Take a deep breath,
And as you exhale,
Allow yourself to get a little more comfortable and a little more relaxed.
Let go of any tension or tightness in your neck or your shoulders,
And just notice the way your eyes feel right now.
Allow your eyelids to get heavy,
Loose,
And relaxed.
Perhaps you'd like to close your eyes right now,
Or maybe you would like to close your eyes in a few moments,
When it just feels right for you,
Knowing there is nothing you need to do,
Nowhere for you to be.
Nobody is wanting anything from you,
And nobody is expecting anything from you,
So you can just allow yourself to perhaps become aware of the sounds around you,
And you can allow those sounds to begin to relax you.
Allow those sounds to float in and out of your awareness,
And allow the muscles of your body to relax so deeply and completely,
As you become more relaxed than you could possibly imagine.
Let your body breathe so very softly.
Notice that each breath effortlessly floats in and then out of your body,
And every time you exhale,
You relax into those sounds around you,
Breathing so easily,
Softly,
And any time you'd like to relax deeper,
You take a breath,
And as you exhale,
You go even deeper within,
Into that perfect and peaceful place of home,
As you allow your mind and body to relax so deeply,
In that velvety darkness behind your eyes.
Notice yourself standing on a boardwalk.
It is a boardwalk that has been aged with time,
Yet its strength and beauty remain,
Heightened actually.
A gentle breeze softly ruffles the sea oats beside you as you journey along the path.
You smell the salty air before your eyes hold the vision of vastness.
Seagulls fly overhead as your feet carry you to the shore,
And you feel your body settle into a calmer pace when you are here.
You feel yourself relax in the deep places you didn't even realize you had held tension.
It's as though you had,
In a sense,
Been holding your breath,
And now you are finally able to breathe deeply,
And you allow yourself to simply be in the moment,
With no expectations,
No agenda,
Just a silent witness to the beauty before and taking place within you.
You notice a bird flying freely overhead,
And imagine yourself soaring with the same grace and ease.
As you are observing the bird,
It plunges deep into the water.
After a moment or two,
It surfaces with a treasure that will nourish itself and allow it to grow and thrive.
There are those shifts to the sandpipers running along the shore.
Confidently and with great certainty,
They rush in where opportunity awaits them before the waves.
They do not linger,
But have faith they will find an abundance of what they seek.
They watch the signs that guide them,
Trusting in the wisdom within.
As the waves roll in,
Notice the shells that ebb and flow with the rhythm of the universe.
Some land at your feet and are easy to reach down and grab,
While others have only partially revealed themselves or leave just as quickly as they came.
Still others swirl around and require more effort and are a bit more challenging.
And you understand it is always your choice in what to pursue.
The waves of the world give,
And the waves wash away.
Their gifts are never lost.
They just move on.
You allow yourself to step more deeply in,
Allowing the waves in this very moment to flow to you,
Full of their peace and their treasures being offered to you.
And as it always does,
The waves cleanse and wash,
Renewing that which it surrounds.
The ever-present pull of the universe moves the deep places within you,
And in this very moment,
All is well.
In this very moment,
You are a part of something much greater than yourself.
And yet,
You are the orchestrator as you step and dance and flow with the rhythm in a way that is uniquely yours.
And you breathe it in and let it be.
All is well.
All is well.
All is well.
