The night has come and it's time to put your mind and body at ease.
To release all the worries,
Anxieties,
And emotions that seem to rain down upon you at the end of the day.
So you can breathe deeply into peaceful sleep.
So go ahead and let yourself settle into your bed.
Putting yourself into your most favorite sleeping position.
And take your first deep breath in,
Filling your chest and belly with the fresh air of the evening.
And on your exhale,
Release out any tension you may be feeling in your body.
Another deep breath in,
Expanding with nourishing oxygen.
And exhale any heaviness.
Last deep breath in,
Filling your belly as much as you can.
And then let all the air out and fall deeper into your position.
Bring your breathing to its natural,
Easy rhythm.
And just be here for a bit,
Aware of the natural slowing down of your breath.
The slowing down of your heartbeat.
The slowing down of your mind.
Breathe.
Thoughts may begin to pop up.
Wanting to invade your mind with visions of things to worry about.
Tasks to finish.
Even deep fears to feel.
Just observe these thoughts or visions as they arrive.
And see if you can imagine moving them from out of your mind into an open,
Empty room.
One by one.
Imagine yourself moving these thoughts into this room.
Shutting the door behind you each time you leave one.
Move those thoughts.
Take them out of your head and place them in the room.
Releasing their power.
Relieving the pain.
Releasing the tension.
And releasing the anxiety.
Breathe it all out of you.
And feel yourself melt further into your bed.
Now imagine yourself approaching the door to this room.
Your mind is relaxed and you feel safe.
Knowing all of those thoughts,
Emotions,
And anxieties are outside of you.
And in this room,
You put your hand on the door.
And as you open it and look inside the room,
You notice that instead of it being full of everything you had just placed there.
You instead see yourself sitting on the floor.
You as a little child.
She's anxious.
Scared.
And the embodiment of all those worries and emotions you just placed here.
Your body immediately fills with compassion for this little girl.
For yourself.
So you slowly approach her,
Sit down,
And embrace her with tenderness and love.
It's okay.
You hear yourself saying to her.
Everything is going to be okay.
This moment is all there is.
And right now,
You are safe.
Lying in your bed.
Listening to these words.
And surrounded by love.
She melts in your arms and surrenders to you.
Let it go,
My love,
You say.
You are safe.
And everything is already okay.
It's time to sleep.
Let me hold you as you give yourself to the night.
Trusting she will hold you with care,
Just as I am,
And deliver you to the morning peacefully.
The little girl melts further into your arms.
And as you look down,
Realize she has surrendered to sleep.
Let it go.
Let it all go.
And surrender to sleep.
Sweet dreams,
Beautiful.
