Welcome.
Let yourself arrive just as you are.
There is nothing to fix.
Nothing to perform.
Nothing to get right.
This space is not about effort.
It is a place to rest.
Take a gentle breath in and a soft breath out.
Feel the rhythm of life moving through you.
Breath rising.
Breath falling.
No need to control it.
No need to deepen or manage it.
Just notice that you are breathing.
Life is here,
Flowing through you.
Let the breath be your anchor.
Now,
Gently acknowledge the sense of too much.
Perhaps today brought noise,
Demands or pressure.
Perhaps your mind feels full.
Or your body holds tension.
Or your emotions are stirred.
Whatever you are experiencing,
It is welcome here.
There is no need to analyze it.
No need to explain it.
No need to push it away.
Overwhelm is not who you are.
It's a temporary storm of thought,
Just passing through awareness.
You are the space it moves in.
Let your body feel supported.
Notice the surface beneath you.
The ground,
The chair,
The bed.
Feel how it holds your weight.
You do not need to hold yourself up.
You can let it go.
Let gravity take the weight of your body.
Allow your muscles to soften.
Your bones to rest.
Bring awareness to your feet.
Notice warmth,
Coolness or pressure.
Nothing to change,
Only noticing.
Let attention rise into your legs.
Shins,
Calves,
Thighs,
Hips.
All of them held.
All of them safe.
Move awareness into your back.
Lower back,
Middle,
Upper.
Notice the points of contact with the surface beneath you.
Notice the gentle rise and fall with each breath.
Allow the shoulders to drop.
Let them be heavy.
Let them be free of burden.
Bring attention to your arms and hands.
Resting,
Supported,
With nothing to do.
Let fingers curl naturally,
Free from effort.
Notice your neck and your face.
Soften your jaw.
Ease around your eyes and let your brow smooth.
There is no mask to wear here.
No need to hold yourself together.
You are safe to let go.
Pause now.
Let silence restore your inner rhythm.
Now,
Return once more to the breath.
This gentle,
Steady rhythm.
Always here.
Always carrying you back to the present.
Notice how thoughts may still come.
Stories about what has been.
Worries about what might be.
And yet,
You are not those thoughts.
You are the one who notices them.
Overwhelm may say something is wrong with you.
It may whisper that you are not coping.
But overwhelm is simply a surge of busy thought.
It's not true.
It's not who you are.
Like weather,
It passes.
Storm clouds gather.
Rain falls.
The sky clears.
You are the sky.
Always here.
Untouched by the passing weather.
Feel into that now.
The calm that was never lost.
The peace that does not need to be created.
It has only been a little clouded for a while.
Just rest here.
Notice the stillness beneath thought.
Notice the quiet that was waiting.
Nothing to earn.
Nothing to achieve.
This calm is your natural state.
Let your body rest in that knowing.
Let your mind soften into that truth.
As we begin to close,
Take a deeper breath in and a slower breath out.
Feel the ground beneath you again.
Feel the support that has been holding you all along.
Peace has never left you.
It is always here.
Sometimes hidden by thought,
But never gone.
As you re-enter your day,
Carry this with you.
You are not your overwhelm.
You are not the storm.
You are the awareness that holds it all.
Take one more gentle breath.
Inhale.
Exhale.
You are already home in yourself.
You are steady.
You are whole.
Thank you for being here.
