Rumi said,
Let the waters settle and you will see the moon and the stars mirrored in your own being.
I want you to find your resting place for the night.
Lie down on your back and softly close your eyes.
Nestle yourself with your covers or simply rest your head on your pillow.
Allow it to cradle all of the weight from the day.
You may place your hands at your sides or gently over your heart and then slowly take a deep inhale through your nose and gently release out through your mouth,
Letting any jitters or tension release as you exhale.
Let's do this one more time.
Slow deep breath in through your nose and gently release through your mouth,
Letting that breath go,
Feeling your body sinking a little deeper into comfort now as your breathing settles.
It's time to drift off.
Your body and mind deserve rest and all you need to do is let go.
Imagine the moon,
If you will,
High above,
Eye on her perch,
Reaching down with her glow so as to gently caress you off to sleep.
The gentle glow of her light envelops your body.
It's a light that holds and reassures you.
It says it's okay to relax now.
It's okay to let go.
This gentle glow knows just the right temperature that your body requires to turn down for the night to drift off into deep rest.
Feel this personalized calibration that gently allows you to drift a bit deeper now.
Notice your gentle breath slowly entering your nose,
Your chest gently rising like the tide,
And the breath softly leave through your nose like the tide returning to the sea,
All cloaked in the glow of the moon's care.
Notice the tenderness of her glow on your body.
Feel her gentle pull as she asks for the weight you carried in the day,
Her glow softly pulling any heaviness from your muscles,
Your body,
Your mind.
Let her take what you no longer need to hold.
You have done enough today.
This weight is heavy on your heart,
My love.
Allow her to take this away.
The moon knows what to do with these things.
Allow her to help bring order and love to the heaviness and the chaos that you hold.
Let them go.
As you release tension and burden from your body and mind,
Feel her light permeate deeper into your being.
Feel her light from head to toe,
Cradling you in love.
Her gentle light fills your whole body,
Every cell is held by her light.
As you notice comfort and warmth wash over you,
And deeper you drift.
Her light,
Now encompassing every part of your body,
Forms a moonlight aura all around you.
You may feel the ever so gentlest hum from her light,
Like a caring mother humming a lullaby to her baby on her chest.
As you drift further off in this cocoon of soft light,
You feel her gentle pull of the crown of your head now.
She asks for the thoughts that often keep you up at night.
Silently give her permission with a soft yes.
Feel your mind slowing down now as her light carries away any discomforting thoughts that may linger.
And feel yourself drift even deeper still.
Feel your breath slower now,
And the rising and falling of your chest with each breath.
Slowly in,
And out.
Slowly in.
Feel her light now pouring down your body.
Allow the light to take all of the heaviness as its hum gently holds you.
As her light fills you,
Your body begins to merge with her light.
As you release anything you won't need in your slumber,
Your body turns to pure light.
You feel the effects of this light blessing that allows you to drift into a deep restorative sleep.
The moon's glow doesn't leave when you drift away.
She stays watching over you,
Gently caressing you.
Softly pulling away anything that may come in between you and the deep healing sleep you deserve.
Rest easy now.
Namaste.
