I'm inviting you now to make a deliberate change into your posture so that you're relaxed and comfortable in whatever position you are in,
Be that sitting,
Standing or lying down,
Rolling back the shoulders,
Feeling the tallness in the spine,
Maybe feet connected to the earth,
Feeling held and supported by whatever is supporting you right now.
Maybe it's a chair,
A bed,
A cushion or the floor.
Lowering the gaze or closing the eyes if that's comfortable and inviting the awareness inwards.
Taking a few moments to check in,
Maybe placing a hand on the heart as a gesture of self-care and a hand on the belly to track a few rounds of deeper belly breath.
Inhaling lightly through the nostrils,
Directing breath low into the belly and slow on the exhale,
Letting go and releasing anything that doesn't serve you now.
And taking a few rounds just like this,
Allowing the nervous system to come into that parasympathetic rest and digest,
Tend and befriend mode.
Relaxing the muscles.
And after a few rounds,
Maybe inviting the hands to relax and soften and rest wherever they land.
Noticing how the body's feeling.
Taking your awareness to the crown of the head.
Maybe softening and smoothing out the forehead.
Inviting a gentle inner smile to soften the muscles of the face.
Maybe even noticing a gentle uplift in the entire body as you offer yourself this act of kindness.
Releasing any tension being held in the jaw.
Unclenching the teeth.
Softening the tongue.
Feeling the shoulders drop down away from the ears.
As the arms lengthen down by your side.
And the hands,
Relaxing,
Softening the hands,
The fingers and the thumbs.
Maybe feeling an openness across the chest,
The heart space.
And the steadiness of the sit bones,
Maybe onto a chair or making contact with the floor.
The length and volume of the legs.
And the feet,
Grounded and earthed.
Making contact with whatever is supporting you.
Maybe expanding the awareness around the entire body.
And simply noticing the whole body breathe.
Just being in the body.
Breathing.
Simply noticing and observing whatever is here.
Creating space for it.
Allowing it.
Taking care of it.
And knowing that we can come to the body at any point throughout our day to create a steadiness and a pause.
