Close your eyes.
And notice your whole body from top to bottom.
The top of your head is soft.
Your face is relaxed.
Your throat and chest are open and easy.
Your arms and hands.
Heavy and warm.
Your belly is gently rising and falling.
Your legs,
Long and still.
And your feet are resting peacefully.
Your whole body is completely at rest.
Imagine you are a tiny caterpillar who has found the perfect leaf.
You begin to spin your cocoon.
A silky,
Soft,
Warm sleeping bag that's just your size.
And wrap yourself up completely.
Safe,
Dark,
And quiet,
And warm.
Inside your cocoon,
Something magical is happening.
Your body is changing.
Slowly.
.
.
Beautifully.
You don't have to do anything.
Just rest and trust.
And let it happen.
This is what rest is for.
This is what sleep is for.
To let your body and your mind grow and change and become.
Now,
Something begins to start.
A tiny crack of golden light.
Your cocoon opens.
And you stretch out the most glorious wings you've ever seen.
They are your wings.
Your own pattern,
Your own colors,
Unlike any other butterfly in the world.
You lift off from the leaf and fly out into a meadow full of flowers and sunshine.
Flying is easy and light.
You visit every flower.
You are free and you are beautiful.
And you are exactly who you are always meant to be.
Other butterflies join you.
You are never alone.
We fly together through the warm afternoon.
Light as a breath.
And happy as a song.
As the evening comes.
You find the softest flower and curl your wings around yourself.
The stars come out above you.
You are safe in your flower.
You rest now,
Knowing that tomorrow you will fly again.
Sleep little butterfly.
You are always becoming something more beautiful than you know.
Sleep now.
Sweet dreams.
