This guided audio recording will help to gently guide you into a deep state of relaxation,
From where you will have the option to drift off to sleep.
In a few moments,
You will embark on a pleasant and gentle journey of visualisation that will take place within your mind.
To begin your journey,
Find a comfortable place where you will not be disturbed and sit or lie down,
Close your eyes and take a few long,
Deep breaths,
Allowing yourself to relax.
Just fall into a natural breathing pattern and enjoy this immersive experience.
You are standing in a small lane that winds its way through a lush,
Green countryside alive with spring.
To the side of you runs an old stone wall covered in lichen and grown with ivy.
There is a gate in the wall and you feel as if it is only natural to open it and step inside.
The hinges give a little creak as you push and then you step through,
Closing the gate behind you.
The garden is bounded by old walls and overlooked by tall trees.
It is still and green and quiet.
There is a little path leading to a pool in the centre and beside it,
A bench.
You sit down,
Looking at the pool,
Crystal clear and no more than a foot deep.
A tiny stream feeds into it,
Looking like liquid glass as it flows.
Perhaps the walls shut out sound,
But it is very quiet here.
There is a stillness of great peace.
Just the gentle water and the breeze,
You feel it seeping into you like a blessing.
The garden protects and shelters you and then offers this serenity like a gift.
It seems to invite you to let go of all tension and you can feel it leaving your body as if it drains away through your feet.
In its place grows a great sense of calm.
It begins as softly as a warm sensation in your heart,
Then expands and grows.
You are at the centre of a great and healing stillness.
You simply sit within it and allow yourself to partake of it and to just be.
