Hello,
It's so good to meet you.
I understand you are feeling hurty and you are in pain.
Perhaps you're feeling really quite poorly.
I am so sorry to hear you are feeling this.
It's very sad when we are in pain and everything must feel so rubbish for you right now.
I and everyone else hopes you feel better super soon.
To help you while you are getting better,
I'm going to teach you something that you can do with your mind and your breathing.
This can make the hurt feel not quite so painful.
I might not be able to take the pain away completely.
That is something the adults around you will try their best to do with medicine.
But,
By learning how to do what I will teach you today,
You will have a way to feel a bit more comfy and make the pain feel not quite so bad.
What we're going to do is use your imagination,
Just like you do when somebody is reading a story.
By imagining your own body in a different way,
We can change the way that the body feels.
It works a bit like magic.
When you have learned how to do this,
You will be able to do it anytime you like.
When you're trying to go to sleep at night,
Or if you're bored and fed up during the day.
Happy to give it a go?
Okay,
Great.
Let's begin.
First,
Get yourself into the most comfy position that you can.
Any way of sitting,
Lying down,
Or even standing up will work.
The most important thing is to find the position that makes you feel the best and not quite as hurty.
If you can,
Close your eyes and start to breathe deeply.
Nice and slow.
See if you can breathe all the way in,
And all the way out.
Very good.
Breathing super deep helps your body to relax.
Breathing deeply also gives you something to focus your mind on.
So keep breathing nice and slow,
Nice and deep.
And just notice how it feels to breathe deeply.
All the way in,
And all the way out.
You are doing so well.
And as you breathe deeply,
Notice your whole body can just start to relax.
How does it feel to breathe deep?
As you breathe deeply,
Notice all the areas inside your body that don't feel as comfortable.
Hurt right now.
Any area of the body that is healthy and normal as it normally is,
Just notice that area.
Keep breathing nice and deeply.
Just put your whole mind on those parts of the body that don't hurt at the moment.
I know this is tricky,
Because your mind keeps on going back to the hurty bit.
It can be super annoying.
But keep trying,
And you might find you start to feel just a little bit better as you practice putting the mind into the parts of the body that don't hurt.
Well done.
Keep breathing.
How do those areas feel?
Those parts of the body that just feel normal at this time.
Those areas of the body that are not poorly,
That are not hurty.
Just breathe and keep your mind there.
Very good.
Your mind will keep trying to go back to the hurty areas.
This is okay.
This is the mind trying to help.
But you will find that if you keep trying,
You really can tell the mind where to go.
So,
For now,
Just keep sending your mind to the areas in your body that feel okay,
Not hurty,
And not poorly right now.
By feeling the areas in the body that feel okay,
We can remember what it will be like when we are feeling better.
One day,
Your whole body will feel like those okay areas again.
Very good.
Well done.
You are doing so well.
Now,
Keep breathing.
Nice and slow.
Nice and deep.
And it's okay now to put your mind in the areas that are hurty and painful.
I know it's sad and feels horrible,
But we're about to get to the point to do something that makes it feel so much better.
It's okay to just feel those hurty,
Painful areas.
And just feel it as it is for a moment.
Now,
If you keep breathing deeply,
You will notice the pain gets smaller and smaller.
Every time you breathe all the air out,
It's like a little piece of the pain goes with it.
So,
Breathing all the way in and all the way out.
And every time that you breathe out,
Just imagine that some of that pain is going with it.
Nice and deep.
Nice and slow.
And this is the magic bit now.
Using your imagination to see the pain as a bright light.
Even if the pain is big and feels like a lot,
You can use your imagination to see a light instead of feeling the pain.
Keep breathing deeply while you try your best to do this.
You are doing so good.
It can be tricky to do this because we're simply not used to doing it.
This is new.
Keep breathing.
Nice and deep.
Nice and slow.
And really doing it now.
Use your imagination to see the pain as a bright light.
Use your imagination to see the pain as a bright light in the body.
Notice how things start to feel different.
Now,
Imagine your whole body is like space.
And the hurty bits in the body are just like stars in space.
Some stars are big and some stars are small.
But all of them are just made out of light.
Imagining now that your body is just this big,
Open,
Empty space.
And all of the pain is just bright,
Twinkling lights inside.
Keep breathing.
And keep relaxing.
You're doing so good.
You might find that this is super tricky to begin with,
But that's okay.
You have plenty of time to keep practicing.
It takes a little while to learn something new.
The more you do it,
And the deeper you breathe,
The easier this will be.
New way of imagining the body will be.
Really do this now.
Go into your imagination.
Your body is space.
The feelings inside are just light.
Bright.
Powerful.
Your body is space.
Light and floaty.
The feelings inside are just light.
That is all.
Your body is space.
Open and empty.
Light and floaty.
The feelings inside are just light.
Nothing can hurt space.
You are safe.
You are protected.
You will be well again soon.
Your body is now empty,
Open and airy.
Everything inside this space is just light.
Very good.
You have done so well.
You can keep doing this,
Breathing and imagining,
For as long as you like.
You could even ask the adults to put on some gentle sounds,
Like birds or a waterfall,
Or some gentle,
Relaxing music,
And you can just keep practicing this breathing and imagining.
Imagining the body as space and the pain as light.
Just keep practicing and keep doing this until things feel a little different for you.
Remember that you can do this at any time,
When you are trying to get to sleep at night or if you are bored and fed up in the day.
Thank you so,
So much for listening and for learning today.
You really have done so very,
Very well and you are very strong for doing this.
It really is a very big challenge.
I know it's not easy at all for you and you really have done such a great job.
I wish you a very speedy recovery and hope that you are happy and healthy again super soon.
Remember that you can listen to this recording as many times as you like.
I really do look forward to teaching you the next lesson.
Hope you feel so much better soon.
Goodbye for now.
Thank you.
