Welcome,
Beautiful people,
To this meditation designed and created specifically for supporting you to have a good night's sleep.
I'm sure you already know or are well aware of how vital our sleep can be for our well-being.
And we all know what it's like and how it feels to wake not feeling restored,
Properly reset and ready for another day.
So let us take some time now to truly allow ourselves to drop into a more parasympathetic state or what is more widely known as our rest and digest state.
This is a place where we can think with more clarity,
Where we can process things,
Not just food,
In a more efficient way.
And it's where we can learn to respond more so than react.
And so I invite you now to get yourself as comfortable as can be and preferably set yourself up in a lying back position.
You may prefer to bend your knees and so to bring your spine into a more neutral position.
Wherever you choose to be,
Take a little time beforehand to wriggle out any excess energy.
And really mould and melt yourself into where you are.
And really feel yourself do this.
And once you're all settled in,
I invite you to bring one of your palms onto your belly and the other onto your heart space,
The centre of your chest.
And you may like to close your eyes completely,
But if that feels a little bit too much right now,
Just softening your gaze down toward your cheekbones.
And begin to just notice your breath,
Just its own cycle.
And feeling for that natural rise and fall of your body as breath arrives and as breath leaves.
And if you haven't already encouraged your body to respond in this way,
Encourage it now to expand as you inhale.
So creating space in your belly,
In your chest for your breath to arrive.
And then allow for a gentle softening as you exhale and let your breath go.
And just take a few more moments just to bask in this natural rhythm or perhaps a new rhythm that you are now creating.
And continue to breathe in this fashion.
Just let your breath do what it needs to do.
It's very capable.
And now begin to bring your attention to your physical body as we begin to truly relax and soften every part of you in preparation for a really restorative night's sleep.
So taking your mind or a gentle attention up to the crown of your head.
And as I mention different body parts,
Different parts of you as we scan down through your body,
You might like to imagine a really warm glistening light traveling down with my voice.
Every part that this light touches,
Let it truly relax.
Any time that you need to sigh,
That you need to wriggle,
You are more than welcome.
Settling yourself deeper and deeper into a more relaxed state of mind.
Attention to the crown of your head once again.
Let the light shine on in and start to relax your forehead,
Especially the point between your eyebrows.
It's softening.
Relax your eyes,
Your nose,
Allowing breath,
Prana,
Life force energy to flow in and out freely.
Relax your cheekbones,
Your mouth,
Your jaw,
Perhaps even parting your teeth slightly to create a little more space to soften in.
Relax your neck,
Your throat,
Your shoulders.
Relax your right arm,
Right forearm,
Right wrist,
Right hand and all the fingers and thumb on your right hand.
Relax your left arm,
Left forearm,
Left wrist,
Left hand and all the fingers and thumb on your left hand.
Relax your chest,
Softening your rib cage.
Relax your belly,
Allowing for a gentle puff and sigh as you need.
Relax your upper,
Middle and lower back.
Relax your seat bones,
Your hips,
Allowing for your legs to fall naturally open to the sides.
Relax your right leg,
Right ankle,
Right foot.
Relax your left leg,
Left ankle,
Left foot.
Allow your whole body to fully relax,
Every exhale drawing you deeper and deeper into a state of relaxation.
You may have already drifted,
Let yourself drift,
Otherwise just take these next few minutes to be in this slumber,
In this state of restoration and relaxation.
Relax your body,
Relax your hips,
Allow for a gentle puff and sigh as you need.
Relax your lower back,
Relax your hips,
Allow for a gentle puff and sigh as you need.
Relax your lower back,
Relax your hips,
Allow for a gentle puff and sigh as you need.
You may very well have chosen to drift off to sleep,
But if not,
And you still need to make yourself to your bed,
Just gently begin to wriggle your extremities,
Your fingers,
Your toes.
And then whenever you're ready,
Just falling over onto your right side and cradling your head in your right hand and arm.
In this fetal position,
Take a few gentle breaths,
Embracing this shape,
This place,
This space.
And only when you are ready,
Press on.
Press yourself up to a comfortable seat and take a moment to arrive to where you are.
Keep your eyes closed or softened down if you can.
And then drawing your palms together at your heart's base to close off this meditation.
It has been such an honour guiding you this evening and I truly hope that you sleep very sweet.
Good night.
Bonne nuit.
Namaste.
