Find the position that feels supportive.
Let your body choose what feels most comfortable to you.
Close your eyes or let your gaze rest softly.
Bring your awareness to your body.
Notice where you might be holding on to something.
You may feel a tightness or a heaviness.
Just notice where that feeling lives in your body.
Observe the sensation and the emotion that might be resting beneath it.
Allow it to be exactly as it is.
Now we invite the breath to move through your body.
Take a slow,
Deep breath in through your nose.
Follow the cool air as it travels down into your chest and your abdomen.
Hold it for a brief moment.
Now exhale slowly through your mouth.
Imagine the breath leaving your body.
And taking a layer of that tension with it.
Take another deep breath.
Follow the path of the air as it weaves down your spine and expands your ribs.
As you exhale,
Let your shoulders drop.
Feel yourself settling deeper into the surface beneath you.
Take one more deep breath.
Fill your lungs completely,
Feeling the life in your body.
As you let this breath go.
Feel the stillness of the room.
Now imagine you are walking along a quiet path wrapped in a soft morning mist.
You follow the trail as the trees gently part,
Revealing a hidden ancient lake at dawn.
The air is cool,
Completely still,
And incredibly clear.
You can smell the clean scent of water,
Pine needles,
And the fresh morning air.
As you look out across the lake,
You notice the water is a perfect,
Flawless mirror.
There is not a single ripple on the surface.
The water perfectly reflects the sky,
The clouds,
And the quiet trees around it.
Everything that felt chaotic in your mind.
Begins to settle.
Matching the stillness of the water.
Find a smooth wooden dock or a patch of soft moss and sit down.
Feel the crisp morning air resting gently on your skin.
Reach down and touch the cool,
Solid ground beneath you.
Listen to the absolute silence of this place.
There is a deep,
Quiet wisdom here.
The surface noise of the world has cleared away.
You are capable of looking inward.
You are grounded.
And you have the inner stillness to see your true self.
Beneath the thoughts at the surface.
Notice the feeling of peace and clear reflection that lives in this place.
Allow that sense of deep knowing to wash over you like the soft morning light.
Find the exact spot in your body where that feeling lives.
Let it expand with every breath.
Now allow a color to come to mind that represents this feeling.
Notice the first color that feels right to you.
Imagine this color beginning to glow deep within the water.
And gently filling your body.
See it moving through your chest and down to your fingertips.
Until you are bathed in this light.
Let the color and the feeling.
Become one.
To keep this feeling with you,
Choose a physical anchor.
You might gently press your fingers together or place a hand over your heart.
Feel that physical touch.
Remind your body that this clarity is a part of you.
Take a moment to check back in with the area where you felt tension earlier.
Notice if the sensation or the emotion has shifted.
Even a tiny softening is enough.
As you prepare to return to your day,
Remember that this still lake is always here.
If you feel your thoughts starting to loop or become crowded.
You can return to the shore.
Take just a minute or two to find your breath,
Use your anchor,
And come back to the reflection and inner stillness of the water.
When you are ready,
Gently wiggle your fingers and toes and open your eyes.
