Hello,
Welcome back.
I'm Sarah,
A somatic facilitator and coach,
Here to help you build nervous system resilience so you can live up to your fullest potential with ease and confidence.
I'll be guiding you through meditation.
Breath works.
Visualization and deep rest so that you can explore the pause between where you've been and where you're going.
Welcome to liminal space.
Today's practice is for when you feel like you've kept pushing through.
You've kept going.
You find it difficult to rest.
You're running on empty but you're somehow still running.
So many of us treat rest as something to be earned.
A reward we allow ourselves once the list is finished.
The list is never finished.
And so rest is postponed.
And the nervous system keeps quietly paying the price.
Rest is the foundation of everything else.
It's where everything else becomes possible.
So for the next 10 minutes together you have full permission to rest.
Nothing to do.
Nowhere to be.
Nothing expected and nothing to earn.
So start settling into your body and the earth beneath you.
Feel that comfortable position take over wherever you've landed.
Let yourself be completely supported.
And if it feels safe to do so,
Maybe your eyes start to close.
Take a slow inhale through the nose.
And a long sigh blowing out of the mouth.
And again,
Breathing in.
And extend softly out the mouth.
Final time,
Fill the lungs.
And releasing everything you're carrying.
Then feel the breath settle.
And if you'd like to plant a Sankalpa sowing a seed.
Quiet inner intention.
Do that now.
Not a demand,
But more of remembering.
You might first just notice the part of you that finds this difficult,
The resistance.
The part of you already writing tomorrow's to-do list,
Feeling a slither of guilt for just lying down.
But know that you don't need to fight that part It learned somewhere along the way that your worth was in your productivity.
It's been trying to keep you safe.
But it can rest too.
So take a moment here to see if you can surrender.
Let go of that inner critic.
We'll start by moving our awareness through the body.
At each point,
Offer the body part to surrender.
We'll start with your right hand.
Rested.
Right arm rested.
Right shoulder,
Rested.
Your right side of the torso.
Rested.
Your right hip.
Rested.
Your right leg.
Rested your right foot.
Rested.
The whole right side of your body.
Rested.
Your left hand,
Rested.
Your left arm,
Rested.
Left shoulder.
Rested.
Left side of the torso.
Rested.
Left hip Rested.
Left leg.
Rested.
Left foot.
Rest it.
The whole left side of your body.
Rested.
The back of the head.
Shoulder blades.
Ribs.
Whole spine.
Heart speed.
All rested.
The forehead.
The space between the eyebrows.
The eyes.
The jaw.
All rested.
The whole body.
The whole body rested.
Now feel the weight of your soul.
Fully surrendering to the earth.
Heavy.
You're not holding yourself.
You're letting yourself be held.
Nothing is required of your muscles,
Your mind,
Your efforts.
Feel gravity take over the bones loose.
Muscles melted.
Nothing needs you immediately.
And it rarely does.
Beneath the doing,
Beneath the planning.
Beneath the roles you play.
There is simply this.
A body.
Breathing,
Existing.
Being.
Just simply needing rest.
Resting is not stopping.
It's a repair.
Recovery.
Right now your nervous system is doing some of its most important work because you've stopped doing yours.
So rest here a little longer.
Then gently and slowly begin to return to your body.
Feel your energy start to take up space again.
Notice the texture of the surface beneath you Maybe you feel the temperature of the air touching your skin.
And the sounds of the external world.
Then let your awareness drift towards your breath.
Feeling your inhale start to deepen,
Your exhale starts to lengthen.
And then your attention lands on your sankalpa.
The seed you've sown.
Just repeat it to yourself a few times.
It takes up space in your body and radiates from your heart.
Feel the urge to twinkle your fingers and toes Gently roll your head from side to side.
Maybe you take a full body stretch if that feels good.
And then when you're ready,
Blink your eyes open.
If you can carry this quiet restoration with you.
You don't need to earn rest and you don't need to apologize for it.
Rest is the foundation from where everything else becomes possible.
If someone you know has forgotten that,
Please share this practice with them.
Take your rest seriously this week and I'll see you next time.
