Hi,
This is Natalie from Little Room of Harmony with a relaxation for the face.
Relaxing tension and stress held in the face can help to relieve headaches,
Tired eyes and jaw tension and it also helps us to relax the whole body.
So let's get started.
Sit or lie comfortably.
And I invite you gently to close your eyes and drop your awareness into your breath at the nostrils.
Welcoming each new inhalation and releasing each exhalation.
And then taking your awareness down to your abdomen.
And again,
Welcoming the inhalation,
Feel the abdomen rising and releasing with the exhale,
Letting go.
Taking your awareness to your forehead,
Inviting it to soften.
Have a sense of your forehead lengthening from the space just above the eyebrows all the way up to your hairline.
And feel it widening from the centre of the forehead out to your temples.
Let the eyebrows soften now and droop a little.
And allow the eyelids to become really heavy.
Bring your awareness to the corners of your eyes.
Invite them to soften and relax.
And release your eyeballs back and down.
Relaxing the temples.
Moving into your cheek area now.
And let the cheeks hollow slightly.
Relaxing the jaws.
The upper jaw and the lower jaw.
Softening the lips.
And relax the root of your tongue.
Let the tongue just rest heavy in the bottom of your mouth.
Take your awareness to your entire scalp now.
And invite your scalp to soften.
Making space.
Being aware of the whole of your head and face.
The whole of your head and face.
Everything softening.
Everything relaxing with a sense of calm.
And notice how that feels.
Allowing every muscle in your face to take a break.
And even when you think your face is super relaxed,
Invite yourself to go even deeper.
The forehead.
The eyes.
The cheeks.
The jaws.
And the scalp.
And the scalp.
With each exhalation,
Invite yourself to go even deeper.
Breathing in,
Receiving,
Welcoming that in breath.
Breathing out,
Releasing,
Letting go.
And let's invite that feeling of softness and relaxation in the face to spread downwards now into the neck,
The shoulders,
The arms and hands.
Down into the chest and abdomen and down the back of your body.
Flooding into the hips,
Down the legs and into your feet and toes.
Inviting in that softness,
That sensation of melting.
Notice how that feels.
Observing your body as it is now.
Observing your breath as it is now.
Observing your body as it is now.
Observing your breath as it is now.
And saying silently to yourself,
My body is peaceful.
My breath is peaceful.
My body is peaceful.
My breath is peaceful.
And rest here now for as long as you need to.
Namaste.
Namaste.
