Hello.
Let's go ahead and begin by closing the eyes if that's comfortable to you.
And if you'd rather keep them open,
Allow your gaze to rest on something in front of you,
Either the floor,
The wall,
Just lightly resting on something in front of you.
And go ahead and take a nice full in-breath,
Filling the lungs and release a long out-breath,
Letting go as you release this air.
Let's do that two more times.
Filling the lungs with this in-breath all the way to the top and releasing a long slow out-breath,
Just letting go.
And now one more time,
Deep full in-breath and releasing a long slow out-breath,
Just letting go.
And now go ahead and resume your natural breathing pattern,
Allowing the breath to come and go as deeply or as shallowly as it wants.
There's nowhere to be,
Nothing to do,
Nothing to accomplish right now,
Just taking this time to be here for yourself.
Now let's go ahead and reset our focus for the remainder of the day.
And to do that,
Let's start by thinking of one negative thing that happened so far today.
Maybe you were late getting out the door,
Maybe your meal wasn't quite what you wanted it to be,
Maybe it was something a little bigger.
Just one thing that was negative,
Something that happened today.
And now hold this thing,
Whatever it is,
In your mind's eye.
And every time you exhale,
Imagine this negative thing dissolving little by little,
Little by little,
Piece by piece.
Watching this just falling away,
Disappearing into the past,
No longer in front of you.
You have no need for this anymore.
And you notice that as this thing dissolves,
You're left with a brand new clean slate.
This negative aspect has dissolved away and you're left with a brand new remainder of the day.
The gift of a brand new start,
A brand new moment,
A fresh start.
Now let's take one more deep in-breath,
All the way filling up the lungs and letting out a long,
Slow out-breath.
Letting go one more time.
And now allowing your breath to resume its natural pattern.
Inviting yourself back into the moment,
Back into your environment.
Inviting some gentle movement back into the body.
Maybe moving the head from side to side.
Moving the fingers,
The toes.
Picking up the feet and putting them back down just a little bit.
And when you're ready,
Opening the eyes and coming back.
Thank you for taking this time to just pause and I hope you enjoy the remainder of your day.
