Okay,
And as you settle into the posture,
Walk your heels out away from you to make sure your spine is as elongated as possible.
And sometimes we need to lift our lower back and sit it down once again.
The hands clasped just over the belly button is one way to gather energy.
Otherwise you might want to just let them lie at your side like Shavasana.
And then beginning with deep inhalations,
Breathing to the apex to the maximum that you can,
And then letting the breath out long and slow.
Full inhalation,
Full exhalation.
And let any tension release on the exhalation.
Surrendering the body to gravity.
Surrendering the body to its own weight.
And do that a few more times.
Full inhalation.
And a complete exhalation.
Letting tension melt.
Allow the face to be expressionless.
The forehead and the eyes are soft.
The jaw is loose.
The neck is soft.
Allowing the shoulders to be as relaxed as they can be.
Allowing the belly,
The stomach to be as soft and relaxed as it can be.
And continuing all the way down through the body.
You're checking for tension or holding,
Contraction,
And softening wherever you can.
And then begin to feel the body as a whole.
As if you had a cocoon or a blanket of awareness covering the body.
Just tuning into the body,
Lying there,
Breathing all by itself.
Feeling the body living all by itself.
Body surrendered to its own weight.
Feeling the contact of the body with the floor.
Letting the body melt into the floor just a little bit.
Letting the body trust.
Trust its release.
Releasing to its own weight,
Its own gravity.
