Hi friend and welcome to this guided visualization.
Start off by finding yourself a comfortable safe place where you can be for this visualization.
This could be either sitting or lying down,
Whatever is most comfortable in your body right now.
Let's start off by reducing any anxiety in your body.
So start by taking a moment to relax your entire body,
Softening any unnecessary tension in your belly and shoulders.
And if you're sitting find a posture that feels both relaxed and alert.
Now close your eyes or look downwards and rest your hands in an easy and effortless way.
Take a few moments to scan your awareness through the sensation of your body and whenever possible soften and release obvious areas of physical tension.
Feel the sensation in your body in this moment and as you breathe allow your body to completely and fully relax.
Allow stress to flow out of you with each breath.
Your body is becoming calm and more comfortable.
Let any tension in your brow go.
Let any tension in your lips go.
Let any tension in your eyes go.
Just relax in this comfortable space that's around you.
Once you feel relaxed and centered start by bringing yourself to one of your favorite peaceful beautiful places.
This could be a place you've been before,
Maybe a forest with a cool shade,
Giant trees around you,
A white sandy beach where the ocean waves gently lap to the shore and the smell of the sea makes you feel at home.
Or it could be a place built entirely in your imagination,
Maybe a lovely slowly swaying bridge that you stand on or an ancient oak in the autumn where gold leaves just are falling around you and you sit under the shade and watch the golden orange sun pass over the horizon into twilight.
Wherever this special peaceful place is for you take some time to imagine it and simply let yourself be surrounded in it.
Once you have your special place in mind bring yourself into the picture.
Imagine that you're in this beautiful place.
Put yourself in there.
Take a walk look at the lovely peaceful relaxing surroundings.
Before you were looking at this peaceful scene like a painting from a distance,
Now you're in the scene,
You're living it.
Be there right now.
What do you see around you?
There's no need to actually verbalize this question.
You can just look around you and see what you see.
What in this scene is most relaxing to you?
Take a walk in this special place and see all that you can see.
What do you smell in the air?
Can you smell the trees and the soil of the forest or do you smell the salty air of the ocean side?
Bring scent into your visualization.
Smell the air where you are.
Reach out and touch something that's attractive and peaceful to you.
How does it feel?
Is it soft to your touch?
You're living in the scene.
You can feel the ground beneath you and the air in your skin.
How does it feel?
Take a moment to listen.
What sounds do you hear in this beautiful new surrounding?
Can you hear birds chirping in the woods?
Do you hear the ocean waves?
Perhaps there's music in the background.
Maybe you hear the voice of an old friend that suits and calms you.
Whatever you hear,
Take a moment now and enjoy listening to it.
You can stay in this scene as long as you want to,
Enjoying this moment of relaxation that you've taken for yourself.
Feel free to walk around in this special place as long as you want to.
It's yours.
And remember that this special place is always here for you.
You can come back to it whenever you wish.
You don't need to be afraid of losing it.
It's always with you.
The relaxation that you feel right now at this moment in your body is yours to call on anytime you wish.
When you're ready,
Slowly let the scene dissolve back into your mind.
Allow yourself to slowly come back to the comfortable darkness that was there before you imagined your special place.
And when you're ready,
Slowly open your eyes and come back to this very moment,
This time and this reality before you get up.
Take a moment to notice how you're relaxed and how you're feeling right now.
And then slowly bring this calm and relaxation with you throughout the rest of your day.
Sending you love and light.
Namaste.
