Welcome to this power nap.
Make your body really comfortable now.
Closing your eyes and mentally repeating these words.
For this power nap,
I hand over all cares and all responsibilities and I allow myself just to be here and just to breathe and I trust that my body will awaken in 10 minutes feeling refreshed and alert.
Let's start with a few slow and deep breaths.
Inhaling right down into your belly and exhaling with a long and soft sigh.
Breathing in and breathing out.
Inhaling low and slow.
Exhaling just letting it all.
Deep breath in,
Long breath out.
Inhaling,
Belly rises.
Exhaling,
Belly drops.
And now let your breath be natural,
Not controlling it,
Not changing it.
It's too much effort even to breathe.
Just quietly noticing as your body breathes all by itself.
Feel the sensation in the inner passageways of your nostrils.
Notice the parts of your body that naturally move as it breathes.
The slightly cooler air entering.
The slightly warmer air leaving.
The momentary pause between each breath.
Breath coming in,
Breath going out.
Anytime your mind wanders,
Just come back to the feeling of your breath.
I invite you right now just to be here here and do absolutely nothing.
Let your body sleep if it wants or simply rest in the healing balm of just being.
And now taking a few more of those slow and deep breaths.
Breathing really low into your belly and exhaling with a long and soft sigh.
Breathing in and breathing out.
Inhaling low and slow.
Exhaling right to the very end.
It's time to wake up now.
Let your body move and stretch in whatever way it needs to now.
Returning to its wide awake state.
Fresh,
Alert and ready to continue with your day.
Thank you for joining me for this power nap.
