Slowly beginning to connect into the breath and the breathing.
Feeling into the rise and fall of the belly and the chest.
On an inhale,
Collecting up any energy you no longer need.
Releasing it on the exhale.
And just flowing with the breath a few more times in that way.
Collecting up on the inhale.
Releasing on the exhale.
Just letting any energy you no longer need move down into the ground where it gets neutralized and recycled.
Returning to a natural breath just whenever you're ready.
And starting up at the top of the head.
Slowly beginning to relax all the muscles in the body.
Relaxing around the forehead and the eyes.
The jaw and the tongue.
The base of the skull and the back of the neck.
Gently releasing.
Relaxing.
Letting go.
Feeling the head perhaps sinking a little more deeply down into whatever you're sitting or reclining against.
And as the head sinks down,
Beginning to get a little length in the neck and in the shoulders.
Actively bringing the shoulders down away from the ears.
Noticing any energy you've been holding up or holding on to.
Simply falling down and away.
Bringing that same relaxation into the arms.
And relaxing the biceps and the elbows.
The forearms and the wrists.
The hands and all ten fingers.
Gently releasing.
Relaxing.
Letting go.
Perhaps feeling a subtle floating sensation underneath the arms.
Still connected to the body.
But perhaps already feeling a little lighter.
A little brighter.
Bringing some expansion into the heart and into the chest.
Envisioning the rib cage and the lungs.
Becoming more expansive.
Taking up more space.
Feeling and seeing opening coming into the upper back and the shoulder blades.
Maybe in your mind's eye.
Just running some energy up and down the spinal column.
Feeling a nice gentle energetic stretching coming into the back of the body.
Letting the heart be nice and open and full.
Coming down into the abdomen.
Letting all the digestive organs be nice and light and soft.
Coming down into the lower abdomen and the pelvis.
Perhaps feeling a gentle energetic stretch coming in between the hips.
Getting some length and opening in the hips and the pelvis.
Relaxing the muscles in the low back.
And then gently relaxing down the legs.
Relaxing the thighs and the knees.
The calves and the shins.
The ankles,
The feet,
And all ten toes.
Gently releasing.
Relaxing.
Letting go.
Perhaps now feeling a full body lightness and floating sensation.
Perhaps like you're floating on a cloud.
Or down a river on a lake.
Or maybe just laying on a nice sandy beach.
Whatever imagery gives you that sense of full and complete relaxation.
Beginning to settle into the heart.
Starting now to release any active doing.
Just moving into a subtle gentle space of being.
And knowing that there is nothing more for you to do now than simply be.
