It's time to sink softly into this moment,
Let your mind loosen its grip,
Feeling the comfort of your bed holding you,
Notice the hush of the room around you,
The texture of your sheets and your blanket and pillow,
Now take a slow deep breath,
Drawing the breath up from the base of your belly through your heart all the way to your head,
Your crown chakra,
Holding the breath for 1,
2,
3,
4 and release,
As you release let every thread of the tension unravel,
Let it sink into the bed below you,
Breathe in again,
Rising to the very top of your head and soften the breath on the way out,
Notice how this time you melt even deeper and deeper,
Imagine for a moment you offer your whole body back to the universe,
You give permission for all the weight you've been carrying to dissolve,
To release,
Allowing yourself to float beyond your body,
Beyond your thoughts,
Just fading away,
Now let yourself even further into rest,
Even deeper into your bed,
Deeper into sleep,
Knowing you are held,
Knowing you are safe to sleep,
There is a place beyond thought,
Where the world becomes simple again,
A place where the earth is dark and quiet and the only sound is the slow song of water,
You walk along the bank of a wide river,
The moonlight resting on the water surface like silver silk,
Stretching endlessly ahead,
You feel the cool air,
It's soft brushing against your skin,
Like the touch of something eternal,
The river hums to you,
It's not words but a presence,
Its flow is steady,
Patient,
Unbroken and you realize this has been a flowing river long before you arrived and it will keep flowing long after you rest and in this knowing there is peace,
A small wooden boat waits for you at the edge of the water,
It's inviting you to step inside,
Boat calling you like an old friend to hold you steady,
You settle back,
Your body unwinding,
Your breath beginning to match the rhythm of the water,
Slow,
Steady,
Patient,
Unbroken,
You drift away from the shore calmly in the boat,
There is no effort,
No need for direction,
The current carries you as though it knows exactly where you are meant to go,
The only thing to do now is to trust,
Above you is a sky full of stars,
So many it feels as though the universe has opened a doorway,
The stars are close tonight,
They lean in shining like lanterns as if to guide you deeper into stillness,
You notice their presence and it fills you with a strange soft truth,
You are part of this vastness and it is part of you,
The river continues to move,
Your body grows heavier but your spirit feels lighter,
The water is carrying not just your boat but every burden you thought you had to hold on to,
One by one that weight slips into the river and dissolves into the current,
Worry,
Expectation,
Noise,
All of it released,
Carried away by the flow,
As the heaviness falls away,
Space opens inside of you,
Into that space flows something new,
The river brings gifts of peace,
Abundance and love,
They arrive to you without force,
You hear these words whispered,
I am open to receive a love that is meant for me,
I trust that abundance flows towards me,
As effortlessly as this river flows to the sea,
My dreams are alive within me,
Growing quietly even as I rest,
Every breath brings me closer to the life I am ready for,
The boat drifts deeper into silence,
You are no longer separate from the water or the sky or the stars,
You are being held by something vast,
Something gentle,
Something eternal,
Here in this space there is nothing to strive for,
Nothing to achieve,
Nothing to prove,
Only being,
Only peace,
You feel those words,
That energy,
Cover your entire body,
Only being,
Only peace,
Rest now,
You are held,
You are safe,
You are loved and everything you are calling in is already on its way,
As the boat drifts on,
Your eyelids grow heavy,
Your breath slows and you surrender,
Falling into sleep like the river falling into the sea,
Carried towards the life you are dreaming into being,
As the universe expands within you and through you,
Allow the universe to carry you into your becoming,
The same infinite force that spins galaxies is guiding your life,
Sleep now,
Dream peacefully.
