Take a moment to get completely comfortable,
Surrendering to the earth.
Take a full deep breath in and exhale out through an open mouth.
Let yourself sink deeper and deeper into rest.
Allow your breath to fall into a natural rhythm as your full attention moves to the wave of breath as it flows into the body and as it flows out.
Watching the breaths rise and fall,
Ebb and flow in and out.
With each exhalation allow your jaw along with your tongue,
Eyes and forehead to soften.
Release tension.
Let them go.
Bringing all of your attention to the tip of your tongue,
Root of your tongue,
Roof of your mouth,
Upper teeth and gums,
Lower teeth and gums.
Inside of the right cheek,
Inside of the left cheek,
Lips,
The flow of air inside of your nostrils,
The whole nose,
The right eyebrow,
Right temple,
Right cheekbone,
The right eye itself,
Relaxing the tissues behind the eye,
The left eyebrow,
Temple,
Cheekbone,
The left eye itself,
All the little muscles behind the eye,
Releasing.
The point in the center of the forehead,
The whole scalp softening,
Sensing the ears,
The right ear,
The earlobe and the folds of the right ear.
Noticing the right ear listening,
The left ear,
The earlobe and the folds of the left ear,
The left ear listening,
Moving down into the throat,
Feeling the flow of air moving in and out,
Gently,
Softly from the throat to the center of the chest.
Then through both sides of the body simultaneously,
Welcoming both collarbones,
Shoulder joints,
Palms of the hand,
Thumbs,
Index fingers,
Middle fingers,
Ring fingers,
Little fingers.
Both sides of the chest,
Of the belly,
Expanding and releasing the hip joints,
Knees,
Knees,
Heels of the feet,
Soles of the feet,
Big toes,
Second toes,
Third toes,
Fourth toes,
Little toes,
All tips of the 10 toes releasing,
Scanning through both feet and welcoming the release of both of the legs,
The whole torso,
Both arms,
Head,
Neck,
Face,
Entire body,
The entire body resting deeply,
Continuing to feel the entire body breathing.
Each inhale you might imagine trillions of cells breathing in,
Each exhalation,
Trillions of magnificent cells breathing out.
Just imagining each in-breath,
Trillions of tiny cells breathing in as you exhale,
Trillions of cells naturally releasing.
And exhale out through the mouth.
Do that a couple more times,
A couple more times,
Awakening your physical body,
Savouring the deep rest.
