This is Justin St.
Clair at Within the Within,
And welcome to this meditation for sleep.
Do not listen to this content while driving or operating machinery.
And now,
Let's get ready to relax and let go.
Be sure that your environment is quiet and that all light sources have been dimmed.
Lie down and get comfortable.
Make any adjustments you need to feel absolutely at ease.
Take a deep breath.
Now together,
Let us call in the divine light and love of the universe that it may surround you as you fall asleep and keep you throughout the night.
Once more,
Take a deep breath and relax.
Allow yourself to become aware of where your body is touching the bed or surface that you're lying on.
Take a deep breath in and hold it.
Focus on the sensations in your chest and exhale.
Take another deep breath and hold it.
Again focus on the sensations in your chest and exhale.
Once more,
Take a deep breath and hold it.
Allow your mind to drift as you hold this breath.
And exhale and breathe normally.
Just observe the breath flowing in and out.
Notice how the body breathes itself and that you don't need to do a thing but let it happen.
Become aware of how your body feels.
Gently scan your entire body.
Whatever sensations you experience,
Just let yourself observe them without judgment.
Notice where your head touches the pillow or surface beneath it.
Let that awareness move downwards,
Feeling where each part of your body makes contact with the bed,
Couch or surface beneath you.
Feel the heaviness of your body.
Now move to your scalp and allow it to completely let go.
Imagine every hair follicle relaxing.
Guide to your forehead and let it smooth out and release.
Feel your temples relax and your eyebrows soften.
Allow the four corners of your eyes to relax and feel your eyes sinking deep into your head.
Permit all the muscles around your nose to relax.
Become aware of your ears.
Imagine them as rose buds and allow them to bloom softening outwards and back.
Your cheeks relax and your lips let go.
Feel all the muscles in your jaw release.
Now let your tongue relax,
Feel the relaxation moving down your neck through your voice box and throat and breathe.
Feel the warmth and tranquility move into the shoulders,
Easing all of the muscles relaxing the clavicle and the scapula.
Let the entire shoulder area relax.
Allow that warmth to descend into your upper arms softening the muscles.
Then moving through the elbows and down into the lower arms.
Your wrists let go and your hands release.
And finally the fingers relax.
Notice the sensations at the tips of your fingers.
Feel the relaxation and warmth moving down your upper back into your middle back,
Lower back and sacrum.
Feel all your back muscles becoming heavy.
Take a deep breath and let your chest relax.
Feel your lungs filling with air and then letting go.
Allow the tranquility to move into your abdomen and then down into your pelvis.
Your hips open and soften and your perineum relaxes.
The thigh muscles let go becoming heavier as the relaxation moves into the knees down to the shins softening the calf muscles relaxing the ankles and at last the feet.
Feel the soles of your feet releasing and grounding.
Let all of your internal organs relax.
You feel your skin relaxing.
Your entire body is letting go.
Imagine you are slowly sinking into the surface beneath you.
Now give your mind permission to completely let go.
Your brain becomes as light as a feather and all the thoughts drift away.
Your emotions simply let go.
Relax.
Relax.
Release.
Release.
Let go.
Let go.
Now let us call your divine guides or guardian angels.
Know that they vibrate with the highest light and love possible holding your hopes and best intentions on high.
You may see them as beautiful orbs of multicolored light radiant beams or another luminous form.
They surround you with their love.
Now imagine a door in front of you.
Notice its color,
The material it's made of and any fine details that catch your attention.
This door is the portal to your dreaming mind.
This is the place you go when you meditate and dream.
Now move towards that door.
As you do,
It opens.
And on the other side,
You see a beautiful natural landscape.
It looks inviting and intriguing.
It may appear as any number of places,
Imagined or real.
Whatever you see,
Allow yourself to be curious.
Attended by your guides,
You pass through this doorway now and into this gorgeous realm.
How does the air feel there?
How does it smell?
What is the ground like under your feet?
And what are the other pleasing natural elements that surround you?
As you marvel at the beauty,
You see a pathway that leads down into a valley and you decide to take it.
Descending gradually,
You admire all the glorious nature around you.
Be it trees,
Flowers and waterfalls or snowscapes,
Spectacular vistas and fascinating animals,
You are so grateful to be amongst them.
Continuing down,
Each step reveals a new wonder.
The path ends deep in the valley at a small mound encircled by trees.
These trees are guardians and keep out all negativity.
With your guides,
You pass into the circle of trees and up the mound.
There you find pillows and blankets waiting for you.
You decide that you'd like to stay there for a while.
Snuggling in,
You take a deep breath and you know that you are safe and secure and you feel cozy.
And once more,
Let us call in the light and love of the universe.
Feel your body surrounded by a beautiful radiance.
It feels warm and fuzzy.
Its glow is soothing and it grows more loving with each breath.
Become aware of your heart.
You may be able to feel or sense it beating.
On your next inhalation,
Breathe in this blissful love of the universe through your heart.
Your heart is the first mind of your body.
It is the place that knows before the brain does.
Feel your heart.
See that your heart is now shining with the light and love of the universe.
As you exhale through your heart,
You effortlessly release all that which no longer serves you.
All negativity simply leaves on the outbreath and is returned to the universe to be transformed.
With each inhalation,
The love of the universe fills your body and with each exhalation,
You become lighter and more tranquil.
Sense the area immediately around your heart gently pulsing with the light of love.
Feel that love permeating your lungs and spreading outwards.
Allow that love to diffuse your torso.
The warm soothing light of love spreads out into your limbs and up into your head.
Your entire body is softening into the peace of love.
That love radiates out from your heart and into the universe as the love and light of the universe flows into your heart.
You sense the rhythm of this exchange gently moving with each breath,
Growing ever deeper and more peaceful.
There is a wonderful warm sensation as your mind,
Body and spirit merge,
Becoming one with love.
And in this wondrous moment,
You know that you are one with your creator,
One with the divine source of all that is.
You are love.
