Relax & Release Tension

A mindfulness-based guided meditation using the breath and self-compassion to relax the mind and body in stages through softening the way you engage with the present moment and sitting back from everything. The practice centres around the mind/body connection and how to trigger the body's natural relaxation process through the parasympathetic nervous response.

Transcript

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Allow your eyes to comfortably close.

And breathe out.

In your own time,

Become aware of how you are engaging with this moment.

Perhaps everything seems a bit close up.

Perhaps you are waiting for something to happen.

Perhaps there's a sense of things being important.

Perhaps you are holding on to your breath.

Notice how much energy it takes to organize yourself in this way.

Notice the inner contractions it creates.

On your next out-breath,

Allow the way you are engaging with this moment to soften.

Breathe it out on your breath.

Breathe out any watching and waiting.

Breathe out any holding on to your breath.

Let it all soften and flow out as you exhale.

Turn those inner intensity dials down.

And sit back.

As you do so,

Breathe out some more.

Step down from your mind.

And gently become aware of your body making contact with the surface beneath it.

Soften into its support.

Surrender the weight of your body.

In your own time,

Allow your out-breath to flow down the full length of your body.

Down to the steady support beneath you.

And sit back some more.

As you do so,

Allow your eyes to soften.

And rest back in your head.

Behind your closed eyelids.

Let your eyes know they don't have to work hard right now.

Allow any tension and tiredness to flow out of your eyes on your out-breath.

As you sit back on the steadiness beneath you,

Allowing your eyes to rest.

Let your mind do the same.

Let it soften and sit back.

Cradled in the back of your head.

Breathe out any tension and holding in the mind.

Let it flow out,

Down and away.

In your own time,

Notice if you're wanting to get anything right or needing things to be a certain way.

Let that soften too.

Breathe it out.

And sit back some more.

Allow everything to be just as it is in this moment.

Without judging or attaching to anything.

Soften the way you are observing yourself and the moment.

Sit back.

Allow any intensity to flow out on your breath.

Notice if you are trying too hard.

Let it soften.

There's no need to try at all.

Let it flow out on your breath.

Just soften and sit back into the steady support beneath and behind you.

Allowing everything to be as it is.

Let it flow out on your breath.

Gently notice.

Gently notice what happens when you soften the way you are engaging with the moment.

And sit back.

And in your own time,

You can draw this meditation to a close.

Gently relax.

You You You

Reviews

Found myself watching the pink dragon clouds float by my window and relaxing into play! ❤️🎈💭 Thank you, your voice is so soothing & nurturing and you always pull me back to myself!.

Soothing and relaxing. Perfect for letting go of tension.

Restorative, profoundly intuitive engagement with the breath. Thank you.

One of my favourite meditations here! I really appreciate the way you guide me through and towards the possibilities of letting go. And the calm- and softness emerging then is wonderful.
Thank you so much for constructing such a helpful, friendly and well thought out offer! 🙏

Thankyou this was very relaxing and the repeated ‘soften and sit back’ really helpful 👍🏻

Thank you! I'm so grateful that I was able to see how attached I was to things happening my way. I was rigid and tense. Now I feel relaxed and accepting what is, I feel compassion for myself. Thanks again 🙏🏻🦋💕

This is a wonderful meditation & being gifted with a beautiful sounding voice also helps 🙏🏻🌻

I can imagine meditating with it again whenever I need to reset or rest in the middle of a long day.

Hypnotizing. So relaxing. Linda’s voice is phenomenoly soothing.

Wonderfully relaxing meditation! I was very stressed at 3am and fell back to sleep after listening to it. Her voice and pacing are so soothing. Will be bookmarking this one.

Thank you, Linda 🙏❤️

Thank you, that was very relaxing. My new favourite

Thank you, Linda, for giving me a more mindful perspective! 🌷

This was incredible. I’ve never before reached such a state of complete relaxation. Thank you so much!

She is as soothing and perfect as Andrew Johnson. Followed her too!

Dear Linda your even voice, deep understanding, presence, all your meditations always 5 stars to me 💗

Been meditating with you since almost a year now. Even when I’m not listening to these guided tracks, I sort of sometimes hear the voice in my head telling me to “let it soften”.

Please know that I’m grateful; not only for your voice, but also for the light it has brought to my life.

Beautifully grounding. Thank you Linda x

Super calming and relaxing!! I loved it ✨🌈🙏🏼

Wonderfully relaxing thank you

A really beautiful meditation. Thank you 😊 x