I'd like to begin by inviting you to become as relaxed as you can be in this moment.
Simply resting back,
Becoming aware of your breath,
Allowing any peace and relaxation to sink in,
Sink into your body with no special way to breathe,
Knowing there's nowhere important for you to be and nothing important for you to do but simply lie back,
Rest easily and as comfortably as you'd like to be in this moment.
Let us begin with the light body exercise.
In this exercise,
Allow yourself to visualize a color,
A color that floats right above your head.
This being a color of any shade,
Of any dimension that you wish.
But what is special about this color is that it's purposeful and meaningful to you alone.
This is a color that invites a deeper sense of relaxation,
A pure sense of peace and a whole sense of healing.
As you're watching this color,
As you're sensing and feeling this color floating right above your head,
Simply take note of its behavior,
Of its shape and size.
Really take it in because when you're ready,
You will invite the color,
This orb of healing and peace to descend and when it begins,
You'll touch the crown of your head.
As soon as it does so,
You'll feel more relaxed and more peaceful.
As it continues to descend,
You'll feel it going over your forehead,
Relaxing the muscles there,
Over your cheekbones and your jaw and down your neck,
Feeling safe and comfortable,
Relaxing back easily and inviting a sense of healing that is elicited by this beautiful orb,
By this gorgeous color.
As you continue to breathe,
You'll notice that the color and its movement is in sync with your breath.
You inhale the peace and relaxation and you exhale and feel the color move down your arms all the way down over your hands and fingers,
Leaving behind perhaps a sense of tingling or warmth or coolness,
But most certainly relaxation,
Peace and healing.
And breathing in and breathing out,
It envelops your chest,
Your back,
Your abdomen and your hips.
Slowly but surely it descends your body,
Bringing even more relaxation,
Greater peace and healing.
Down both of your legs with the breath.
As you inhale and exhale going over the knees and your shins and your calves,
Slowly over the ankles with the peace and relaxation and healing.
And finally over the top of your feet and your toes and into the earth.
And as soon as it enters the earth,
You feel a reciprocal sense of communication with earth and with nature,
Almost as if the earth is speaking back,
Communicating directly to you and everything above you,
Connecting you to sky all through your body.
And each breath you take invites a continuous sense of communication that can be seen and viscerally felt up and down throughout your body and the earth and the sky all as one.
This light is emanating all through your body,
Shooting at the top of your head and out of the soles of your feet.
And as you allow this moment to sink in even further and deeper with a sense of peace,
Relaxation and healing,
I would like to invite you to visualize yourself on a footpath,
A footpath in nature.
One that's taking you down a little ways.
This can be a path that you've been on before or one you're creating in this moment.
Just notice,
Notice what the footpath is made of and feel your feet stepping gently on the earth as you move ever forward,
Breathing gently and noticing the sounds and sights around you in this comfortable and safe environment in nature.
For as you continue to move forward,
You'll feel compelled,
Compelled towards the forest in front of you.
This forest will feel all too familiar and as though it is pulling you in and in anticipation,
Your momentum picks up.
And before you even know it,
You're within the confines of the forest feeling alive,
Alert,
Safe,
Comfortable,
Relaxed and peaceful.
As you take in your surroundings in the forest,
Notice the sights,
The colors,
The textures and a sense of peace,
Relaxation and healing that is here in this place with you.
You'll feel embraced by the forest.
Allow yourself to take it all in very comfortably,
Very restfully with peace and healing in your heart.
Very soon,
You begin to see the trees are thinning out and opening into a natural,
Wooded garden.
As you grow closer to this wooded garden,
You begin to see all manner of life from wild flowers to bees,
Deer,
Cows,
Horses,
Pigs,
Chickens and all the animals that you care for.
All of them and more and you'll feel at one with all the species present,
With all the sentient life before you.
As you're taking in this moment with all the sentient life,
One of them,
One of the non-human animals approaches you,
Approaches you as an emissary for all.
You begin to feel a deep sense of profound connection being established between you and this emissary.
It is a seamless,
Deep connection that becomes crystal clear the nearer they come to you.
You realize this emissary has a message for you,
A message of great import to convey.
This message may come in the form of a gift,
In the form of words or an assensed feeling,
But in whatever form it comes,
It'll be clear to you what's meant for it will convey an acknowledgement of your strength,
Of your resilience to the mission.
It'll allow you to feel forgiven for any missteps and above all,
You will understand,
You will feel that finally once and for all the sentient life that you protect is hearing your voice.
As you continue this communication with the emissary,
You are also invited to ask of any questions and you may stay with this line of communication for as long as you wish or need.
Stay in this place of safety,
Of peace and healing and you will know when the time has come to find a meaningful and purposeful sense of closure with this emissary and with this wooden garden full of beautiful,
Loving,
Sentient life.
And you will understand that when the time comes,
You will find yourself walking back towards the path that brought you to the wooden garden.
And right before you step back into the deep forest,
You look back just in time to hear one last message from the emissary.
One last message that elicits an even deeper sense of gratitude,
Of peace,
Of understanding and most importantly of healing.
And soon you will find yourself again on the path.
You will embody the understanding that you are welcome to return at any time.
In fact,
You will find that every time you gaze into the eyes of a sentient life,
You will immediately be transported and be enveloped by the thoughts,
Feelings and pure emotions from whence you just came.
You will feel that strength,
That resilience.
You will feel that forgiveness and most importantly,
You will feel that healing.
You will recall the message given to you and the answers provided.
You become re-energized for your life and for theirs.
Simply resting back,
Comfortably walking down the forest path,
Continuing to take it all in with even clearer vision in all your senses.
You're welcome to spend as much time in the forest as you wish.
And when you're ready,
Slowly you'll begin to re-alert,
Finding yourself where this all began.
You will notice how your toes will move,
Your fingers will wiggle,
Your legs and your arms start to stir and slowly moving your head,
Adjusting your body and finally opening your eyes,
Returning to a normal waking level of consciousness,
Feeling refreshed and energized and wide awake.
