Close your eyes and settle,
And let yourself sink into your bed.
The day may have left behind noise,
Heavy thoughts,
Waves too big to quiet on your own.
Perhaps the sky within you feels thick with emotion,
Unspoken worries gathering like clouds.
You are not alone in this storm,
And you don't need to chase it away.
Tonight,
You rise through it.
Breathe in slowly,
The breath it moves like steady rain,
Softening what's tense,
And then exhale,
Letting go even just a little.
Another breath in,
Let it be deep,
Full,
Let it anchor you into this moment where the storm cannot reach you.
Feel your body settle deeper,
Like a tree sinking its roots into the earth,
Unafraid of the wind,
Unafraid of the noise.
Now,
Imagine this storm as a landscape,
A sky of swirling gray,
Winds that shout,
Rain that pelts,
And you standing in the middle of it all.
This storm is chaos,
You've known it before,
But tonight you choose a different way through.
With your next breath,
Begin to rise,
Lifting yourself above the noise,
Above the winds,
Above all those worries and thoughts in the storm.
You ascend through the gray,
Through the gusts,
Until the wind begins to hush,
And light begins to return.
Now you see the storm from above,
Still moving,
Still wild,
But distant,
Small.
In this higher space,
There is stillness,
The sky is clear,
The air is calm,
And you are held here,
By peace,
By presence,
By something so much greater than fear.
Breathe in this stillness,
Let it fill the corners of your chest,
Your spine,
Your mind,
And on each exhale,
Release what the storm stirred up,
Let it fall away,
Like rain fading into silence,
There is clarity here,
You didn't have to fight the storm,
You only had to rise,
And now that you have,
You can see yourself more clearly,
Strong,
Capable,
Whole,
The winds have calmed,
The sky is quiet within,
And you are free to rest in the peace that exists in the letting go.
You've flown high enough to remember who you are,
Steady,
Resilient,
And deeply rooted in peace.
Let this stillness spread,
Down through your arms,
Your chest,
Your belly,
Cascading down your back,
Through your hips,
And down each leg,
Feel your body grow soft and heavy as the sky holds you.
Rest here,
Floating in this quiet space above the storm,
And beyond the noise,
Let every breath pull you deeper into sleep,
When the storm returns,
And it may,
Remember this place,
This sky,
This peace,
It's always here,
Namaste,
Beautiful.
