Let's begin this practice.
Just by getting comfortable in bed.
Doing whatever you need to really settle in.
Maybe you do a little bit of movement,
Stretching.
Perhaps you flip over your pillow to the cool side.
And once you've settled in.
.
.
Feel your body being held and supported as you rest.
Feel the weight of your body resting in bed.
Noticing how the bed beneath you holds your body.
Fits the contour of your body.
Or the blanket or the duvet over you.
Coons your body and wraps it in that warmth and comfort.
And just taking a moment to recognize and feel.
Just how good it feels to be in bed.
Knowing that now is the time for rest.
Now bring your awareness to your belly.
And just notice the natural rise and fall of the belly as you breathe.
Inhaling,
Feeling the belly rise.
And exhaling,
Feeling the belly fall.
Just allowing your breathing to slow down.
Letting it be low and slow in the belly.
Slowing down our breathing.
Letting it be youthful and deep.
It is a natural signal to the body that it is time to unwind.
That the thoughts in the mind can release.
Tension and the muscles can begin to unwind.
And that your body can begin to move towards rest and sleep.
Just noticing the natural rise and fall of the belly.
With every inhale.
And each exhale.
And as you continue to breathe.
Begin to focus on the inhale.
Imagining that as you inhale nourishment,
Health.
And a healing that you need comes into the body on the breath.
And then begins to disperse throughout your body and seep into your cells.
Feeling that nourishment,
That healing energy coming into your body on the breath in.
And now as you breathe out,
Releasing anything you feel like is in your way of your healing.
It could be negative energy,
Stress,
Anger,
Self-doubt.
Anything that's truly getting in the way of feeling your best and being your healthiest self.
Inhaling and bringing in that nourishment.
And exhaling,
Releasing anything you no longer need or that's getting in the way of you feeling your best.
Now in your mind's eye.
Imagine a healing light.
Like an orb above your head.
What color is this light?
What's the temperature of the light shining down on your head?
Is there anything else that you notice about it,
Like how big or small,
Or perhaps if it Visualize this light shining on the crown of your head.
And tell yourself three times.
I have the ability to heal while I sleep.
Feeling now that light.
Shining down on the top of your head.
Softening the muscles of the scalp.
The forehead.
The back of the head.
And the ears.
The light shining down on the brows.
And softening the eyes.
Islands.
And down across your cheeks.
Your jaw.
Your mouth.
And tongue.
Seeing this healing light shining over your face and your head.
Pouring health and healing,
Well-being and goodness.
Into your body as it shines down on your face and head.
The light continues down.
The neck and the throat.
Across the collarbone.
Simultaneously moving down the arms.
Shoulder,
Shoulder blades.
Upper arms and elbows.
The light going all the way down the arms to the tips of the fingers.
This light infusing these areas with well-being and goodness.
And the light shines down on your chest.
Down the ribs.
And abdomen.
The light pours down the upper back.
The mint bag.
In the low back.
Light pours down the spine,
On the sides of the body.
And now seeing that light.
Pour down your hips.
Across the pelvis.
And down the legs.
Worry and nourishment and health.
And wellbeing into your muscles.
Bones,
Your cells.
Visualizing that light.
Reaching all the way down to the tips of your toes.
And seeing that light once again return to the top of your head.
Shining down on you.
Over your body.
Like a small orb or a moon shining on the crown of your head.
Covering your body and filling it with this healing light.
All night long as you sleep.
As the light shines down,
It creates a cocoon all around you.
A safe space where you will be held and supported.
A place where you can breathe in that nourishment and release what no longer serves you.
In a special safe space where you can absorb this healing light.
All night long as you sleep.
Knowing that all night,
That light will intuitively go to where you need the most help,
Healing or support.
Even if your mind may not consciously know where that is right now.
The body knows and the light will go there.
Telling yourself three times.
I have the ability to heal while I sleep.
And as you rest in this cocoon of light,
You continue to breathe down low into the belly.
Slowly counting down your breaths from 20 to 40.
All the way down to one.
If you lose track along the way,
That's okay.
Just begin again at 20.
Allowing every breath.
Bring you one step closer.
To sleep.
