Welcome to this Calm Your Anxious Stomach IBS meditation.
This meditation has been created to help you calm and soothe an anxious stomach,
Allowing you to release all that built up stress and tension trapped inside.
Take a few moments now to make sure you are in a comfortable position,
Either sitting or lying down somewhere where you won't be disturbed.
And when you are ready,
You can simply allow those eyes to close.
And with those eyes closed,
I'd like you to bring your focus gently to your breath.
Become aware of the air moving in and out of your body.
In and out of those lungs.
As you gently relax more and more.
Giving yourself a complete rest here.
An opportunity for your mind,
Your body,
Your nervous system and your digestive system to slow down.
To take this time to become still.
So often in life,
We don't take the time to stop,
To pause,
To give ourselves the opportunity to relax and to let go.
So often the day to day stresses and worries you experience can build up.
And all that tension in your body starts to rise.
And your stomach can start to feel tight,
Anxious and uneasy.
And the process of digestion stops working as it should.
This is because anxiety and ongoing stress can switch off your digestive system for a short time.
Causing it to slow down.
Making it feel sluggish.
Or causing things to speed up and operate at a rate which is all off balance.
Your body unable to make the fine adjustments necessary for smooth and easy digestion.
So let's focus on helping your stomach to unwind.
To let go of all that built up tension.
So that you can feel at ease in your digestive system.
Allowing your mind and your body to relax.
So taking a slow breath in now.
That's right.
Breathing in.
And then slowly breathing out.
Allowing that chest,
The belly to gently fall.
And when you're ready,
Taking another slow long breath in.
Allowing those lungs to fill with air.
And then letting that breath go.
Knowing that as you slow your breath.
You are sending a message to your digestive system.
That everything is okay.
And as that breath starts to slow.
As it finds its own natural rate and rhythm.
Just notice how the muscles in your body start to relax more and more.
Feel your body soften.
Become aware of the muscles in and around your stomach letting go.
As you continue to gently breathe in.
And out.
Letting go of any effort.
Letting your breath do what it wants to do.
As you follow that feeling of relaxation.
Feeling safe.
Feeling more and more at ease.
Good.
And now take another calm breath in.
And as you take that breath in.
Send a wave of calm relaxation through the whole body.
Through the whole mind.
Freeing up any tension.
Any areas of tightness becoming free.
As you let it all go on that next exhale.
Starting to feel lighter.
Not so tension unwinding.
And in your mind.
Now gently guide this sensation of relaxation and ease.
Through every part of your body.
From the top of the head.
Down through the neck.
And into those shoulders.
Able to release all that built up tension.
All those concerns.
All those worries.
Freely and easily able to let them go.
As you guide that relaxation now down through the arms and the hands.
Down through the chest and back.
Letting your muscles go loose.
Allowing your stomach to feel at peace.
As you welcome in a new level of calmness.
As you welcome in a new level of control.
And as that calmness starts to expand inside of your stomach.
Along the whole of your gastrointestinal tract.
You can keep guiding that feeling of calm relaxation.
Down through the rest of your body.
Down through those legs.
And all the way to those feet.
And to the tips of those toes.
So that all that old built up tension and stress.
All those past concerns and worries.
Are released from the body.
Out through the bottom of those feet and those toes.
Allowing yourself.
To freely and easily release all that heaviness.
Anything which has been causing you to feel overwhelmed or frustrated.
Knowing it is safe to let that all go.
And as you let that all go.
As it moves out of the body.
You can really notice how the stomach feels lighter.
Calmer.
More and more still and at ease.
And you can start to breathe in this ease.
Feeling healthy.
Feeling at peace with yourself.
Creating space.
And so taking a few more slow breaths here.
No need to try.
Just allowing the natural rhythm of your breath in your own time.
And so when you are ready.
You can gently open those eyes.
Feeling calmer.
Feeling refreshed.
And feeling at ease.
And ready to get on with the rest of the day.
