Always Relaxed Meditation: Live Like You're On Vacation

In this meditation session, to be Always Relaxed, we'll breathe deep, relax and progressively release each area of the body and guide ourselves into a deep state of relaxation. Then, we'll envision ourselves in different moments, practicing and strengthening our ability to stay relaxed regardless of what's going on within or around us. With practice, we can start to become relaxed almost all the time, and still get done whatever we want to get done!

Transcript

Hey,

It's Cyrus.

Welcome to this meditation to help you be relaxed all the time.

If you do this meditation on a regular basis,

You'll find yourself magically becoming more and more relaxed,

More and more consistently.

Start off by getting into a comfortable position,

Sitting upright in a chair or lying down with your eyes closed.

You might become so relaxed during this session that you're tempted to fall asleep,

But set an intention now that you're going to stay awake in your mind even if you become deeply relaxed in your body so that you can get the most out of this session.

Settle into a final physical position now that feels comfortable.

And with the eyes closed,

Start by taking a deep,

Slow breath in through the nose,

Filling up your lungs and releasing slowly out through the mouth.

Let's do two more like that,

A little bit slower and a little bit deeper,

Breathing in and filling up your entire body with the breath.

And slowly,

Easefully breathing out through the mouth,

Allowing things to decompress as you exhale.

Last one,

Deepest one,

Inflating the balloon as you breathe deeply in all the way down to your toes and watching the energy of the breath wash back out as you exhale,

Slowly out through the mouth.

And now notice any thoughts and distractions that might be present within you or around you in your life.

And take a moment to simply choose to put those on the back burner,

To not need to do anything about them,

Simply leave them in the background.

Let them be.

Relish in the safety and simplicity of this moment as you consciously choose to give yourself this space to go within.

And now move your attention like a fluid spotlight,

Imagining your consciousness like a ball of energy that's bouncing from spot to spot as I name it.

Starting by bringing that ball of energy spotlight to the front of your neck,

Aiming to stay in the rhythm as you move to the right side of your chest,

The left side of your chest,

The upper belly,

The lower belly,

The pelvic floor,

The right hip,

The right knee,

The sole of your right foot,

Moving to your right calf muscle,

Your right hamstring,

And moving to your left hip,

Down to your left knee,

The sole of your left foot,

Your left calf,

Your left hamstring,

The lower back,

The middle back,

The upper back,

Becoming more detailed with your attention as you move your spotlight to the back of your neck,

The back of your head,

And the top of your head.

And now keeping your mind awake and alert as you allow the little muscles around your eyes to soften and relax,

Allowing the tongue to drop to the floor of the mouth and the jaw to release any tension.

Feel the neck and shoulders unwinding and the back muscles softening into the support.

Stay awake in your mind as you feel the front of your body softening,

The chest and stomach opening with the breath,

And allow your arms and hands to become totally at ease,

Letting your pelvic floor drop into the support and allowing the legs and feet to release any tension.

And now feel the whole front of your body at the same time,

And feel the front of the body relaxing even 5% more.

And feel the back of your body now releasing just a little bit more.

Start to seek out and notice any tension,

However slight it might be,

That you're still holding in the body.

And simply observe those sensations without judgment and without trying to change them or even trying to release them.

Simply observe the tension with compassion and patience,

And invite that tension to start to melt even slightly,

As much as it feels safe or able to release in this moment,

Releasing a little bit deeper.

Stay awake and alert in your mind as you feel the breath wash down through the entire body,

Allowing the sense of release to become even more complete.

Giving yourself permission for there to be nowhere to be,

Nothing to do for the duration of this session,

Allowing yourself to become deeply and completely relaxed.

Starting to allow yourself to ease into a deeper relaxation than perhaps you felt in some time now.

Allowing the relaxation to be deep and thorough as you imagine any remaining thoughts dissolving from the brain and down into the body like the sands of an hourglass washing downward and disappearing into the pleasant trickle of sand.

Feel yourself letting go and releasing any emotional energy that's no longer serving you.

Taking it out,

Releasing it,

And handing it over to a greater energy so that you feel your body totally decompressed,

Relaxed,

And effortless.

And now imagine yourself going about your daily life doing normal activities in a relaxed state of mind.

See that and feel that as you see it.

Feel to see yourself getting everything done that you need to get done,

Just as productive or maybe even more productive,

Steady,

And efficient as you stay active in the ways that you need to stay active from this relaxed baseline.

See how easy it is to be relaxed and see yourself allowing yourself to be in this easy state of relaxation,

Releasing deeper into it right now.

And now practicing strengthening the durability and versatility of your relaxation by seeing and feeling yourself in challenging or chaotic moments or situations,

Not needing to envision anything too intense,

But simply a moment that might otherwise stress you out a little bit,

Practicing seeing and feeling yourself at the eye of the storm,

Being and maintaining that centered chillness no matter what's going on around you.

Realizing that durability by seeing any moments that annoy you,

Any pet peeves,

Any little things that normally compromise your sense of relaxation.

See yourself holding your attention on that internal center of deep relaxation,

Even in the face of little annoyances.

Basically testing it by seeing any moments where you normally might feel rushed,

Seeing yourself taking a breath,

Relaxing,

Releasing,

And choosing to maintain that relaxed one thing at a time cadence within yourself,

Even in those moments,

Practicing seeing and feeling that and training the nervous system for that deep relaxation.

Letting that go now,

Returning to the simplicity of just this moment,

Releasing any layers of tension that you notice and noticing how there's no limit to the depth of your relaxation,

How there's always a slightly deeper layer that we can release into and inviting yourself to let go of efforts of concern,

To let go of the past and future and relax even more deeply now.

Cementing,

Stabilizing,

And simmering in this state that you've cultivated for a moment and just allowing yourself to enjoy that feeling for its own sake.

Taking a moment to affirm to your subconscious that it's safe to be relaxed.

Forming that it's welcome to breathe deeply,

To go slowly,

And to savor the details of the moment in a deeply relaxed way.

Instead of complicating it or pushing away the state of relaxation,

Inviting ourselves to welcome more of it into our lives,

To embrace and enjoy the simplicity of it,

And to simply allow it instead of trying to attain it.

As we can now sense that relaxation is not about doing but instead about progressively and consistently letting go.

When you feel ready,

Coming back at your own pace in a deliberately relaxed,

Loose,

Chill,

Present way,

Allowing the eyes to open and to move delicately and intuitively at your own pace.

Remember to repeat this session often to allow your relaxation to become more deep and consistent in your day-to-day life and open to the possibility that you could be relaxed almost all the time if you want to and still get everything done that you want to do,

Just thinking of it as a baseline energy that you can act and connect and create from.

Consider sharing this track with anyone you feel it might benefit,

And I invite you to follow this page the mental level if you'd like more sessions like this.

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A comment,

To make a donation,

To ask a question,

And I hope you have an amazing,

Relaxed day!

Reviews

Wonderful guide to find the inner chill. Will return!

Even though I woke with a busier than usual mind this morning, this meditation successfully guided me into a relaxed state with mentally and physically. Definitely one that I'm bookmarking to repeat! A perfect meditation vacation to start my weekend with.

What a wonderful way to begin my day. Thank you 🙏