Allow your eyes to comfortably close.
As you do so,
Come down into your body's weight and volume,
And the movements your body makes as you breathe.
Breathe out down the full length of your body,
Allowing your body to soften and release what it's brought with it here,
And no longer needs to carry.
Let it flow out and away.
Notice the contact your body is making with the surface directly beneath you.
Give more of your weight to its support,
And become aware of the sensation of air entering your nostrils and leaving.
Notice the air is cool as it enters,
Warm as it leaves.
Notice the expansion of the in-breath as your chest and thorax open to receive nourishment in this moment.
Notice the release of the out,
The softening,
Letting go motion as the breath flows out.
Notice the out-breath is the body's natural relax.
Notice your breathing in from the space around you,
And out into it.
And notice the play of light and shade through your closed eyelids,
Right round your peripheral vision.
Notice the touch of the air on your face and body.
Let it be there.
Let everything be there.
In your own time,
And when you are ready,
Allow yourself to imagine sunlight warming you.
As you receive the sunlight,
Let its renewing,
Life-giving energies bathe your face and body,
Recharging every cell within you.
Allow the beautiful light to restore all the places within you in need of healing,
Surrounding them with positive energy.
Allow it to nourish and renew you.
Know that you are an amazing being,
With an innate capacity to heal and grow.
Know that you have all the resources you need already within you and around you.
In your own time,
And when you are ready,
Gently come back to the sensation of air as it enters your nostrils and leaves.
And the movements your body makes as you breathe.
Notice the contact your body is making with the surface directly beneath you.
Notice your breathing in from the space around you,
And out into it.
Notice you're here in this moment.
And in your own way,
Your own time,
You can draw this meditation to a close.
