Welcome to the practice.
Today we have a simple guided meditation to allow you to find a place of peace and calm.
This practice can be really useful if you're feeling stressed,
Anxious,
Overwhelmed or disturbed in any way.
This provides an invitation and a simple means of finding a place of peace and calm.
I invite you to gently close the eyes if that feels good for you.
And I'd like you to start by bringing your awareness to your breath.
The simple natural structure of the breath.
Easy and as it is.
You don't need to change anything about the breath.
Just notice the natural inhale,
The natural exhale without judgment.
Now,
I'd like you to bring your awareness to your feet.
Just noticing the sensation of your feet connected to the ground.
Allow yourself to feel supported by the ground.
Centered and settled.
If you're wearing shoes,
Notice your shoes on your feet.
If you're barefoot,
Notice the sensations of your feet against the floor.
Really allow your awareness to come to your feet.
Now slowly moving up the body.
Bring your awareness to your legs.
Really allowing your attention to go to your legs.
Maybe even noticing the insides of the legs.
Noticing again the sensation of your legs or your bum resting on the seat.
Continue to move your awareness up your body.
Through the hips and the pelvis,
Up into the torso.
Notice your clothing against your body.
You might even begin to notice the subtleties of your clothing moving as you breathe.
Just really becoming aware of your body in this moment.
And from this place of bodily awareness and presence,
Groundedness,
I'd like you to bring your mind to a place which represents peace and calm for you.
It might be somewhere you've been or somewhere you'd like to go.
Perhaps a place in nature.
Near the water.
Or the mountains.
Somewhere that feels settling and calming for you.
Once you've found this place and see this place clearly in your mind's eye.
I'm going to encourage you to evoke your five senses.
So first in your mind's eye,
I'd really like you to see this place.
See the colours.
The shapes.
The textures.
Become aware of everything that you can see as you look around this peaceful and calm place.
Now bring your awareness to the sensation of sound.
And notice everything you can hear in this peaceful place.
Perhaps there's more obvious sounds that are loud.
But notice too the more subtle sounds you might hear at a distance.
Really taking in the sounds of this soothing and relaxing place.
Next,
I encourage you to evoke the sense of smell.
Noticing any scents that are in this calming place.
Now noticing any sensations of touch.
Feeling.
You notice warmth against your skin.
A wind or a breeze.
Perhaps your bare feet in the ground.
Let your senses really get a feel for this place.
Really imagine what it would feel like to be in this place.
Take a few more moments to really take in.
And anchor in this feeling of calm.
Exhaling and absorbing anything else that feels particularly grounding or calming in this place.
Now we're at the end of our practice.
Let's just finish with three nice relaxed and deep breaths.
Breathing in and out.
In and out.
In and out.
I wish you a peaceful and calm day.
