Take a deep breath in.
And take a deep breath out through the mouth.
Release your shoulders.
Relax the jaw.
Relax the belly.
Release the area around the heart.
Intentionally release any tension in the body.
Place your hands on the belly or on the heart or one hand inside the other.
And bring the quality of affection.
Into your practice of watching the breath.
Let that warm hand be the witness of your breath.
Notice how the hand softly moves up and down.
To the rhythm of your body.
Stay with the breath.
You can keep it at your heart or the belly,
Or you can put the hand down if that feels comfortable.
Enjoying staying with the breath.
Enjoying connecting to the heart.
From the heart,
From this awareness.
Imagine your favorite baby or child in the world.
Imagine this small,
Young human being.
Already so full of love.
Ring the image of this baby or child mind.
And now,
See this baby taken care of.
Imagine this child really taken care of.
And calm.
And at ease.
See this child truly happy.
Joyful.
Smiling.
Imagining a happy baby.
Imagine this child surrounded by love.
Feeling wonder.
Seeing beauty.
Feel your heart expand as you send this to this young being.
Acknowledge that this being is endlessly worthy.
Send a wish.
May you be happy.
May you be truly,
Deeply happy.
May you be healthy.
May you be safe.
And feel safe.
May you feel at peace and at ease.
May you find joy in every moment.
Sending the wish,
May you find joy.
In every moment.
May you always listen to yourself.
May you always connect deeply to the voice inside you.
May you trust yourself.
And feel that the world is a safe place.
May you love and be loved.
May you enjoy your time on this earth and fall in love with life and fall in love with the earth itself.
May the world offer its best to you.
May you be surrounded by beauty.
And imagine that you can breathe right into the heart and breathe right out of the heart.
Sending the breath with ease,
With warmth,
Right into the center of the heart.
Letting the chest release.
And as you breathe out,
Imagine you breathe out light from your heart.
That carries all your good wishes of loving kindness and happiness for this child.
Imagine this light physically.
Touching and bringing happiness and ease and surrounding this child with protection.
With joy.
With compassion.
Imagine this child feeling more settled,
More taken care of,
More loved.
And go ahead and breathe like this for a few moments,
Bringing light to this child right from the heart.
Feeling the great loving kindness and energy that emerges,
The energy of your love.
Breathing out compassion.
Breathing out a compassion that sends happiness and ease.
Send the wish again.
May you be happy.
May your heart sing with joy.
May you feel connection and love.
May you be surrounded by kindness.
May you feel fulfilled.
May you feel healthy and strong and in your element.
May you have endless energy.
May your wishes come true.
And may you fall in love with the world more and more as you see your wishes come true.
May you see the world as a friendly place.
May every path be open to you.
May you find freedom.
And may you be surrounded by light.
Beauty.
And meaning.
Every step of the way.
And now with the heart open,
Send the wishes you want to send.
Adding right from the heart the wishes and the blessings.
You want to send to this child.
Letting your blessings and your loving kindness be a protection.
And let the hands release.
Let the hands in your lap take a deep breath in.
Take a deep breath out.
Thank yourself for having done this practice.
And when you open your eyes,
Bring this love,
This strength,
This well-wishing with you.
