Hey,
It's Cyrus.
Welcome to this non-sleep deep rest session.
You can use this in the middle of your day and it'll be even better than a nap.
Or you can use it to guide yourself off to sleep.
Take a moment now to lie down in a comfortable position with your arms by your side and your legs straight out and allowing your eyes to close.
Take a slow,
Soothing deep breath in through the nose and fill up your whole body with the breath at your own pace.
And allow it to trickle out through the mouth,
Exhaling,
Decompressing,
Nice and slow.
Let's do two more like that to really shift into a slower rhythm as you breathe deeply,
Slowly in through the nose,
Saturating your entire body with the breath.
And allowing yourself to let it go nice and slow out through the mouth.
Last one,
Deepest one,
Slowest one,
Breathing in through the nose,
Filling everything up with oxygen.
And letting go super slow,
Breathing out and allowing the muscles to relax.
Making any final adjustments to your position and then take a moment in your mind to commit to physical stillness consistently.
Notice how you can't feel your body moving.
Notice how you can move,
But you're just choosing not to and aim to stay with that consistently throughout the session to get the most out of it.
And now set an intention in your mind for the session.
You might choose,
I am balanced and radiant in my energy or whatever resonates with you right now.
Repeating it three times out loud or in your mind in the present tense,
Now.
And now shift into feeling and sensing mode,
Letting thinking and analyzing recede into the background.
As you sense the support of the bed or the ground underneath you,
Cradling you,
Supporting you.
Sense and listen to the sounds that surround you in this moment.
Sense where you feel your intuition,
Not thinking,
But feeling.
And now imagine your consciousness like a ball of light of whatever diameter or color that you wish.
And just bounce that ball of light in a rhythm around the body in an easy,
Gentle,
Enjoyable way.
And now,
Imagine that you're in a state of deep sleep.
If you wish,
And just bounce that ball of light in a rhythm around the body in an easy,
Gentle,
Enjoyable way.
If thoughts pull you away,
Just return into the rhythm.
Moving the ball of light now to the forehead.
Allow the breath to come to you and breathe as though you're breathing from the forehead.
Bounce the ball of light down to the center of your neck.
And gently,
Effortlessly breathe as though you're breathing from the center of the neck.
Allow the ball of light to bounce gently down to the center of the chest.
Imagining as though you're breathing through the heart center.
Allowing the ball of light to bounce down into the lower belly.
Breathing as though you're breathing from the lower belly.
And now,
Effortlessly split the ball of light into two and be aware of both your hips.
Be aware of your knees.
Be aware of your ankles.
And the tips of your big toes.
Your second toes.
Third toes.
Fourth toes.
Little toes.
Moving up into your pinky fingers.
Your ring fingers.
Middle fingers.
Index fingers.
Your thumbs.
Be aware of your wrists.
Your elbows.
Your shoulders.
Be aware of the top of your head.
The back of your head.
The back of your neck.
Your upper back.
Your lower back.
Your hamstrings on the back of your thighs.
Your calf muscles.
Your heels.
The soles of your feet.
And imagine yourself breathing,
Inhaling slowly from the soles of your feet upward.
Imagine yourself drawing the breath from the bottom of your body up to the top of your head.
And on the exhalation,
Watch the elevator of breath go back down,
All the way down to the soles of the feet.
And repeat as you bring the breath back up at your own pace that feels easy and good to you.
Watching the wave of breath travel up and back down as you guide it slowly and mindfully,
Tracking the wave of pleasant energy as it travels to and fro.
Stay with that flow of breath and energy as it goes up and down at your own pace for a few more moments.
Imagining and feeling any tension melting away and the energy becoming more open,
Relaxed and radiant in the entire body as you breathe.
And now let go of that awareness and allow your breathing to return to normal and be completely effortless.
As you gather all of your attention at the center of the chest.
Allowing all concerns,
All thoughts,
All awareness of past and future to dissolve into the heart and far,
Far into the background as you maintain a simple,
Dedicated,
Moment to moment awareness of the breath at the heart center.
And for a few long,
Relaxed,
Blissful moments,
Just rest.
Rest completely within the awareness and energy of your heart and your breath.
Allowing yourself to recharge deeply and let go of everything other than that simple awareness,
Moment to moment.
Rest completely within the awareness and energy of your heart and your breath.
Rest completely within the awareness and energy of your heart and your breath.
Rest completely within the awareness and energy of your heart and your breath.
When you feel ready,
You can decide whether you want to allow yourself to drift off to sleep or to slowly move and resume your day.
Whatever serves you best at this moment,
Moving into that at your own pace.
Remember to practice regularly to create the most benefits from these sessions.
And I invite you to share this with anyone who might benefit.
Thank you for taking this time for yourself today and have an amazing rest of your day or night.
