As you relax there,
Resting so quietly and peacefully,
You see yourself standing at a docking station for cruise liners.
It's a beautiful port.
The sun is shining in the sky and the water is Caribbean blue.
And you see yourself in front of a cruise ship.
It might be an old-fashioned cruise ship or a new state-of-the-art luxury liner.
And you look at all of the ships and notice that there are many destinations.
You look at the listings for destinations.
And today is the day that all the passages are free.
You can go anywhere that you choose or maybe you're just in the mood to float wherever the ship is going,
With no particular destination at all.
Whatever is right for you.
And so you look at the cruise liners and you choose a boat,
Knowing that everything you want will be provided on this trip.
The flow of people is light and everyone is happy and delighted to be going somewhere today.
You too are going somewhere special today on a very relaxing journey.
And as you step onto the boat,
You are welcomed by the captain.
The captain asks you if there's anything that you would like to put in storage,
Your bags or anything that might be encumbering you today.
You hand over any thoughts or concerns that might be on your mind.
The captain will take them and simply stow them away for a while.
And so you give the captain any fears or concerns as you step onto the boat and find yourself a comfortable lounge chair.
The day is beautiful.
The sun is shining.
The temperature is exactly the way you like it.
You lean back in your chair and look at the clear blue sky with just a few clouds floating by.
And as you lean back in the comfortable chair,
You feel that the boat begins to move slowly and the gentle rocking motion of the boat becomes relaxing and almost monotonous,
Putting you into a relaxed state.
So comfortable,
So easy.
It's as if the sun is giving you a gentle massage,
As if the rays of the sun felt like a hundred tiny fingers simply massaging your scalp now.
And that gentle relaxing and easy ray of sunshine floats down into your temples,
That massaging feeling easing out any concerns from your forehead.
And it flows like liquid butter down into your eyes,
Relaxing all 90 of the tiny muscles around your eyes.
And it flows into your nose and your face.
And your face becomes expressionless.
That time when nobody wants anything from you.
That time of deep and utter relaxation.
And those gentle easy rays of sunshine relax your ears now,
As your ears focus only on the sound of my voice.
So that every word you hear takes you deeper and deeper,
More and more relaxed.
And that easy,
Comfortable,
Quiet sort of feeling of that sunlight floats down now into your neck and your throat,
Easing,
Massaging,
Unwinding,
Releasing down into your shoulders,
Letting go,
Relaxing,
Easing out any tension there.
As if that sunlight were flowing down your arms now,
Down your arms and to the tips of your fingers.
And you say to yourself the word warm.
And you say to yourself the word heavy.
And you say to yourself,
My hands are warm and heavy.
My hands are warm and heavy.
And then just let your hands be warm and heavy.
And let that warmth and that heaviness flow up your arms and into your shoulders,
As if it were cascading like a waterfall,
Down your back and into your chest.
And that easy,
Comfortable,
Quiet sort of feeling flows in between your ribs and all the way down,
Down,
Down your spine.
As that sunlight flows easily down into your hips now,
That sunlight massage,
Solving,
Dissolving and resolving any tension or stress there as it weaves its way effortlessly down,
Down,
Down into your thighs now,
Flowing through your knees,
Into your shins and calves and all the way to the tips of your toes.
And the boat continues to float along.
You see palm trees and shrubs in some places.
You see birds flying high above.
And that boat very gently slows down occasionally and comes to a stop at another port,
Dropping off passengers as the boat now becomes quiet,
As it floats there just gently rocking back and forth.
And after some time,
It once again effortlessly and easily begins to float on.
And you feel your entire body relaxing even deeper and deeper as the boat floats on,
As the sunlight grows dim and your normal bedtime approaches.
You begin to feel drowsy and somehow you realize that every night you will feel even more drowsy than you feel right now at this moment.
Each night as the light grows dim,
Your body prepares itself for a perfect night's sleep.
As your normal bedtime approaches,
You feel even more drowsy and more drowsy and sleepier and sleepier.
And you realize as you're dozing off that from now on,
Every night you will drift off into a deep and natural,
Restorative sleep.
Every muscle,
Every nerve,
Every fiber in your body is at peace.
The soft sounds of the boat rocking in the distance and the sound of soft familiar noises creates a comfortable sleepiness that becomes more and more encompassing as you drift into safe and restful and restorative sleep.
And you sleep so soundly and so steadily and so easily that you awaken only for any important reasons.
And you will discover that the moment that those important reasons have been dealt with and you return to bed and lay your head on the pillow,
You will instantly feel those quiet sort of feelings just flowing easily through your mind and body so that you can return easily to that deep and relaxing sleep.
Every muscle,
Every nerve,
Every fiber in your body is at peace all night long.
You will sleep all through the night and you will awake refreshed and you will feel like you are wrapped in a cocoon of cotton candy clouds,
Comfortable,
Protected and at peace.
From now on,
Each night as you sleep,
You will automatically release any tension,
Anxiety or stress from the day fully,
Completely,
Immediately.
And as the movement of that boat continues to lull you in a deep,
Peaceful sleep,
Somehow you know at a deep subconscious level that that subconscious is open and allows this change,
That from now on you will sleep peacefully every night.
And as the movement of that boat continues to lull you in a deep,
Peaceful sleep,
It's going to be a source of surprise and great comfort to you now that you sleep so easily at night.
To you it's going to seem so normal that you just drift off into a deep and relaxing sleep when you want to,
So that in no time at all it will be normal for you.
It will simply be quite normal for you to sleep so easily at night and to sleep for as long as you need to sleep.
It will simply be quite normal for you to awaken in the mornings full of energy and looking forward to whatever opportunities that new day is going to offer.
And because of all of this,
In no time at all,
You're going to discover those easy,
Comfortable,
Quiet sort of feelings each and every night as you sleep deeply,
Because you're going to find yourself glorying in the new,
Alert and energetic person that you are about to discover,
So that each night as your normal bedtime approaches,
You automatically prepare for a perfect night's sleep.
And each morning after that deep and relaxing sleep,
You see yourself arising with a smile on your face and a spring in your step,
Full of energy,
Full of vitality,
Full of being you and everything that being you means.
And somehow you know that a change has occurred at a deep inner level.
And you ponder how easy it is to sleep all night long now.
You ponder this powerful positive change that has happened within you.
And the boat pulls up to the dock where you began your journey.
And now you feel so much lighter and happier and even healthier.
And somehow you know that this is the beginning of a new and better chapter of your life.
