Check your eyes.
And at the beginning,
Simply focus on the breath coming in and out of your nostrils.
Let your breath be as it is.
If it's deep,
Let it be deep.
If it's shallow,
Let it be shallow.
Whatever it is,
Just bring attention and awareness to it.
If you find yourself drifting off into a thought,
Or pulled away by a noise,
When you realize that you've drifted away,
Kindly and gently,
Just bring yourself back to the awareness of your breath as it is coming in and out of your nostrils.
Allow your attention now to go down to the bottom of your feet,
To the bottom of your spine.
And feel roots growing out of the bottom of your feet and the bottom of your spine.
Growing deep,
Deep down into Mother Earth.
Mother Earth,
Who holds you and protects you,
Feeds you always.
Allow your roots to sink farther in,
Deeper in,
Held and comforted.
Feel the trunk of the tree that you are,
Around your legs and around your body,
Keeping you straight and strong,
Protecting you,
Shielding you.
Feel your branches extending up out of your arms and your hands and your fingers,
Out of the top of your head,
Extending up into the sky,
Reaching to the sun.
You feel your leaves rustling in the breeze,
Twinkling in the sunlight,
Every leaf open,
Extending towards the light,
Open,
Absorbing all the rays of the sun.
You feel the light enter each leaf,
And from each leaf flows into every twig,
From every twig to every branch.
Every branch it flows down into the center column,
Down to the top of your head.
You feel the light enter through the crown of your head.
You feel it quiet your mind as it enters,
Relaxing all the muscles in your face,
In your jaw.
Easy flow continues on down into your neck and your throat,
Down your shoulders,
Into your arms and your hands and your fingers.
It continues to flow down,
Flows down your spine,
Relaxing the muscles of your back,
Your upper back and then your lower back.
The light flows from your spine into your entire nervous system,
Flowing through your entire nervous system,
Extending,
Branching out through your entire body.
It flows down into your chest,
Into your lungs,
That every breath you take spreads light and love throughout your body,
Flows into your heart,
That every beat of your heart spreads light and love and healing throughout your entire body.
And the light continues to flow down into your belly,
Relaxing all the muscles,
Relieving all the tension.
And it flows down into your hips,
Your thighs,
Your knees and your calves,
Your ankles and your feet,
Your toes.
The light continues,
Never-ending.
It has been with you always,
It flows through you always.
It flows out the bottom of your spine and the bottom of your feet and takes with it whatever is ready to be released right now.
Whatever you are ready to let go of flows down and out through your roots,
Carried by the light deep into Mother Earth.
Your roots continue to extend and grow,
Reaching the center of Mother Earth,
The core,
Her heart,
The ball of fire that heats and feeds us all.
And what you are ready to release flows out of your roots,
Into the core,
Into the heart,
And is burnt up,
Is transformed,
Transmuted.
And you are lighter and your roots go deeper and are stronger.
And the trunk grows straighter,
Fuller,
More supple.
And your branches extend up,
Even further,
Reaching higher towards the light.
Your leaves extend out even more,
Expand,
Become more lush.
You can feel the energy flowing from above,
Flowing all the way down into you and through you,
Into the core of Mother Earth.
And from Mother Earth it flows back up,
Back up your spine,
Goes all the way up to the sun,
To beyond the sun,
To beyond the beyond.
And this is never-ending.
You are this tree.
You are filled with this light.
And you bring yourself with this awareness back to your heart.
Just feel the quiet and the ease and the light that is emanating,
Pulsing,
Vibrating throughout your entire body,
From your heart to all beings.
From your heart you bring your awareness simply back to your breath.
And in your own time and in your own way,
When you are ready,
You open your eyes and continue on with your day.
