This track is an invitation to take a moment to put everything down and just be.
We live in such a fast-paced life where so many things are expected of us.
We expect a lot of ourselves and we have a lot going on in this busy world,
So it's important to take moments to care for yourself so you can find more space and look after yourself amongst all that life brings.
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So let's begin.
You may want to stand or sit or lay down.
I shall leave that up to you.
Whichever you choose,
Get yourself comfortable.
However you are,
Plant those parts of you that are touching the ground Imagine them rooting you,
Holding you steady,
Connecting you.
Close your eyes,
Let your hands rest where they need to be.
And then I invite you to use your in-breath to come into yourself and your out-breath to help you root down.
And then take some time to notice what you are holding.
What other things,
The people,
The coming events,
The conversations to be had and so on that you are holding and carrying around with you.
Right now,
In this moment,
You have permission to put them down.
There is nothing you can do with them at this time.
So you might as well put them down rather than carry the load.
Get curious about what you need to do,
What you need to give yourself permission for to truly take this time for you.
And then take your curiosity to your body.
Notice which parts of your body need to let go for you to be able to put those things down.
Maybe you're carrying them in your shoulders.
In which case,
I invite you to roll your shoulders forward,
Then up to your ears and round.
In which case,
I invite you to roll your shoulders forward,
Then up to your ears and round.
Back and down,
Letting them find their place,
Released of the things you've been carrying there.
And offering your heart space to open up a little more.
You may need to move your head around a little,
Stretching out your neck to take the release further.
You might be carrying the load in your hands.
In which case,
I invite you to move your hands around from the wrists,
To open up your hands,
To stretch them,
To move your fingers,
To allow movement and space and nourishment into these parts of you that are so busy in life and so often not cared for.
You might be holding all these things in your hips or your belly.
In which case,
I invite you to soften at your knees,
So that you can move your hips around.
Whether you're sitting or standing or lying down,
You might want to move them in a circle,
A figure of eight,
Or rock them.
Allow yourself to evolve into not even thinking about it.
Instead,
Letting your hips do what they want.
Let them lead the way.
Let the movements invite your belly to soften and release.
As you allow this movement,
This release and this space,
Let any parts of your body come into the movement that want to.
Bring your breath into it.
Let your body decide what it wants to breathe into and what it wants to move.
Let it tell you where it needs to release.
These things that we hold on a daily and nightly basis,
We can't sustain carrying them all at once.
We need to know,
See and feel them.
We need to know,
See and feel the impact of it on us.
And commit to giving ourselves permission to put things down when we can't do anything about them.
To give things their space to work through.
Now I'm finding that my body is naturally settling into stillness.
Stillness can be daunting even when we yearn for it.
But I invite you in with warmth and love to some stillness now.
Let yourself land here as imperfectly as you come.
None of us can still our minds completely.
And searching for total release is a high bar.
So let yourself be here just as you are in this moment.
Be in this stillness as much as you are able to at this time.
Welcome yourself here.
See how much you can connect with and knowing that with each of those things you hold and carry in life,
That some are not yours to hold on to and that you are able to release them.
And those that are yours to deal with,
You will come to them in their own time and you will do your best.
You will deal with them as you do walking and breathing.
One step at a time,
One breath at a time,
At the pace that you need.
So a closing invitation to place your loving hands on the part of you that needs it most right now.
To take a moment to hold you.
