Find a comfortable place to sit,
Somewhere with your back supported that you can just relax and listen to my voice.
You can have your feet up or down,
That doesn't really matter,
But just make sure your hands are free and resting comfortably to start with.
As you listen to my voice and start to relax,
Close your eyes and just concentrate on relaxing.
As you do this,
I want you to take your right hand and place it on your chest,
Just to the left of the center so that it covers your heart space.
I want you to start focusing on your breathing.
Concentrate on breathing in a nice deep and comfortable rhythm,
Not forcing your breath,
Just a comfortably deep breathing rhythm.
As you do this,
You will find yourself relaxing more and more with each breath.
Now with each breath in,
I want you to feel that breath go through your heart physically.
Feel each breath in pass through your heart and with each breath out,
I want you to feel that breath pass through your heart again,
Physically passing through your heart as you breathe out.
Breathing in through your heart,
Breathing out through your heart,
Breathing in through your heart,
Breathing in through your heart,
Breathing out through your heart,
Breathing in through your heart,
Breathing out through your heart,
Breathing in through your heart,
Breathing out through your heart.
With each breath in,
You are breathing in calm,
Relaxed feelings and with each breath out,
You are breathing out all the stresses of your world and letting them disappear out into the atmosphere.
With each breath in,
You are breathing in calm,
Relaxed feelings and with each breath out,
You are breathing out all the stresses of your world and letting them disappear out into the atmosphere.
With every breath,
You relax more and more and the more you relax,
The better you feel and the better you feel,
The more relaxed you feel.
Now,
As you start to relax,
Let me explain how this works.
I want you to listen to my voice while you continue breathing.
It is possible to measure the electrical pulses from both the heart and the brain and this can be viewed on monitors showing peaks and troughs of these pulses.
When we are in a place that is not calm,
A place of anxiety,
Anger,
Frustration,
Depression or stress,
Emotions which are all very real,
Those monitors will show lines of peaks and troughs that are completely out of sync with each other that do not match in any way.
When we concentrate on breathing through our hearts for as little as two to three minutes,
We start to bring those peaks and troughs into alignment until they match exactly.
At this point,
We can think clearly from both heart and head.
Unfortunately,
Our head on its own will always lie to us as it is designed to protect us in any form.
Our heart on the other hand tells us the truth,
The truth from the core of who we are.
When we put both in alignment,
We are able to see any situation clearly.
Now,
As you remain in this relaxed state and breathing in and out through your heart,
I want you to think about two or three things in your life that if you could,
You would be grateful for right now.
They don't have to be big things.
They could be as simple as being grateful for waking up this morning or it could be feeling grateful for your family,
Your home,
The food you have to eat and the water you have to drink.
What two areas could you be grateful for right now?
Now,
You can slowly start to return to the room.
Take your time to open your eyes and allow them to refocus and if your hand is still on your heart,
You can allow it to drop to a comfortable position.
Take a look around the room and notice two things that you either haven't noticed for a while or you've never noticed before.
What is the first thing and what is the second thing that you've either not noticed for a while or you've never noticed before?
Now that you have returned to the room and you are back here with me,
How do you feel?
