Let's begin by taking a moment to allow your body to settle.
Find a comfortable position so that your spine can be long and straight with a natural curve on your lower back.
Let your shoulders be heavy,
Your belly be soft.
Today,
We'll be going through a loving kindness practice for ourselves.
We will use some phrases to wish ourselves goodwill and well-being.
Take a full breath in and a long breath out.
Allow the breath to settle the body and settle the mind.
In this practice,
I'll be providing a few phrases that you can either silently repeat or just listen and follow along.
May I be well.
May I be well.
May I be safe and free from suffering.
May I be safe and free from suffering.
May I be happy.
May I be happy.
As you repeat these phrases,
Feel what it's like to really let them in.
May I be well.
May I be safe and free from suffering.
May I be happy.
If it's uncomfortable to wish yourself well,
Try and see if you can release a little bit of resistance and let the phrases just be around you.
May I be well.
May I be safe and free from suffering.
May I be happy.
May I be safe and free from suffering.
Breathing in and breathing out.
Allow yourself to be fully present with whatever is here now.
Let's finish this loving kindness meditation by taking a full breath in and a full breath out.
You can open your eyes.