Welcome my dear.
You have been carrying a lot of burdens with you.
Your shoulders and back have been heavy with the weight of it all.
It is time to release your burdens.
Take a deep breath.
Feel your body.
Feel how heavy you fall onto your cushion,
Your chair or your bed.
Make yourself as comfortable as you can,
Either by sitting up or laying down.
Now close your eyes if you haven't already and feel into that heaviness.
Feel the crushing weight of everything you have been carrying up until this point.
Feel just how tired,
Sore and exhausted your body feels.
Imagine all of that burden as a big heavy bag thrown over your shoulders.
See yourself walking with it,
Crushed by the weight of it.
You can barely lift your eyes to see in front of you your neck cramping from tension.
You strain to see the path as it winds through a field.
Then it turns into a mossy trail through a forest.
You walk down this path,
Step by step,
Heavy,
Until you start hearing something.
You sigh as you listen,
Recognising the sound.
You carry on as the sound of waves,
Crashing,
Increasing and lowering with every step you take,
Until you see an end to the mossy path.
As you walk out of the forest,
You take a deep breath in.
The smell of the ocean fills your lungs.
You slowly exhale but sigh.
You're finally here.
You stumble towards the shore.
The weight on your shoulders suddenly seems to have increased.
The ocean beckons you.
Release your load here.
I will wash it all away.
You have been carrying it for a long,
Long time.
As the waves come crashing down towards your feet,
You finally pull the bag down your shoulders.
Your muscles,
Sore from carrying it all for such a long time,
Finally feel lighter.
It's been so long you've almost forgotten the feeling of relief.
You sit down and your whole body relaxes.
You take a breath in,
Filling your lungs to the fullest and release it with a sigh.
Your burdens,
Now stripped off of you,
Lay down before you.
You see a big wave coming in.
And crashing down to your feet.
Suddenly,
You feel so light.
The bag is now gone,
Washed away by the ocean.
With the sudden realization,
You notice your body relaxing even more.
You roll your shoulders,
Straighten your back.
You feel the freedom and lightness.
There is nothing that is weighing you down anymore.
It's all been released to the ocean.
You stay there for a while,
Looking out at the vastness of the ocean,
Listening to the sound of waves crashing.
The world seems so much brighter and full of life.
You have not noticed so much color before.
You rest your eyes onto the ocean.
Finally,
You can appreciate everything that is surrounding you.
As the waves slowly touch your feet,
And you slowly start getting up,
And you feel someone standing behind you.
You turn around,
Only to be greeted by eyes full of love,
Pride and joy.
Your ancestors came up to you,
Celebrating you.
The burden you have carried hasn't been only yours.
What you released has been carried for longer than you have known.
You see tears of joy and smiles,
And you feel them come closer to embrace you.
You close your eyes to feel the warmth,
Gratitude and love.
The embrace slowly turns into this beautiful golden light that surrounds you,
Swirling around.
It starts filling your heart until the light curls up into a golden sphere inside of your heart,
Filling your whole body with light.
Feel the warmth of this light spreading across every part of your body.
You inhale slowly,
And with an exhale,
You ground into your body,
Your room,
Your home.
Welcome back.
I am so proud of you.
