We welcome ourselves to this moment.
We call ourselves from the past and future and connect with ourselves here in this moment,
In this space and time.
Beginning with the breath,
Breathe in slowly and deeply,
Filling your body with life,
Peace and relaxation.
And breathe out slowly and intentionally,
Releasing any tension,
Stress or obstacles that might interfere with your work today.
Again breathe in slowly and deeply,
Filling your body with peace and wisdom,
Just feeling that relaxation moving through you.
And breathe out slowly and gently with a deeper level of relaxation as you simply allow your breath to just continue naturally and feel the effectiveness of my words.
Notice the top of your head and feel a peaceful,
Calm,
Wonderfully warm light beginning to fill your body.
As it continues it becomes a deep wave of relaxation and whatever color or feeling that you experience it.
As you feel it move down behind your eyelids,
Your eyes,
Your cheeks,
Face and jaw.
You feel it move towards the back of your head and down over your throat.
It increases and warms.
Goes down to the base of your spine allowing you to relax and release and just let go as it goes deeper and deeper still.
It feels so wonderful and good.
The light moves across your chest and shoulders,
Down the arms and through your fingertips.
You might feel a light tingle or warmth and that is a good sign that the tension is leaving your body and you're becoming more and more relaxed.
Light travels slowly down your hips,
Legs and out your toes,
Leaving you feeling completely relaxed and calm.
You become aware of the points where your body touches the surface you're resting on.
You feel the sensation of your feet and the connection with the support.
You allow your feet to gently sink into the surface and allow it to support your feet and you feel so good and supported.
Now you pay attention to your backside where you make contact with the support you're resting on.
You just relax into it,
Allow yourself to gently sink into it.
Allow it to support you.
It is safe and you are supported here and you feel so wonderfully relaxed and comfortable.
You begin at the top of a spiral staircase with ten steps.
It is dark and quiet.
You are completely safe as you begin your descent down to a peaceful place.
I'll count down from ten on each step and as you go you feel more deeply relaxed on every step.
Ten.
Nine.
Relaxing deeper and deeper.
Eight.
Seven.
Feeling an even deeper change.
Six.
Five.
Trusting yourself and the process.
Four.
Going even deeper now.
Three.
Two.
And one.
You are now in a safe,
Comfortable,
Peaceful place.
This place is where your heart,
Mind and soul connect fully with one another.
Think of how wonderful and comfortable this place is.
Be aware of the things you see.
The sounds that you hear.
Any lovely smells or sensations that you have here in this wonderful,
Peaceful place.
You feel opened up to love and to learning about yourself here and comfortable with the process of growing stronger and healthier.
You feel safe and relaxed here.
You walk through a door and you notice that there's a long hallway with a mirror at the end.
This hallway is where your best possible future appears in front of you and all the things that you need to become your highest,
Healthiest,
Happiest self.
You can see them in front of your eyes.
There's no negativity or stress here,
No obstacles.
Only successes.
Feel how wonderfully relaxed and comfortable you are right now.
As you walk down the hall,
You can see yourself in the future.
You are completely happy,
Healthy and loved.
You have strong mental and physical health and sobriety.
You have learned and accomplished so much and contribute to others in your community.
You are financially healthy.
You live in a peaceful home with people who love you as much as you love them.
You have good friends and enjoy fun activities together and you connect easily and fully with your higher power.
This is who you truly are already without the problems that brought you here.
You feel so relaxed and comfortable and as you take a deep breath,
You can instantly tap into this feeling of relaxation and freedom from stress at any time and anywhere.
From this point on,
You will be able to take this deep breath and come back to this relaxed place with a calm body,
Mind and soul.
You walk through another door and when you walk through it,
You find an empty room.
In this space,
You create a container which is strong enough to hold anything,
Allows only you to put things in and to remove them and is comfortable enough that whatever you put in there will last a very very long time.
Give your container some name and then walk through the door again.
You find another spiral staircase at the top of which is this present world.
I'm going to count to ten on each step and at ten you will feel yourself become more present and join with me completely.
One,
Two,
Three,
Letting any scenes or emotions fade into the background,
Four,
Five,
Six,
Feeling yourself returning and making small movements,
Seven,
Eight,
We're nearly there,
Nine,
And ten.
Feeling totally safe and comfortable,
You allow yourself to become fully aware of this place,
Slowly opening your eyes.
And now we are ready to begin today's work.
