Just allow your body to settle.
Feel the weight of it settle into the surface supporting you.
Let those shoulders drop,
That jaw soften,
And those eyelids close.
Watch your breath as you naturally breathe in and out.
With each breath out,
Feel your tension drain away and begin to relax.
More and more.
Take yourself inwards into that space behind your eyes,
To that dark soft space where it is warm and safe.
Just stand there for a moment in that space and feel yourself relax even more.
Now picture yourself standing barefooted on a vast plain of land.
It is early evening.
A distant mountain range is etched against the evening sky.
The sun sinks behind the mountains and the full spectrum of colours streaks the sky.
A gentle breeze touches your face.
Take a moment to feel the space.
Breathe in the peace.
Listen to the land.
Now take your awareness to your feet.
Feel the earth under your feet.
Feel a gentle vibration in your soles and toes and heels.
Like a pulse.
A gentle beat like a drum.
It travels through your feet,
Up your shins,
Your thigh,
Into your body,
Up your spine,
Your arms,
Into your head.
A gentle,
Soothing,
Relaxing beat.
Then it settles in your heart.
Focus on your heart.
Feel the beat.
Listen to the beat.
The beat of your heart and the beat of the land are one.
Feel the connection flow between you and the land.
Become aware now that the sun has set,
That the landscape is changing,
Darkening into the magic of the night.
It dissolves in on you and you feel yourself drawn back,
Back by the rhythm of the land,
Back in time,
Back through space,
Back to an ancient time,
In the same place.
You are standing outside a circle of people seated around a campfire.
Some are beating drums.
The same beat as the land.
The beat of your heart.
These are the ancient ones.
Their attention is focused on the fire.
Within the circle is a space and you feel drawn to sit with them.
You immediately feel the connection of peace,
Of healing.
The beat of the drums,
Their hearts,
And the land flows through you.
The flames dance in time to the rhythm,
The beat.
You are one with the ancient ones and the land.
Focus on the flames.
You may see or feel a sign,
A symbol or words forming in them.
Don't try too hard.
Relax into the rhythm and focus.
This is a gift to you from the land.
A gift of wisdom and healing.
This is the land.
The land.
The land.
The land.
The land.
And now ask what you can do for the land what you can do to help heal it what you need to learn remember the health of the land and your health are interconnected listen carefully be relaxed just be watch the scene now as it dissolves and you travel back through time and space back to standing barefooted in that vast landscape the Sun is rising fingers of light creep across the plane it is so bright close your eyes and feel its warmth inform you feel the rhythm of the land that gentle beat caress you bring that feeling and all that you've learned back with you back to this time and this place and when you're ready slowly open your eyes
