Welcome to this calming meditation designed to bring you back to a place of stillness and balance.
To begin,
I'd like you to come into your most comfortable position lying down,
Either with your legs straight,
The feet flopping to the sides,
Or perhaps with your knees bent,
The knees just resting on one another.
Bringing your arms by your sides with the palms facing up,
Or perhaps on your belly,
Whatever feels nice in your body.
Allowing your eyes to blink closed,
Starting to bring all your awareness inwards,
Letting your attention drift deeper inwards.
And we'll begin by taking three big cleansing breaths.
Take a big inhale through the nose,
Open the mouth.
Fully exhale.
Big inhale.
One more big inhale through the nose.
Open the mouth.
Just allow the lips to come together,
Breathing in and out through the nose.
Bringing all your attention to the breath,
Feeling the flow of the breath in and out of the body.
Feeling your body rise on the inhale and fall on the exhale.
Feeling your body rise on the inhale and fall on the exhale.
I'll be counting down from seven to one with every number.
You will progressively feel a little bit more relaxed,
More calm.
Seven.
Feeling your body heavy,
Sinking downwards.
Six.
Five.
Four.
Feeling your body relaxing deeper and deeper.
Three.
Letting go even more.
Two.
One.
One.
Feeling your body completely relaxed from the crown of the head to the tips of the toes.
Completely relaxed.
Deeply connecting to that place of stillness,
Of calm and balance.
As you inhale,
Say to yourself,
I am on the exhale,
Peace.
Inhale I am.
Exhale peace.
Inhale I am.
Exhale peace.
I'd like you now to very slowly and gently bring your awareness down to your fingertips.
Just very slowly starting to move the fingers.
Perhaps taking the thumb,
Brushing it across your fingertips.
Letting the hands go and bringing your awareness down to the toes.
Slowly starting to wiggle the toes.
When it feels right for you,
Reaching your arms up and overhead,
Giving yourself a nice big stretch.
Slowly starting to bend the knees,
Draw the knees in towards the chest,
Wrapping your hands around the knees,
Rocking from side to side.
Slowly open your eyes.
