Hi.
I'm so glad you're here listening.
I'm going to share a story about a pond with some fish.
If you feel like you have any energy that you want or need to move in your body.
Maybe do some wiggling or some jiggling or take some body stretches and let out some sound.
And then if you decide you want to stop moving.
Find a way to get comfortable either sitting,
Or standing or laying down.
And if you want to keep moving,
Of course you can do that.
And imagine in front of you.
A pond.
And in the pond,
There are fish.
Some of the fish are swimming fast,
Some are slow.
The fish are all different sizes and shapes and colors.
And together,
Let's take a really big breath in.
And let it out with a sigh.
And I like to think of the fish like my thoughts and my feelings.
And all my thoughts and feelings are welcome.
Just like all the fish in this pond are welcome.
The water is calm and still.
And you might see some fish in your imagination swimming around.
In all the different ways that they swim.
One swimming fast might be one that's really happy and excited.
One may be swimming slow.
That's a little sleepy or sad.
Some of the fish are going around and around.
And you don't have to catch the fish.
And you don't have to chase the fish.
Just noticing the fish.
Some fish come.
And they might pause.
And then they go.
And I like to think of this.
In a way that I'm not the fish.
And you're not the fish.
We're watching the fish.
We're watching the pond.
We have all of these different thoughts and feelings and emotions.
And they all get to be there together in the pond.
And underneath the pond at the bottom.
It's calm.
So let's take a calming breath in.
An owl.
Knowing that the fish.
Represent all the things that live inside of us.
And underneath.
There's that calm,
Quiet place.
