Coming to lie on your back.
Find a comfortable position in Shavasana.
Corpse pose.
Gathering any blankets or props you might need.
And then just allowing your body to rest.
Symmetrically on the surface beneath it.
Creating some space for your shoulders by puffing up your chest and walking shoulders down your spine.
And let the legs be wide.
So there's space for the toes to fall out to the side.
The palms facing up.
Letting thumbs all open.
Allowing your body to sink here deeply.
Feeling and visualising how your limbs are positioned.
Balanced on both sides.
And surrendering yourself into stillness for the next few moments.
Affirming to yourself that you're now entering into a deep state of rest and relaxation.
Connecting with the breath coming into the body.
And the breath going out of the body.
Feeling with each fresh inhale the expansion of the body upwards and outwards.
And with each exhalation the cleansing and clearing of the body as the breath leaves the lungs.
And just following the breath into the body,
Expanding at its edges.
Exhaling,
Softening as the breath comes out of the body.
Allowing yourself to surrender to the rhythm of the body breathing in and out.
Allowing the breath to wash over you like a wave.
Connecting with a sense of ease and peace in the body.
Accepting yourself just as you are in this moment.
Just as you feel in this moment.
Allowing yourself to connect with the sensation of contentment.
The peaceful feeling of being just as you are.
Without needing to change or alter anything.
And if there are any uncomfortable feelings in the body,
See if you can just surrender,
Just soften into this moment exactly as it is.
Feeling into the head and face.
Noticing any sensations here.
And accepting everything just as it is.
Softening cheekbones,
The muscles in the jaw.
Softening the tongue,
The lips.
Softening the space between the eyebrow centre,
The middle of the forehead.
Allowing any tension to just melt away.
Connecting with your deep inner sense of peace.
Softening down into the shoulders and chest.
Inviting a sense of ease and wellbeing into the heart centre.
Feeling the softness of your breath as the ribcage rises and falls.
Softening into the sides of the torso and the belly.
Ease,
Peace,
A sense of wellbeing and softness.
Releasing any tension in the hips and pelvis.
The buttocks and groin.
The inner and outer thighs.
Front and back thighs.
Allowing peacefulness in the legs.
Softening kneecaps,
Backs of knees.
The shins and the calves relaxing.
Melting down.
Softening ankles and feet.
Feeling this sense of ease and wellbeing all the way through the feet.
And into all ten toes.
Soft fingertips and knuckles.
Feeling any easefulness or softness in the hands and the wrists.
Forearms and elbows.
Shoulders.
Upper arms.
Shoulders.
Softening the back of the neck.
Letting the skull be heavy.
Connecting with a deep sense of peace.
Of contentment throughout the whole body now.
Feeling a sense of contentment wash through every cell in the body.
Feeling a sense of softness glide through the entire body.
From toes to head.
Head to fingertips.
Fingertips to heart space.
And from the heart center pouring this ease and softness again through the whole body.
And out beyond the edges of your body.
Feeling this deep sense of okayness.
Of being just as you are right now in this moment.
Soft.
Heavy.
Surrendered.
Connecting again with the subtle breath.
The subtle rising and falling of the body.
Into the body breathing.
Expanding.
Surrendering.
Releasing.
And then when you are ready start to wiggle the fingers and the toes.
Letting the hair gently rock side to side.
And slowly in your own time bringing yourself back into the space around you.
