Hi,
This is Seth Monk and we're going to do a meditation for relaxation.
I invite you to get into a comfortable position,
Sitting or lying down,
And when you're ready,
I invite you to close your eyes.
With your eyes closed,
Let's begin by feeling your entire body,
Feeling everything all at once,
Just coming into your body awareness.
Usually when we feel anxious or nervous or overwhelmed,
Our body doesn't feel good.
It feels tight,
Irritated,
And the aversion to that pain is what causes the mind to spin,
The emotions to get louder.
So by slowly coming back,
Making steps back into the body,
Becoming more comfortable feeling the body,
It allows the mind to start to become comfortable,
To feel safe,
To release the need to fight or fix or push away anything that it's experiencing.
Taking another breath into the body,
Anything you feel in the body is just a feeling,
A sensation.
There's nothing to be afraid of,
Nothing that's going to hurt you.
These are just sensations that we can breathe into and be with.
I invite you to imagine a ball of peaceful energy resting on the very top of your head,
Just pretending,
Pretending there is a ball of peaceful energy resting on top of the head.
And as you breathe,
This peaceful energy gets stronger,
More powerful,
And slowly allowing this peaceful energy to descend down into the head,
Relaxing the top of the head,
The forehead,
The spot between the eyebrows.
Imagining this energy pooling into the brain,
Soothing,
Softening,
Relaxing the brain,
Relaxing the jaw,
Down the shoulders,
Relaxing the arms,
The hands and fingers,
Relaxing down to the fingertips.
Without moving the fingers,
See if you can feel all 10 fingertips at once.
Breathing now into the chest,
Into the heart,
Allowing the heart to relax,
Relaxing the feelings of the heart,
And breathing and breathing down into the belly,
Softening,
Relaxing the belly as well,
And breathing into your back,
Noticing that your breath can also reach your back,
Relaxing down your hips and legs,
Down to your feet and toes.
See if you can feel the tips of your toes,
Filling your toes with awareness,
Whole body relaxing,
Whole body relaxed,
And feeling the contact points between the body and the earth,
Allowing the sensation of the ground to be a point of stabilization,
Solidity of certainty,
Firmness,
Just connecting to the energy of groundedness,
Taking a breath into this feeling of groundedness.
You are safe,
You are here,
Feeling the ground,
The earth beneath you.
Everything is okay,
Everything will be okay.
Life sometimes goes by its own rhythms.
Nature has its own intelligence.
It is not always our job to understand and control.
Sometimes we are simply here to be with,
To go with,
To allow the movements of our lives.
Taking a deep breath,
Letting go of control,
And just allowing everything to be exactly as it is.
You are doing a great job.
You are doing a great job.
When you are ready,
Taking a last deep breath,
Coming back to your body.
You can open your eyes.
