Good morning.
Instead of picking up your phone and hopping right on the social media roller coaster or checking your email or the news,
You've chosen to allow yourself to wake up a bit more gently,
More slowly,
A bit more mindfully.
Let's start with some deliberate breaths.
Slowly,
Gently breathe in and slowly,
Gently breathe out.
Repeat this a few more times as you adjust to being.
From here,
Release your focus on the breath.
Allow your body to breathe instinctively.
Take a moment to appreciate your bed,
The way the sheets and blankets feel around you.
What folds and tunnels have they created while you were sleeping?
Start to notice what you feel touching your skin.
If it's the softness of a sheet,
The pressure of a blanket,
Or just the air in the room.
What envelops you?
What holds you?
Notice the surface supporting your body,
The way the pillow cradles your head.
Where do you feel the weight of your head and neck as you rest upon the pillow?
If it feels available to you,
Go ahead and rock your head gently side to side.
Release any tension that your neck might be holding.
Scrunch your shoulders up to your ears on an inhale,
And release them down on an exhale.
Invite some movement into your wrists,
Wrists,
Fingers.
Bring your left knee up as close to your hip as you can without straining.
Softly hold near the knee or the back of your thigh and circle your ankle gently.
Release the left leg and bring your right leg up to your hip.
Softly hold near the knee or the back of your thigh and circle the right ankle.
Release your right leg back down to the bed,
And invite some joyful movement into your toes.
Relax your body back into the bed for one more moment,
And take one more slow deep breath in.
Now gently sit up and stand up out of the bed,
Ready to start your day with calm.
