Settle into the place where you are,
Let your body find a comfortable position.
Feel the surface beneath you supporting your weight,
The simple gravity of being here.
Take a slow breath in through your nose,
And let it gently leave through your mouth.
Again,
In and out.
With each breath,
You begin to feel a little more inside your body.
The chest,
The belly,
The legs,
The feet.
Now,
Imagine that through your day,
Your attention and energy have been moving outward.
Into conversations,
Into messages,
Perhaps worries,
Into plans,
Into the lives and needs of other people.
This is natural,
But right now you are giving yourself permission to gather it back.
Bring your awareness to the center of your chest.
You might feel a warmth there,
Or a subtle pulsing,
Or just a quiet sense of presence.
Imagine a soft light glowing there,
Not bright and not intense,
Just steady and alive.
With every breath in,
Imagine this light gently calling to all the places where your energy has been resting today.
You do not need to see them clearly,
Just feel a gentle response.
From many directions,
Small points of that same light begin to move back toward you.
From conversations that stayed in your mind,
From moments that lingered,
From thoughts that pulled you away.
They travel easily,
Like they were always meant to return.
As these points of light reach your chest,
Feel a soft fullness begin to grow,
A sense of being more here,
More inside yourself.
Now,
Inside your body,
Let a simple knowing arise.
Not exactly words,
But a feeling.
This is me,
Coming back.
This is mine.
As you hold that intention,
Notice how the returning light responds.
It gathers more clearly,
More steadily,
Like something finally allowed to settle.
Feel your breath become deeper,
Your shoulders beginning to drop,
The space behind your eyes softens.
The light continues to gather,
Flowing into your ribs,
Your belly,
Your back.
Where it moves,
There is a sense of relief,
As if something tired can finally rest,
As if something that was stretched thin is slowly knitting itself back together.
Let this warmth move down into your hips,
Into your legs,
All the way into your feet.
Feel your feet now,
The pressure,
The temperature,
The way they connect with the floor or the bed.
As your feet connect with the ground,
Gently feel into this truth,
I am here,
I am with myself.
Your energy is no longer scattered,
It is with you,
Rooted here.
Feel the light continue to spread through your arms and hands,
Into your neck and head.
Gently settling behind your eyes.
You may notice a quiet calm beginning to form,
Not empty and not dull,
Very steady and present.
Stay here for a few breaths,
Let the feeling of being whole become familiar.
Now imagine this gathered light creating a soft field around your body,
Like a gentle glow that moves with you,
Not to keep anything out,
Just to keep your energy where it belongs.
Feel what it is like to be contained,
Not tight and not closed,
Just held.
Inside that soft glow allow this intention to settle.
I choose to stay with myself,
I choose to keep my energy here.
Bring your attention back to your breath.
Feel the air entering your body,
Leaving your body.
Feel the weight of your body again.
The subtle movement of your chest,
The gentle pulse inside.
Take a slow breath in and as you breathe out,
Let that light settle even more deeply into your muscles and bones.
You are not floating,
You are here,
In this body,
In this moment.
Notice how your jaw feels now,
Your shoulders,
Your belly,
Your legs.
Something has softened,
Something has returned.
This is what it feels like when your energy is with you,
When you are not pulled in a thousand directions,
When you are inside your own skin.
Take one more slow breath in and let it go.
Let this feeling move with you as you continue your day or drift into rest.
This quiet fullness,
This steady presence.
Your light is gathered,
Your energy is here and it knows how to stay.
Thank you.
