Meditation For Slowing Down And Letting Go

Feel yourself slowing down and letting go with this deeply relaxing guided meditation. You'll be gently guided into a state of inner peace and calm, letting your thoughts be, as you feel yourself unwind and untangle.

Transcript

You Okay, So I just want you to gently close your eyes if they're not already. And then if you're sitting, Just make sure your spine is straight, Sort of shoulders are loosely back but without sort of stretching them. And your feet are flat on the ground and your hands are just loosely in your lap. And if you are lying down, That you are just comfortably positioned, You're not sort of tensing anywhere, You're just allowing your body to kind of sink into the bed, Just have your hands resting loosely by your sides, Legs slightly apart, Head not too lifted up on the pillows, Just as straight as you possibly can with your spine, That you're comfortable. Just gently breathing in and out, You don't need to force the breath, Just become aware of your breath. And as you become more aware of your breath, You'll feel it will just naturally, You'll start breathing a little bit more deeply and a little bit more slowly. So your breath is starting to slow down but deepening at the same time. So you're consciously allowing the oxygen that's coming in through your nostrils to expand into your chest. And then releasing it and just all out through your mouth, Just releasing all of the air until there's nothing left to release. And I just want you to just keep repeating the breath, Bringing yourself back to the breath and just allowing yourself to find a steady flow. So we're not going to be counting our breath today. We're going to be aware of our breath, We're going to keep bringing ourselves back to the awareness of our breath and just focusing on a very steady and slow and deep inhalation through the nostrils, Feeling the chest expand and an exhalation out through your mouth and just in and out. The whole, You can feel your chest calmly just rising up and releasing with each breath. And as you're breathing, You can become aware of your body. I want you to just do a scan of your body now. I want you to start at your feet. Just moving up your body, Starting at your toes, Moving up your body, The soles of your feet, Top of your feet, Your heels, Your ankles, Your calves, Your shins, Knees, Your thighs, Both sides of your thighs. Lower back, Your buttocks, Your lower back, Your stomach, Your torso, Front and back, Looking up your breasts, Across your shoulders, Your chest, Your neck, Across your scalp. Just feel your face, Feel where you're holding tension in your face and just allow it to release. And then down through your shoulders and your arms, Now through your hands, Just your whole body. You've just checked in with your whole body. You can feel the energy moving through your body. You're more aware of it now. Aware of where there might be points of blockages, Points of pain or stress or tension. With each breath in, I want you to become aware of the breath that you're taking and directing that breath to the point in your body where you can feel the tension or the stress or the pain. And just know that with every breath that you're directing to that area, The energy that you're directing, It's just like it's getting in there. It's unblocking it. It's doing what it needs to do to help you feel a bit better. All of your body is becoming more relaxed as you're going through this process and listening to me speak. You're bringing yourself back to the breath. It's just the gentle breath in and out, Very aware of it. Very aware of your body. Very aware of how you're feeling, Where you're holding the tension. Breathing in and just releasing the tension with every out breath. You can feel the tension just drifting away. Just focusing on your breath in and out. In and out. Every time the thoughts come in, Just let them go and bring yourself back to the breath in the feeling of your body, Whether you're sitting or lying, Just very present, Feeling very present in your body. So much of our lives are spent, We're just completely in our head. We're not really aware of ourselves in space and time. So now I just want you to be really aware of yourself, Your breath and your body. Every time you feel yourself drifting off into your thoughts, I want you to bring yourself back to the breath, Back to your body, Back to the awareness of the here and now. Your mind goes, Just bring it back. There's nothing that you need to be focusing on right now except the sound of my voice, The feeling of your breath, The awareness of your breath and the feeling of your body. Just in and out. Calm and very, Very deeply relaxed. Nothing else to do, Nowhere else to be. Just here, Here and now, Right now, Listening to the sound of my voice, Feeling very soothed and calmed by that. Whatever that's happened today, You can just let it go now. Whatever's coming tomorrow, That's something to think about tomorrow, It's not for right now. Right now is just about right now. Just being fully present to your breath and your body and the sound of my voice. Allowing whatever was stopping you and holding you back and letting you, Not letting you be, Just allowing that to go. Just letting it be, Letting it go. Just bringing yourself back to the awareness of your breath. Being here now. Breathing in and breathing out, Feeling your mind slowing down. Everything in your mind is becoming slower and slower. Just letting everything slow, Slow, Slow, Slow down. Focusing on your breath. Letting the thoughts come, They're slower now and just letting them go. There's no racing, There's just calm, Slow thoughts. Just allow yourself to go slower and slower and slower. Deeper and deeper and deeper. Down you go. Every time you feel those thoughts drifting, Just bring yourself back to the awareness. Bringing yourself back to your breath. Just bring yourself back now to the here and now. Breathing in and breathing out. Letting everything else go. You might be able to feel the energy moving through your body. I want you to just become aware of where you can feel it. Allow yourself to feel into that. It's like a sinking feeling into that energy. Just allowing yourself to let go into it. Just allow yourself to let go into it. Perfectly safe. And right here with you. Allow yourself to sink into that beautiful feeling. Just letting go. The feeling of being completely understood. Completely accepted. Completely welcomed here. Just fully immerse yourself in that feeling of completely letting go. When you're ready, I want you to just bring yourself back into the room. Wiggle your toes. Wiggle your feet, Your legs, Your arms, Your neck, Your head. When you're ready, When you're ready, You can open your eyes. Just gently and slowly open your eyes. And bring yourself back into the room. And bring yourself back into the room.