Welcome,
This is Faye Lawand,
New Zealand's trusted internal conflict resolution expert.
And I'm delighted to offer you this short audio recording to help calm the overactive mind.
So,
When you're ready for this practice,
Please go ahead and make yourself comfortable.
Just ensuring,
Please,
That you're not operating any type of machinery,
And please definitely don't do this while you're driving or doing any other activity that requires your full focus,
Awareness and alertness.
So,
Find somewhere comfortable to settle the body and allow the body to get comfortable.
And I'm going to be talking about various things.
You might wish to keep track of them,
Or you might not.
It's up to you to let go when you want.
So,
Settle back,
Settle down.
You can close your eyes any time you want to.
And I'd like you to listen to the sound of my voice and the sound of the words that I'm using.
Really think about the shapes of the words.
And as you do,
Become aware of the other sounds around.
The sounds from within the building.
The sounds out in the street.
The sounds coming from inside you.
And the sounds of my words,
As they're rising,
Falling,
Changing.
And these sounds can be so interesting.
You can find them relaxing you.
And the only sound you need to listen to as you hear the other sounds is the sound of my voice.
And that sound can make you want to relax and settle even more.
And you can find yourself going deeper and deeper into the chair or whatever is supporting your body as you relax to the words.
As you relax deeper listening to all those sounds,
You can become aware of the body in the chair or on the bed.
And the feel of whatever is supporting your back.
And the feel of whatever is supporting the weight of the legs.
And how the arms are resting,
Lying relaxed.
How heavy the arms feel.
As the legs are getting heavy.
And under your hands,
Your fingers can become aware without moving.
They can become aware of the texture of the material they're touching.
And how that texture is similar to or different from the feeling of heaviness in the arms and the legs.
You might feel that weight increasing as you lie there thinking about the texture of the sounds.
The shape of the words.
The color of the weight gently pressing down now.
As you relax and become aware of the feeling of your feet where they're resting.
The feeling of the feet growing heavy,
Tingly,
Numb.
As you're aware of the sounds and words relaxing.
Heavy legs and other parts becoming heavy.
Just relax now.
Now focus on your breathing.
Become aware of how your breath is allowing you to relax more and more.
How your breath is allowing you to let go and go deeper and deeper.
As you relax into the chair or whatever is supporting your body.
Your shoulders loosening as your feet go numb.
And the sounds go round and round.
And the weight is relaxing and going down.
And those gentle steady breaths can remind you of how you can ignore everything as you settle down to rest.
To let go.
And allow your mind to drift away.
Just allow the mind to wander,
To drift.
Dreamy,
Drifty,
Floating.
Like a dream taking over.
And enjoying the feeling of release,
Of calm.
And of everything settling.
Being more and more comfortable.
Something has finally settled.
And use those sounds to become even more relaxed.
Even more comfortable.
Just imagine going down deeper and deeper.
Nothing to think about.
Nothing to do.
Except drifting down and enjoying the feeling.
How easily you let go when you want to go.
And each breath is relaxing.
And relaxing and relaxing you even more.
Feel your whole body becoming aware of that body.
Feel the whole body becoming aware of the shape of the body.
The weight,
The size,
The density.
And the position of the body.
As you focus on your breathing.
It can feel like you're drifting away from it.
Soft,
Gentle,
Relaxed.
Feeling everything relaxing and softening.
Loosening more and more.
Enjoying the release.
And now aware that your face is relaxed.
Your jaw is relaxing.
Thinking or not thinking.
Aware that all the old tension is completely gone.
And down relaxed.
Released.
Not thinking.
Not knowing.
Not caring.
Every muscle relaxed.
Every joint.
Every part of the physical body feeling so,
So good.
So calm.
You know you could.
You just can't be bothered.
And everything lets go.
Goes down until there's only being and not being.
Floating and drifting.
So nice to just be.
So nice to just let go.
You can rest here.
You can be here.
You can rest in being as long as you like or as long as you have.
And when it's time for you to return to a more familiar state of wakefulness,
You'll return with the eyes open.
Feeling awake,
Alert,
Grounded.
And better than you have the whole day.
Trust the mind to know when it's time for you to be.
And when it's time for you to emerge from being.
