Drift Off To Sleep

Lay down in your bed and take a few moments to get comfortable.

Relax your body and your mind as much as you can.

Try to find stillness as you feel your body release in the bed beneath you.

Take a moment to release your mind from the day behind you.

Give yourself permission to prepare to drift off to sleep.

Bring your awareness to your body.

Feel the weight of your head against the pillow.

Begin to cultivate your energy around the word,

Idea,

And experience of softening.

Begin to soften the space between your eyebrows and the muscles around your mouth and jaw.

Perhaps release the tongue from the roof of the mouth,

Parting the teeth while keeping the lips sealed.

Find softness around your entire head and face.

Release any tension you may be holding onto in your shoulders.

Relax them down and away from the ears.

Feel the relaxing of your muscles in your arms,

Your biceps and triceps,

Forearms,

And all the way through your fingertips.

Observe any sensations or tingling through the palms of the hands.

Find softness throughout your shoulders,

Arms,

And hands.

Move your awareness down your chest,

Torso,

Back,

And spine.

Observe the breath moving in and out of the lungs.

Feel the breath moving in the belly,

Ribs,

And chest.

Feel the breath moving in the side body.

Feel the breath moving in the back body.

Relax all of your muscles in this place.

Find softness through your entire torso.

Feel the weight of your hips as you let go of any tension in that area and begin to ground more into the bed beneath you.

Relax and relax through the muscles of your legs,

Your quadriceps and hamstrings,

Calf muscles,

And all the way out and down through your toes.

Observe any sensations or tingling through the soles of the feet.

Find softness throughout your hips,

Legs,

And feet.

With your entire body in a complete state of total relaxation,

Notice any sensations,

Tingling,

Heaviness,

Warmth.

Allow yourself to melt a little more into the bed beneath you.

Imagine yourself sitting on a rock by the side of a flowing stream.

Looking down into the waters,

You are the observer.

The water is your thoughts and emotions.

Allow it to flow past you.

Remain present and aware,

But not attached to the thoughts that pass through your mind.

Breathe naturally,

Calmly,

Allowing each breath to slowly take its course.

Follow your awareness on these breaths.

Feel every detail of them,

One by one.

Where is it in your body?

How does it feel?

Is it a long breath or a short breath?

You may have never considered these questions before,

But every single breath is as intricate and different as the grains of sand on a beach.

Each grain of sand comes from a different rock or perhaps a shell that was once a living creature swimming in the ocean.

These details are often overlooked,

Just as every breath is different.

You are now lying on your back on a water lily,

Floating on top of a vast,

Motionless ocean in a faraway land.

The water is completely still and you feel completely safe and at peace.

The air is warm as you feel the steady heat of an unknown sun beat down upon your face and body,

Cleansing you.

You are happy and comfortable,

Drifting on your back with your eyes closed,

Safe,

Cased all around you by your strong,

Thick water lily and mouths from anything but calm,

Open water.

The strength of the water lily makes you feel protected and safe.

It is thick and the water cannot even think about seeping in.

Just here,

Drifting happily without a care in the world,

As you drift content,

Warm,

Safe and protected,

Your awareness begins to fade away and you drift off to sleep.

The power of the water lily is very powerful and powerful.

You You You You You