I would like you to close your eyes.
Just be aware of your body.
Forget about what's been going on around you.
Just think about what's going on inside of you.
Think about your breathing.
Feel the air move in through your nose and mouth down into your chest.
Imagine that your breathing is like gentle waves lapping on the shore.
As each wave rolls in,
The more relaxed you feel.
Think about your right arm.
Feel it getting heavier and heavier.
Feel the heaviness go all the way down the arm,
Down to your fingertips.
Think about your left arm.
Feel it getting heavier and heavier.
Feel the heaviness go all the way down the arm,
Down to your fingertips.
Now think about your right leg.
Feel it getting heavier and heavier.
Feel the heaviness go down,
Down into your foot.
Think about your left leg.
Feel it getting heavier and heavier.
Feel the heaviness go down,
Down into your foot.
Feel your body relaxing and feeling heavy.
Be aware of your thoughts and images in your mind.
Look at them.
Now put them into a glass jar and watch them.
Examine them.
As more thoughts and images come into your mind,
Put them into your jar too.
Find out what you can learn about them.
Now take the jar and pour out the thoughts and images.
Watch as they spill out and disappear.
The jar is empty.
Now I'd like you to imagine that you are a rosebush.
Become a rosebush and find out what it is like to be a rosebush.
What kind of rosebush are you?
Are you very small?
Are you large?
Are you wide?
Are you tall?
Do you have flowers?
If so,
What kind?
They can be any kind you want.
Do you have leaves?
What kind?
What are your stems and branches like?
Do you have thorns?
What are your roots like?
Or maybe you don't have any.
If you do,
Are they long and straight?
Are they twisted?
Are they deep?
Look around you.
Are you in a yard?
In a park?
In the desert?
In the city?
In the country?
In the middle of the ocean?
Are you in a pot or growing in the ground or through cement or even inside somewhere?
Look around you.
What do you see?
Other flowers?
Are you alone?
Are there any trees?
Animals?
People?
Birds?
Do you look like a rosebush or something else?
Is there anything around you like a fence?
Does someone take care of you?
What's the weather like for you right now?
What is your life like?
How do you feel?
What do you experience and what happens to you as the seasons change?
Be aware of yourself as a rosebush.
Look carefully.
Find out how you feel about your life and what happens to you.
Now I invite you to just allow your thoughts to be free,
To let go of any ideas you were holding on to.
Relax into the space and just be.
You you you you you back to your self,
Slowly return to your rosebush and to think about that rosebush.
What kind of rosebush are you and what do you look like?
Tell me about your flowers.
Tell me about your leaves.
Tell me about your stems and branches.
Do you have thorns?
If so,
Tell me about them.
Tell me how you protect yourself.
Are you a mean or a friendly rosebush?
Tell me about your roots,
Where you live,
What kind of things do you see around you,
And how do you like where you are?
Do you think that you look like a rosebush?
Or do you think that you look like something else?
If so,
What?
Who takes care of you?
How do you feel about that?
How do they look after you?
What's the weather like for you right now?
What happens to you as the seasons change?
How does it feel to be a rosebush?
What is your life like as a rosebush?
I invite you to slowly begin to start wiggling your fingers and just start to feel the warmth of your fingers and your toes.
To bring sensations back into your body.
I invite you further to write down anything that may have come to you,
Or perhaps your rosebush.
You can write,
You can draw,
Or you can paint.
Allow yourself a little more time to just be a rosebush.
