The right warm light.
Is expanding down through your legs.
Out your toes.
It's expanding upward through your shoulders,
Your neck.
Your face until your entire body is surrounded by this soft,
Peaceful warmth.
And just breathe it all in and receive.
Maybe you can place one or two hands on your heart and really receive this beautiful warmth light from within.
And notice what it feels like to give yourself this time.
Not because you burned it.
Not because everything else is finished,
Simply because slowing down can be a gift we give ourselves.
A few moments without needing to accomplish anything.
Few moments to come back.
To our own presence.
A few moments to remember.
What's been here all along.
The beautiful thing about this light is that it isn't something you have to search for outside of yourself.
You don't have to chase it.
It's always here,
Even on the busy days.
Even when your mind feels full.
Know that this light is still there.
And every once in a while,
You can simply turn toward it.
That's one of the gifts of slowing down.
We begin to hear what gets quieter beneath the noise.
We begin to notice ourselves again,
Our breath,
Our body,
Our presence,
The love that lives within us.
The light that's been there all along.
So let's stay here for a few moments.
Simply breathing and letting yourself rest in this warmth.
Take one more nourishing,
Deep breath in.
And slowly release.
And when you're ready,
Just begin to notice the space around you again.
Gently wiggling your fingers or your toes.
And whenever you feel ready,
Slowly open your eyes.
And as you return to your day,
Remember the light you just connected with,
It's not going anywhere.
It's yours.
It's within you.
And it's always there to come home to.
