This short meditation is to guide you to come back into connection with your body,
Release held tension and allow it a little time to deeply relax.
Hopefully this can help to reset and re-sync your system before you take on the busyness of the day.
So as we get going,
Take a moment to get yourself comfortable.
Since we want to allow the body to relax in this meditation,
It's helpful to find a position where you feel awake enough,
Where your body feels supported and relaxed enough.
Let's start off with doing some really long slow breaths.
Extending the in-breath and extending the out-breath as far as is comfortable for you.
Noticing the entire length of each breath and especially paying attention to the out-breath.
Noticing how with each out-breath there's a sense of letting go and relaxing in the body.
Letting your body follow that and deeply relax each time.
Gradually take your awareness up to your head.
Noticing how it feels in and around your head.
Noticing if you can feel the inside of your head and maybe the outside of your head where your hair touches your skin.
Noticing if you can feel the inside of your head and maybe the outside of your head where your hair touches your skin.
Noticing if you can feel the inside of your head and maybe the outside of your head where your hair touches your skin.
Noticing if you can feel the inside of your head and maybe the outside of your head where your hair touches your skin.
Letting awareness flow down into your neck,
Allowing your whole neck area to deeply relax.
Moving down into your shoulders,
Let your shoulders be loose and drop down towards the ground.
Doing that with a long slow out-breath if you like.
Releasing all the held tension there and letting it gently flow away.
From the shoulders move your awareness down through the arms to the hand and allow both arms to be heavy and relaxed as you breathe.
From your shoulders again,
Move your awareness down from the top to the bottom of your torso.
Really feeling into each area and letting that deeply relax down as you move through.
Moving all the way down your spine and your back,
From the top to the bottom and through your chest,
Stomach and gut area.
All the way down to the genitals and the base of your torso.
As much as you can,
Allowing the whole torso to really let go and deeply relax.
From there,
Move your awareness gradually down the length of your legs,
All the way down to the soles of your feet and the tips of your toes.
And as you move through,
Letting all the muscles and joints and ligaments deeply relax.
Let your awareness open out to feel your body as a whole and the fullness of the space that it occupies.
And now take another deep but relaxed breath in.
And as you breathe a long slow breath out,
Let your whole body deeply relax into the ground supporting you.
You can do that a few times if you like,
With each out breath.
Feeling your muscles,
Joints,
Ligaments,
Skin and even bones really let go and deeply relax.
Allowing yourself to be really present in your body,
Relaxed and just being for a few moments.
Noticing how that feels.
And when you're ready,
You can have a nice deep and nourishing stretch.
Taking your time with it and really feeling it in your body and enjoying it.
And then when you're ready,
You can slowly begin to open your eyes.
I hope you enjoy this short time together,
Letting the body relax and just being.
And I hope that your relaxed body serves you well today and you have a wonderful day ahead.
