You might like to find a comfortable space to be as you listen to these soothing words,
This simple meditation,
Inviting you,
Encouraging you,
To slow down and rest.
Ease any overwhelm,
Stress or anxiety,
Any tension and weariness in your body and mind.
Perhaps you're trying to do too many things,
Placing so much pressure and expectation on yourself,
Trying so hard.
You might be finding yourself reacting with stress rather than responding from a place of ease.
A deep inner calm you long to feel within yourself.
In this time and space right now,
Soften,
Allow,
Turn away from whatever it is and bring yourself here,
This present moment,
To slow down and rest.
And as you gently close your eyes,
Feel the lightness and sense of relief that comes simply from doing this.
Notice the immediate ease and calm this brings.
And take some breaths in and out,
Just gently,
Your own natural pace.
Just allow each breath to deepen.
Let each exhale release a little more tension.
Allow yourself to rest in this beautiful space,
Gifting yourself this time now.
Breathing ever so gently from any overwhelm,
Stress,
Anxiety,
To a space of soothing calm.
Take breaths in and out,
Each breath allowing yourself to slow down.
Imagine for a moment that you are standing in the middle of a path.
Behind you is the past,
In front of you is the future.
And where you are is right now,
This present moment.
And as you turn and look to the side,
Imagine the most beautiful view that you can gaze upon.
And just take yourself there,
To this place.
This calm and inviting place,
Encouraging you to just stay here for a while.
To slow down,
To rest.
There is no other place to be,
Only here and now.
It can be very easy to get caught up in the rush of day to day life.
It can even feel inviting to do lots of things at once.
It may become familiar to have so many things to do.
To always be so busy,
To be always switched on.
Moving from one thing to the next,
With no space in between.
Often we can feel these times of overwhelm or heightened stress,
Anxiety that can build up with doing so much.
Perhaps an expectation we place on ourselves.
The pressure of keeping up.
Feelings of I should or I need to or I must do more.
Be more,
To keep up.
We may have worries from the past or worries about the future.
We may feel this as cluttered minds,
Tension in our bodies,
An unsettled and restricted feeling in our chest.
Uneasy in our hearts.
This is just a gentle reminder now,
And any time you need.
There is no rush.
There is no need to try so hard.
There is no need to do so much.
The more we try and push and strive,
Often the more weary we become.
It is safe to slow down.
It is wise to rest.
So deeply supportive to do less.
And feel the ease that flows,
The tension that fades,
The worry that lessens,
And the renewed sense of clarity and peace this brings.
And we gift ourselves this space,
This time,
This beautiful place for rest.
Allow yourself to soften into letting go and slowing down.
Imagine the view you're gazing at,
How it fills you with peace and invites you to rest.
This view that becomes your new familiar,
A new way of being,
Of seeing your day,
Of being within your life.
There is no rush,
No pressure or expectation.
It is so peaceful here.
There is so much ease that flows here.
And feel how each gentle breath deepens and expands your whole being a little more.
Allowing your body and mind to relax and rest with each breath.
How light this feels,
The calm this brings,
The freedom that abounds,
The renewed shift you feel.
This gentle ease from overwhelm,
Stress or anxiety to just letting go of anything or any other place.
Simply being here now.
Softening,
Allowing,
Fully allowing yourself now to slow down and rest.
To do less,
Be less.
To know within your whole being,
To embrace this knowing of less is to bring ease and deep inner calm and peace.
Notice how any stress has passed,
Anxiety has lessened,
Tension perhaps has faded away.
And with each breath you might even smile to yourself now.
That knowing this,
The relief and release you have gifted yourself.
And this time and space to slow down and rest.
When you're ready,
In your own time now,
As you carry this feeling with you,
Gently open your eyes and feel a sense of renewal.
Knowing you can respond with greater ease and calm now to your day,
To this ever flowing and changing life.
In your own way,
Ease filled way.
And feel the gratitude within for allowing yourself to slow down,
To deepen,
To be so present within yourself and to rest.
