Make yourself comfortable.
In a chair or on the bed.
Now.
While you're lying there.
Just letting the world go by.
Nobody wanting anything.
Nobody expecting anything.
And I wonder if you can notice.
How deep within the framework of your body.
Your bones and your muscles are alive.
With quiet,
Purposeful activity.
Working,
Rebuilding.
Renewing.
And with each word that I speak.
And with each easy breath that you take.
You go deeper and deeper.
Into this place of comfort.
As if your body were actually sinking in.
To the chair or the bed.
And just allow yourself now to become aware.
That your skeleton is not simply a rigid structure.
As you lay there,
Feel into it.
And notice that it is a living,
Breathing architecture.
And it's constantly remodeling itself.
Laying down new tissue.
And strengthening old pathways.
And right now in this moment of deep rest,
That rebuilding is accelerating.
Because the body does its greatest work.
When the mind is still.
And perhaps right now you can begin to notice a gentle warmth.
Starting deep within the bones of your feet.
Your metatarsals.
Your heels.
The dense,
Sturdy bones of your ankles.
And that warmth is not just comfort.
It is the warmth of renewal.
As tiny intelligent cells.
Called osteoblastoma.
Begin their quiet,
Patient work.
Laying down new mineral.
New collagen.
New strength.
Weaving it into the very lattice of your bones.
And that warmth begins to spread slowly upward.
Through the long bones of your shins.
Your fibula and tibia.
Sturdy and strong.
And as that rebuilding warmth moves into your knees,
Those remarkable joints.
That are layers of cartilage.
Are being gently restored.
Cushioned.
Replenished.
So that you can feel even now.
A deep structural ease settling into those joints.
And the warmth moves further up now.
Into the great long bones of your thighs.
Your femurs.
Amongst the largest and strongest bones.
In your entire body.
And deep within their core.
Within the rich red marrow at their center.
New cells are being born.
Blood cells.
Bone cells.
All the building blocks.
Of a strong and vital body.
Emerging quietly.
Purposefully.
As you rest here.
And surrounding those bones.
Your muscles are listening too.
Your quadriceps,
Your hamstrings.
Those long powerful bands of tissue.
Beginning to receive a rich,
Generous flow of oxygen.
And nutrients.
And as that flow increases,
Tiny tears and tensions.
Within those muscle fibers.
Are being repaired now.
Smoothed over.
And rebuilt stronger than before.
Because that is what muscle does when it is given the gift of deep rest and rich circulation.
That rebuilding sensation.
That now moves into the cradle of your pelvis.
Those broad,
Curved bones.
And into the long column of your spine.
Each vertebrae receiving attention.
One by one.
By one.
The disks between them.
Plumping gently with fluid.
Regaining their natural height.
Their natural cushion.
So that your spine begins to feel longer.
More spacious.
More supported than it has felt in a very long time.
And the deep muscles of your back.
The erectors and the multifidus.
Those quiet,
Tireless stabilizers are being replenished now.
Knots and holding patterns gently dissolving.
As fresh energy.
And fresh tissue.
Flow into every fiber.
And your back begins to feel wide.
And strong.
Perfectly aligned and deeply at ease.
That warmth and perfect alignment.
Now rises into your ribcage.
Each rib a gentle arc of living bone.
And within that cage,
Your chest muscles,
Your pectorals,
Your intercostals,
Between every rib.
Is softening.
Rebuilding.
And expanding their capacity.
So that with each breath you take you feel.
That breath becoming a little fuller.
A little freer than the last.
And moving into your shoulders now.
Those remarkable joints that carry so much.
The bones of your clavicle,
Your scapula.
Your shoulder joint itself.
All being gently restored.
And the muscles of your shoulders.
Your deltoids,
Your rotator cuffs.
Those intricate hard-working muscles.
Are being rebuilt from the inside out.
Becoming stronger.
More supple and more resilient.
That rebuilding warmth travels down through your arms now.
Through your biceps and triceps.
Those long muscles rebuilding their fibers.
And into their forearms.
Through the two slender bones there and into your wrists,
Your hands.
Each small bone.
Each tiny tendon receiving its own quiet,
Careful attention.
Being renewed.
Being restored.
And finally,
That warmth rises now into your neck.
The delicate vertebra there realigning.
Realigning the muscles on either side,
Lengthening and softening.
And into the base of your skull.
And you become aware that your skull itself the remarkable dome that houses your mind.
Is alive with the same quiet renewal.
And even the bones of your face.
Your jaw.
Your cheekbones are resting now.
Releasing tension.
You may not have known was there.
And now.
As you float in this deep and peaceful place.
You become aware.
That every bone in your body all 206 of them.
And every muscle.
All six hundred and more.
Are engaged in a single unified act.
Of rebuilding.
Of renewal.
Of restoration.
And you understand with a quiet certainty.
That this process does not stop.
When you return to wakefulness.
It continues hour by hour.
Day by day.
Because you have set something in motion here.
A deep intelligent conversation.
Between your mind and your body.
A conversation that says,
Rebuild.
Restore.
Become stronger.
And your body.
Wise and capable beyond measure.
Will answer that call.
Inevitably.
Completely.
And with a strength and wholeness.
That will carry you forward.
Into every moment of your life.
Renewed.
And bringing it back with you to full wakefulness.
And gently opening your eyes.
When you are ready.
