Fall into the deepest sleep,
Sinking into the deep quietude under the sea,
Discovering bone-deep peace and drifting through the luminous expanses of deep space.
Tonight,
The journey is about going deeper and deeper.
Finding comfort in soothing blues,
Quiet waters,
And starlit skies,
It's time to dream away.
Welcome to Michelle's Meditation Sanctuary.
I'm Michelle,
Your fellow explorer and hopefully a voice you come to trust like a dear friend.
Revel in the gratitude.
For making it through yet another day.
Arriving at this place just for you.
No matter what has transpired and no matter what you anticipate.
The Sanctuary is here to help you embrace the present moment and find a safe place to land every night.
Luxuriate in the peace that you so very much deserve.
Be tended to in the way.
It will help you drift across the bridge.
To sleep.
Tonight there is nowhere you need to go but deeper.
Starting with your breath.
Without expectations,
Pressure or judgments.
You can let the weight of the world carry you.
Glide off your shoulders.
As you let out a deep sigh.
Your breath is magic.
A single conscious breath.
A meditation alone.
Inhale.
And imagine the air in your room.
Takes on the salty notes of the sea.
Perhaps it's a company.
By the cool mist of a rocky shoreline lined by conifers.
Or maybe it carries the sweet tropical notes of a remote island.
Where palm trees sway.
And coconuts line the moonlit sand.
Exhale in another deep sigh of total release.
Acclimating to the idea.
Your imagination.
Can take you anywhere tonight.
Envision yourself.
Hovering above a vast peaceful ocean.
Beneath the night sky.
Suspended somewhere.
Between the countless stars above.
As the glittering water below.
Far from any shores.
There's only sea and sky.
Appearing in an endless gradient of nocturnal blues and glinting silver.
A fingernail moon hangs low in the sky.
Leaving its opal impressions on the water.
The tranquil waves undulate slowly.
With a random lacy crest appearing.
Before the water settles into silky blue ripples.
Leisurely.
Enjoying the beauty of it all.
You simply remain floating.
Between sky and sea.
Between the day you have left behind.
Into the dreams waiting ahead.
Between wakefulness.
Sleep.
You arrive as you are.
Perfectly human.
Authentic.
Cranky.
Please.
Irritable.
Shabbat Shalom However you feel right now is okay.
You're free to be yourself.
Nothing is asking anything of you right now.
There's no need to perform.
No need to be anything at all.
Revel in what a sweet relief it is.
To have absolutely nothing required.
Just being.
Like the waves,
Like the stars.
Like the moon.
You can simply float.
Comforted by the infinite celestial blanket above.
And janted by the salt water bed below.
And as you rest here.
Your breath slows down.
Along with your heart rate.
The air flows in.
.
.
And out.
With a soft rise and fall within you.
Faithfully continues.
Just as the waves continue to ebb.
And flow.
Whether or not you pay attention.
Whether or not you apply any effort.
Your heart takes on a quiet tempo.
During the relaxing holiday.
It begins now.
With each inhale through your nose.
You feel the sea mist cleansing your nostrils.
The air gets warmer.
Before it arrives in your lungs.
And your chest and abdomen expand.
Feeling lighter.
And rare.
And as you exhale in a sigh.
Is sink into the world below.
Beginning to wonder how deep you may go.
Luxuriating.
And how good it might feel.
To go a little deeper.
Without pressure.
Or urgency.
You simply arrive at new depths.
Into the deep blues.
Into the promise.
Comes in the deep of night.
Where dreams begin.
The smallest softening arrives in your shoulders.
Your face,
Your chest.
As though your body understands before your mind does.
That I'll ever.
Preparation.
Is behind you.
The lines of the day have finally gone slack.
Allowing relief and peace.
To become the most natural thing.
You inhale again.
Playfully expanding like a pufferfish.
Maybe you yawn.
And then release with another sigh.
As you let everything go.
Sinking deeper and deeper down.
As you draw inward.
Invite your body to discover depth.
Not experienced before.
Feel yourself releasing it all.
As any lingering thoughts drift away.
No longer tethered to you.
Completely detached.
You become lighter now.
Almost weightless above the water.
Until the surface begins to rise toward you.
Or maybe you are simply beginning to sink toward it.
So slowly that you hardly notice the movement at all.
Tiny sliver of a moon.
And the endless stars.
Simultaneously shimmer.
Overhead and beneath you.
As though the boundary between sky and water.
Has begun to disappear.
Nestled between them.
Exploding.
A sensation begins to draw you deeper down.
Toward the silky waters.
It as you inhale.
And exhale.
You relish the special and comforting place.
It's a place where you don't have to know.
Whether you are dreaming yet.
You can simply allow yourself to drift.
And descend.
So free so safe to explore.
You land on the water.
Bathing gently up.
And down.
And ah.
Down.
Letting the current take you.
As you explore all the depths below.
Surface of the water.
Closes softly above you.
The moonlight breaks.
To shimmering ribbons of silver and blue.
As you move beneath it.
Safe in the embrace of the sea.
Far from the noise and concerns on land.
You relax in an effortless descent.
Trusting as you did.
Long before you understood.
The world around you.
You simply observe.
Revel in this reminder.
You are safe.
You are part.
Of this mesmerizing.
Expansive underwater world.
No need to swim.
To exert yourself in any way.
You've done enough of that today.
The night invites you.
To surrender.
As you enjoy the delightful feeling.
Of being carried downward into water.
That grows deeper.
Quieter.
You descend.
You begin to notice the weight of your own body.
Your feet becoming wonderfully heavy.
Your legs releasing the effort of carrying you.
Your hips open and settle.
And your deep belly softens.
You've carried enough.
Now it's your time to be Gary.
You can simply rest.
Suspended in the blue.
Deeper still.
Your chest rises and falls.
In its own peaceful rhythm.
Your shoulders loosen as though they have finally been given permission.
To put down everything.
They have been holding.
Your arms become heavy.
Your hands quiet.
Every little place.
You have been reaching.
Grasping.
Try.
Are holding on.
It's beginning to release.
The water moves around you.
And you move with it.
Carried without effort.
Your neck softens Your jaw releases.
The muscles around your eyes become still.
Even your forehead.
Can smooth into rest.
Being relaxed is no longer a goal.
Your entire way of being.
In this deep blue world.
Far below the surface.
The underwater.
Begins to reveal another kind of beauty.
Starlight and moonlight.
Fade from bands of pearly silver.
To muted pewter tones.
And the depths here change.
Coming to life.
With tiny lights that shimmer around you.
Delicate points of blue and silver.
Appearing in the water.
Like a different kind of star.
This bioluminescence.
Scatters like a thousand tiny diamonds.
Thrown from a generous hand.
To create an underwater sky.
An ethereal creature drifts slowly past.
With a soft ping.
Pulsing glow.
Long tendrils like streamers.
Flutter away.
And disappear into the blue.
Fine strands of light.
Move the current in distant shapes.
Shimmers softly in the depths.
The deeper you travel.
The more beautiful the quiet becomes.
And you continue to drift downward.
Your body completely supported.
Your breath moving quietly within you.
The blue surrounding you.
Like a dream.
And also like a dream.
There are no limitations.
It makes it easier to drift deeper into the water.
Deeper into stillness.
Deeper into the peaceful places within yourself.
Have been waiting all day for this moment.
You descend into this maritime world.
Unreachable by demand.
Where everything grows quieter.
Where your body grows heavier.
And sleep feels like a close friend.
Waiting to meet you.
Carry you to serenity.
Far below the surface.
The ocean floor begins to emerge from the blue.
An immense world.
At billows.
Flows.
Valleys of sand.
With ripples like the sea.
Rest like sandy lakes.
The rising coral reefs.
These underwater gardens.
Of coral.
And polished shells.
Bring the softest hues to the deep sea.
Like its own cityscape.
Branches and towers of coral.
Rise from the sea floor.
With terraces,
Ledges and hollows.
That provide the perfect place to rest.
For thousands of sea creatures.
Everything moves slowly here.
Sea fans sway with the current.
Ribbons of silvery green grass.
Ripple-like fields.
Beneath an invisible breeze.
This world has been here all along.
All the while you've existed.
In your own world.
Rests this oasis beneath the sea.
Beneath the surface.
Of everything familiar and known.
You are so deep into the sea.
That it becomes second nature.
Feel the peace radiating.
All the way down to your bones.
Your body rests so completely.
That you can begin to forget.
Where it ends.
And the water begins.
Your legs no longer need to carry you.
Your arms simply float gentle current.
Massages between your fingers and toes.
Your face is soft Your countenance relaxed.
Your muscles forget.
What it's like to breathe.
All is light.
Easy.
And yet with a soothing depth.
Ring safety.
And comfort.
In these depths.
All is safe and sound.
The boundaries of your body.
Begin to matter less.
As you imagine yourself.
As something lighter than a body.
Quiet awareness.
Drifting through an enormous blue world.
Carried by the tide.
Without needing to direct a single thing.
Your thoughts don't carry any weight here.
There's no weight to the day.
No wait to tomorrow.
Time has loosened its hold.
Becoming as fluid.
As the salt water surrounding you.
You are simply consciousness.
Resting inside a vast and peaceful universe.
For at least just a little while.
That is enough.
And soon.
With the depths of the sea.
And the bone-deep sense of peace you feel.
You begin to rise.
Toward a different depth.
The ocean floor slowly falls away beneath you.
As the water carries you upward.
Through its lush palette of blues.
The luminous world of the deep.
Remains below.
Glowing softly in the distance.
While above you.
The water gradually becomes lighter.
Indigo becomes sapphire.
Sapphire becomes a softer blue.
Touched with silver.
And then far above.
You can see the surface again.
Shimmering beneath the fingernail moon.
Your eyes toward it.
Weightless and peaceful.
You pass through the surface.
Find yourself once more.
Beneath the open night sky.
Ready to explore.
A new kind of death.
The stars get closer and closer.
Until soon you are floating amongst them.
Traveling through space.
What's the kind of travel?
Reserved for dreams and daydreams.
It feels impossibly real.
The ocean remains below you.
As you rise through the cool night air.
Clouds drifting beneath your feet.
The coastline becoming smaller and smaller.
Until the entire world.
Begins to resemble.
Blue sphere.
Suspended beneath you.
Once more,
You are Gary.
This time by air.
It's not required to carry anything at all.
Drifting deeper and deeper.
Into the infinite expanse of stars.
The midnight blue sky.
Deepens into cobalt.
And violet.
And finally into the soothing darkness of space.
Filled with stars.
You float among them.
Feeling as if You've always belonged here.
The transition is so effortless.
That you hardly notice.
How the world slips away.
Weightless and free.
Earth is a gemstone you see one last time.
Watching as wispy white clouds Swirl around this beautiful blue orb.
But now you are free of all earthly concerns.
Free to glide through the vastness of space.
Condense.
Sleepy carefree.
A stream of stars stretches across the darkness.
Nebulae bloom in the distance.
Clouds of vibrant colors.
Soft blues and violets.
And rose-colored light.
Gathering around.
Newly formed stars.
Far away.
A distant planet glows beneath a veil of its atmosphere.
Rings of ice and dust.
Curve around another world.
Catching the light.
Of a distant sun.
Constellations shift slowly as you drift deeper among them.
And every direction seems to open.
Into another limitless expanse.
It feels quite different to drift this way.
No longer going down.
But deeper in any direction you choose.
Wonderfully weightless.
With nothing to grasp or press against.
You may expand.
In the depths of space.
Effortlessly.
Physical form.
Felt heavy at the bottom of the sea.
Now feels almost transparent.
You are now made of breath.
Consciousness.
And deep.
Peace.
And the connection you feel with each step.
You've explored on this journey.
Brings an internal stillness and trust.
You drift past distant stars.
Through glowing clouds of cosmic dust.
Beneath awe-inspiring skies that are grander.
Than anything the waking mind.
Could ever comprehend.
Farther you travel.
A more spaciousness.
Everything becomes.
A feeling permeates your being.
Enlivens your essence.
Deep sense of belonging.
And being part of something vast and grand.
There is beauty in every direction.
Soft pulses of light.
Surrounding you.
Like a celestial sanctuary.
And the deeper and deeper you go.
Sleepier you begin to feel.
Sleep.
Familiar friend.
Has been waiting patiently for you.
Appears here.
In the depths of space.
Is vastness.
Large enough to hold.
Every unfinished thought.
Every question.
You need not answer tonight.
Every earthly task.
That can wait until another time.
You don't have to carry any of it with you.
Let it drift away.
Into the endless expanse.
While you remain here among the stars.
Perhaps some of those stars.
Caught the wishes.
Those souls including yourself.
Who have looked toward them across the centuries.
And held them safe.
And maybe you see a few of your own wishes.
Are still glowing there tonight.
Wishes for bliss.
For healing.
Her hope.
You don't need to reach for them tonight.
They can simply shine.
Reminding you.
They are beautiful things.
Still waiting for you.
In this life.
And now.
.
.
As the stars drift slowly around you.
You can surrender.
A beautiful feeling.
Of being carried farther and farther into rest.
Deeper into the quiet.
Deeper.
And two.
The vastness.
Deeper into sleep.
Deeper into.
The ancient part of you.
That has always known how to rest.
How to release.
And how to be helped.
Cared for.
Supported.
As you simply dress.
Finding rest.
Finding peace.
Finding serenity.
Finding sleep.
.
.
It's time to dream away.
