Welcome to this short safe place visualization for whenever you just need to ground yourself and calm yourself down.
So whether you are sitting in your car,
Standing,
Lying,
Whatever you're doing,
Just take a moment just to actually feel and label how you are physically and mentally right now.
Now take a big deep breath in through your nose and release all the breath out through your mouth.
Sigh it out.
Take another deep breath in.
Allow yourself to start to relax as you exhale fully.
Breathe in again.
And as you breathe out this time through your nose,
Let the air carry some tension out of your body.
Continue to breathe slowly and gently and start to focus on releasing tension and relaxing your physical body.
As you breathe,
Notice where you hold your stress,
Your tension,
Your anxiety.
And as you breathe,
Picture those parts of your body becoming slightly more relaxed than they were before.
With each breath,
With each exhale,
Those parts start to become a little bit more relaxed.
You take as many of these breaths as you need.
The breath is soft.
The breath is gentle.
Body becomes calm.
Body becomes loose.
Body feels free.
Let that feeling of relaxation grow,
However small that feeling of relaxation might be.
Cultivate it and let it grow.
Soften your muscles.
Let them give up their hold.
Let the feeling of relaxation grow with every breath spreading calm throughout your body.
You're breathing in relaxation now.
You're breathing out the tension.
Let it leave.
Breathe in calm.
Let all the tension go as you exhale.
Continuing to breathe slowly,
Gently,
Deepening the sense of relaxation more and more with each breath.
Deeper and deeper.
More and more relaxed.
At peace.
Now,
Bring yourself to that place in your mind.
Create a picture.
A place where you feel completely at ease.
Completely relaxed.
This might be a favourite place that you regularly go to.
Somewhere you were once.
A holiday.
Somewhere you've seen.
It could be completely imaginary.
It's up to you.
Picture a place where you feel happy.
You feel safe and you feel calm.
Take a moment to create all the details about this place in your mind.
So visualising the sights of course,
But also the sounds.
The smells.
The textures.
If you are sitting in this place in your mind,
Bringing your hands down,
To the surface that's supporting you and feeling that texture.
As much as you can,
Really see yourself.
Feel yourself in that place.
You are comfortable there.
You're enjoying being still and relaxing.
You feel calm.
You feel at peace with yourself.
You feel content.
You deserve to feel relaxed.
Enjoy being in your safe place.
Take in the sights.
The sounds.
The smells.
The textures.
And then gently let them fade.
But hold on to the feeling of safety.
Of calm.
Of happiness.
It's time to leave the special place in your mind's eye.
Return to the real world.
Knowing that this place is always here for you.
In your imagination.
Anytime you need to relax and feel calm.
Bringing your awareness back to your breath.
Noticing the changes that have occurred in your body.
In your state of mind.
And thanking yourself.
For engaging in this practice.
For bringing yourself into that safe place.
It's always there for you.
It is within you.
It is you.
Thank you so much for practicing with me today.
Namaste.
