Good evening in a little while my voice will fade and soft music will remain to carry you into sleep for now find a comfortable position lying in your bed or resting in a recliner nestled into your cozy support feel the weight of your blankets notice the softness they offer let yourself be held if you're ready gently close your eyes or soften your gaze this is a quiet signal to your body and your mind that it's safe to slow down safe to soften your breath and safe to rest tonight there is nowhere else to be the day has folded itself away the conversations are over the decisions can wait all that's left now is rest let your body settle in to the place beneath you the bed holding your weight the pillow catching your thoughts the blankets wrapped like quiet arms around you take a slow breath in and let it go with a long gentle sigh again breathing in ease breathing out the day you are allowed to stop now and as you breathe notice what your inhale brings in notice what your exhale offers you a chance to release let your breath carry out more than just air let it carry out tension,
Leftover thoughts,
Anything heavy you no longer need to hold tonight if today felt beautiful let it drift softly into memory if today felt heavy let it be done you do not have to carry it in to tonight imagine placing the whole day into a small boat and setting it gently into a calm dark lake and letting it float away further and further until it becomes just a shadow there is nothing left to solve nothing left to fix nothing left to figure out bring awareness to your forehead and smooth it from the inside out let your eyes rest heavy in their sockets no more looking,
No more thinking no more focusing soften your jaw,
Your tongue resting gently let your shoulders melt downward like warm water pouring through them arms heavy,
Hands open,
Fingers loose and still your chest rises and falls like a quiet tide your belly soft,
Unguarded easy hips sinking deeper into the mattress knees relaxed ankles are loose feet completely at rest your whole body is being held you don't have to hold yourself together anymore allow your body to let go of anything it no longer needs to carry it can rest now now just notice the natural rhythm of your breath i invite you to continue breathing in a cadence that feels right for you no effort,
No control just a gentle rise and fall each exhale is an unraveling and each inhale is a soft returning breathing in calm,
Breathing out release as if the night itself is rocking you gently towards sleep imagine now that you are lying beneath a wide velvet sky stars scattered above like quiet lanterns a soft night breeze moving slowly around you you are warm,
You are safe you are deeply held by the stillness of the night beneath you,
The earth is steady and calm above you,
The sky stretches endlessly and in between,
You float in perfect ease your thoughts can drift like clouds no need to follow them no need to push them away let them simply pass and fade into the dark your body is heavy your breath is slow your mind is soft sleep is not something you have to chase it is already on its way to you like a gentle tide rolling in you may notice yourself drifting sinking floating somewhere between here and dreams if you're still awake,
That's okay just rest here in the softness your body knows how to fall asleep you don't have to do a thing just let go a little more with every breath and now there's nothing more you need to do the sounds you'll hear are here to cradle the quiet to hold the night steady around you so drift softly gently sleep is welcome here and you are safe to fall into it
