Please take all the time that you need to set up your surroundings and to find a safe and comfortable position,
Gently closing down your eyes,
Bringing your awareness inwards,
Grounding yourself into this space by gently deepening your breath.
Inhale through your nose,
Feel your belly rise,
Exhale slowly,
Deeply and completely.
Allow the rate of your breathing to gradually extend and slow down,
With no effort,
As your body starts to relax.
I invite you to imagine yourself in the perfect surroundings for a long,
Luxurious bath.
You won't be disturbed.
The room is warm.
Maybe you have candles or scents in the room.
Maybe you have bubbles in the bath.
Maybe you have a good book or your favourite music playing.
As you step into the bathtub,
Allow yourself to get comfortable and start to relax in this beautiful,
Peaceful space that you have created.
Feel the inviting,
Soothing,
Warm water begin to relax you from your toes,
Your feet and your ankles,
Flooding you with a sensation of peace and calm.
Allow the relaxation to spread up into your calves,
Your knees,
Your thighs,
Deeply relaxing your joints,
Your muscles and the deep connective tissues.
Feel a blanket of relaxation rise up and wrap around your hips and your lower back,
Dissolving and releasing any tension.
Notice the warm embrace of relaxation as it flows to your stomach,
Your chest and all the way up your spine,
One vertebra at a time.
Soothing,
Calming,
Nurturing and comforting.
Bring awareness to the feeling of relaxation in each finger and thumb.
Feel it flow to the palms of your hands,
The backs of your hands,
Your wrists,
Your forearms,
Your elbows,
Your upper arms.
Pleasantly warm,
Heavily relaxed.
Allow the waves of relaxation to wash over your collarbones,
Your neck and soak deeply into your shoulders,
Tenderly softening and melting.
Welcome the soothing,
Peaceful relaxation spread to your chin,
The base of your skull,
The back of your head,
To your jaw,
Your mouth,
Your cheeks,
Your ears,
The tip of your nose,
Your eyes softening,
Your eyelids heavy and relaxed.
Your temples relaxing,
Your forehead melting.
Your whole entire body is now calm,
Peaceful and relaxed.
Allow yourself to feel the sensations and deep sense of relaxation as it flows throughout your body from the very tips of your toes to the top of your head.
Deepen your breath as you breathe in peace and calm and breathe out any tension.
You have nothing else to do and nowhere else to be.
Allow yourself to simply enjoy the pureness of this very safe and secure space.
Surrender to the feelings and sensations of deep,
Nurturing,
Healing and calming relaxation for just a little while longer.
Slowly bring your awareness back to your breath and imagine that you are now safely and securely wrapped and held in the biggest,
Fluffiest towel.
As you turn your attention to the bathtub,
Just watch as all of the tension that has dissolved that has dissolved out of your body,
Steadily swirls around the plug hole and then washes away and disappears.
Leaving you feeling cleansed,
Nourished,
Light,
Calm and free.
Once again,
Slowly bring awareness back to your breath.
Slowly bring awareness back to your body.
Take your time to introduce some small movements to your fingers and to your toes.
And only when you are ready and only when it feels right for you,
Slowly open your eyes.
