Tonight,
As you drift peacefully off to sleep,
You'll enjoy the profound healing and peace that come from reconnecting with that deep sense of self love.
That's always been within you.
And this isn't about changing who you are or becoming a better person.
It's about remembering what's already true,
Which is that you are unconditionally worthy and deserving of love.
And most especially from yourself.
And this recording will not only help you rest,
But it will bring you that profound healing through self love and we'll do so by a very simple process,
Starting with a short relaxation followed by a calming,
Reassuring and healing visualization and ending with a series of positive affirmations that will repeat for some time,
Slowly softening and fading out,
Offering you a long runway with which to fall asleep.
So settle into a comfortable position.
If you haven't already keeping your eyes open for just a moment,
Resting your gaze on the wall or the ceiling out across from you.
And if you'd like,
And you find it comfortable,
I invite you to rest your hands on your heart space because it will deepen your connection to yourself and your relaxation.
Just noticing the natural rhythms of your body as your gaze continues to rest on whatever's across from you.
And just beginning to notice the weight of your eyelids,
Slowly allowing them to settle closed.
As I count down from five,
Feeling that growing weight of your eyelids to six to four,
Noticing that desire to rest,
Beginning to take over to three.
And your eyes may begin to flutter here,
But you resist for just a moment more as we come to two and you can barely see through the tiniest slit in your eyes.
As we come to one and you finally let go,
Allowing your eyes to close all the way down,
Relaxing the muscles of your face and your jaw,
Feeling that relaxation spreading down into your neck,
Your shoulders,
Through your arms and all the way to the tips of your fingers,
Spreading through your chest,
Your back,
Your abdomen,
And deeper down into your hips,
Your thighs,
Your calves,
And all the way to the tips of your toes.
As you take a nice deep breath and gathering any lingering tension,
Holding for just a moment at the top and then releasing,
Just letting the air fall back out,
Releasing the tension from your body as you allow yourself to melt into bed.
Let's do that again.
Inhale nice and slow,
Nice and deep.
Hold at the top and then exhale,
Release.
Letting go and softening deeper and deeper,
Still into the bed and just enjoying this first moment of peace and quiet where you have nothing to do,
Nothing to change,
Nothing to be.
Moment by moment,
The natural rhythms of your body and your mind beginning to slow as you leave behind the day just passed.
And enter into this liminal space between the waking life and the sleeping life.
And here there's nothing to force.
There's no specific time or way in which it's best to fall asleep.
Just trusting your body's own natural intelligence.
It knows how to rest.
It knows exactly how much rest you really need.
And due to that,
You'll fall asleep in exactly the right way.
And at exactly the right time for you here tonight.
So just relax and the comfort of knowing that every part of you is supported and that absolutely nothing is being asked of you.
Each passing breath guiding you,
Just that tiniest bit deeper and deeper,
Closer and closer to sleep.
And as you relax,
Just that bit deeper with each moment,
You may notice that something begins to happen,
A softening or an opening,
A quiet sense of permission to be exactly as you are.
Yeah.
And just notice how it feels to do nothing,
To simply exist.
And you have nothing to analyze,
Nothing to strive for.
You can finally let go completely drifting deeper into comfort,
Deeper into awareness and connection with yourself.
And as you continue to rest deeper and deeper,
I invite you to imagine in your mind's eye yourself as a newborn,
Tiny,
Entirely innocent and entirely dependent,
Violent,
Vulnerable,
The purest form of simply being alive.
This newborn version of you has done absolutely nothing wrong,
But it's also earned nothing.
And yet it needs no justification to exist.
Indeed,
It didn't choose to exist.
This life was brought here,
Welcomed into the world as an intentional expression of life itself.
Something vast,
Intelligent,
And creative chose you as a way to experience the act of being alive.
Now allow that image to shift forward in time,
Beginning to see yourself as a child.
Now,
Curious,
Sensitive,
Open-minded and constantly learning.
Notice the wonder in this child's eyes.
Notice the desire to experience the world and the longing to be loved,
To be understood and protected.
Because indeed this child is still vulnerable,
Still discovering what it is to be alive.
And so they deserve patience,
Kindness,
Safety.
And there's no doubt that even if they didn't always receive it,
They are worthy of love.
So now allow that image to shift forward in time.
Once more seeing yourself now,
Maybe a bit older,
Maybe a bit wiser,
Maybe a bit burdened or taxed or jaded by the journey of life,
But still curious,
Still sensitive,
And still learning what it means to be alive.
And in this way,
That newborn and that child are still within you,
Not broken,
Not lost.
In fact,
The only difference whatsoever is that of time.
Because the same vast,
Intelligent and creative source that chose you as a way to experience being alive was within you just as much as an infant and a child as it is now.
And even though you may understand the bounds and current norms of this thing called existence a bit more,
You still don't know everything.
You're still learning.
You're still deserving of patience,
Kindness,
Safety.
You're still longing to be loved,
Understood,
Protected.
And just as those younger versions of you were worthy of love,
So too is the current version of you and every version in the future to that infant and that child.
There's still within you and certainly they need a little less care now,
But they still desire the same things.
I still want to be seen with compassion.
I still want to be treated with respect.
I still want to be valued and loved.
And as you continue to rest deeper and deeper,
Holding this image of yourself,
Perhaps an even deeper truth can be found can be revealed that you are not a mistake that you are not behind or ahead that you are not failing at life,
But rather that you are an intentional occurrence of the universe.
And you're exactly where you're supposed to be here in this body and this being with these thoughts and these experiences for the purpose of learning,
Discovering,
Feeling,
Enjoying,
Experiencing and living life.
And although your personal history,
They have shaped you in ways it has never diminished your worth.
And the inherent truth that you deserve to be here and you deserve to be loved.
And above all,
You deserve that from yourself because although others may try no one can truly understand all of the things you've seen on this journey,
All of the weights you've carried,
Some of which you didn't even ask for all of the beauty and joy that's uplifted you.
And all of the pain and fear that's hurt you.
But perhaps here in this space between you can begin to recognize that all of those other things,
The joys,
The beauty,
The pain and the fear.
Those are just stories and the outside world,
But here by yourself and this space of complete calmness and relaxation here.
There is no story.
There's nothing to do.
There's no problems to solve or others to please here.
Simply with your own company.
You are truly at home.
You are truly safe and there's nothing you need to prove.
There's no way you need to act and there's nothing you need to say to be fully and unconditionally accepted and welcomed in this place here with yourself.
You are always loved no matter what.
And if you ever notice that this feeling of total acceptance and love is being challenged or worn down at,
May you remember that this challenge or whatever's wearing you down.
It's just a story of the outside world.
And stories from the outside world can never affect or take away this place inside of you called home.
This place called the self.
So now rest in the safety,
The warmth and the love in the home inside of your own self.
Breath by breath,
Drifting deeper and deeper,
Slowly following the path towards sleep arriving there in your own way and on your own time.
And as you continue to drift deeper towards rest,
Simply allow these words to wash over you.
Reframing any subconscious beliefs so that you may always be reminded of the safety,
Acceptance and love that you hold unconditionally for yourself.
I love myself exactly as I am.
I treat myself with kindness and understanding.
I am always safe with myself.
I love to take care of myself.
I honor the child within me.
I protect myself.
I show myself compassion.
I offer myself the love that I've always deserved.
I allow my body to rest.
I allow my mind to fall quiet.
I allow myself to heal.
I allow my heart to guide me.
I forgive myself unconditionally.
I speak to myself with kindness.
I am learning to be my own best friend.
I belong here.
I am meant to exist.
I am glad to be me.
I care for myself.
I respect myself deeply.
I honor my needs and desires.
I am letting go of old judgments and stories.
I'm allowing myself to relax more deeply.
I love myself.
I love this journey of my life.
I love going within myself to my own home I am always safe here with myself.
Everything is unfolding exactly as it should.
I am enough.
I am safe.
I am loved.
I am letting go more and more with each moment and drifting into sleep.
I love myself exactly as I am.
I treat myself with kindness and understanding.
I am always safe with myself.
I love to take care of myself.
I honor the child within me.
I protect myself.
I show myself compassion.
I offer myself the love that I've always deserved.
I allow my body to rest.
I allow my mind to fall quiet.
I allow myself to heal.
I allow my heart to guide me.
I forgive myself unconditionally.
I speak to myself with kindness I am learning to be my own best friend.
I belong here.
I am meant to exist.
I am glad to be me.
I care for myself.
I respect myself deeply.
I honor my needs and desires.
I am letting go of old judgments and stories.
I'm allowing myself to relax more deeply.
I love myself.
I love this journey of my life.
I love going within myself to my own home.
I am always safe here with myself.
Everything is unfolding exactly as it should.
I am enough.
I am safe.
I am loved.
I am letting go more and more.
I am getting closer with each moment and drifting into sleep.
I love myself exactly as I am.
I treat myself with kindness and understanding.
I am always safe with myself.
I love to take care of myself.
I honor the child within me.
I protect myself.
I show myself compassion.
I offer myself the love that I've always deserved.
I allow my body to rest.
I allow my mind to fall quiet.
I allow myself to heal.
I allow my heart to guide me in the right direction.
I forgive myself unconditionally.
I speak to myself with kindness.
I am learning to be my own best friend.
I belong here.
I am meant to exist I am glad to be me.
I care for myself.
I respect myself deeply.
I honor my needs and desires.
I am letting go of old judgments and stories.
I'm allowing myself to relax more deeply.
I love myself.
I love this journey of my life.
I love going within myself to my own home I am always safe here with myself.
Everything is unfolding exactly as it should.
I am enough.
I am safe more and more with each moment.
And drifting into sleep.
I love myself exactly as I am.
I treat myself with kindness and understanding.
I am always safe with myself.
I love to take care of myself.
I honor the child within me.
I protect myself.
I show myself compassion.
I offer myself the love that I've always deserved.
I allow my body to rest.
I allow myself to heal.
I allow my heart to guide me.
I forgive myself unconditionally.
I speak to myself with kindness.
I am learning to be my own best friend.
I belong here.
I am meant to exist.
I am glad to be me.
I care for myself and my family.
I respect myself deeply.
I honor my needs and desires.
I am letting go of old judgments and stories.
I'm allowing myself to relax more deeply.
I love myself.
I love this journey of my life.
I love going within myself to my own home.
I am always safe here with myself.
Everything is unfolding exactly as it should.
I am enough.
I am safe more and more with each moment and drifting into sleep.