Let's find a comfortable place where we can rest,
Where we can be still.
As we breathe in,
Let's allow our spine to lengthen a little bit.
We'll become a bit taller.
And as we breathe out,
Let's allow ourselves to settle into our seat.
Soften our shoulders as we relax a bit.
And we'll take a few deeper breaths as we take our attention inwards.
And we'll notice how it feels to do that.
Good,
Bad or indifferent,
We'll just notice it.
Let's allow our body to soften and relax,
Allowing a wave of relaxation to flow over our body.
So we're choosing that the muscles of our face are going to soften.
Our forehead and our jaw becoming more relaxed.
Our scalp and our neck.
See if we can put our head on the top of our spine so we can sit with almost no effort.
Shoulders are relaxing back and down.
Arms are relaxing.
Somewhere they can rest and be still.
Let's have a look around our back.
If we're sitting,
We need to use muscles to sit.
But are we holding tension or tightness?
And if we are,
Can we allow it to melt away?
Pelvis and our thighs,
Buttocks feeling a little more relaxed.
Our lower legs,
Our ankles and our feet.
Somewhere they can rest,
Be still,
Be comfortable.
Whole body a bit quieter,
A bit more relaxed.
So we need to give our mind a job to do so that it doesn't spoil our physical relaxation.
So let's invite our mind to wander around the spring countryside.
Appreciate the green shoots,
The fresh leaves and cessation of growth that is all around us.
Vibrant green as the plant kingdom is recreated,
Reborn and everything is new.
In our imagination,
Let's stand still and see if we can connect to the Earth's energy,
Connecting to this energy of recreation and rebirth.
Imagine that energy flowing through the Earth and into your feet and around your body.
So you can take part and be present for this moment of recreation.
Because of course,
While this part of the world is full of growth and new beginnings,
On the other side of the world,
The other half of the cycle is in motion,
Reducing,
Shrinking and yes,
Death.
It's all cycles.
One point we are lifted up and another we are let down.
One time we are growing and in another we are shrinking.
Big cycles and little cycles.
If we can be with that consciously,
Then we are better able to enjoy the parts we like of those cycles and to not be afraid of the reduction.
So feeling once again that energy of growth,
The Earth's power flowing up through our feet,
Into our body.
Bird song is all around us,
Baby birds calling.
And there's countless little invertebrate lives completely surrounded by life and growth.
A symbol of the egg,
All about new life and new beginnings.
So let's imagine ourselves now inside our own egg.
There's plenty of room,
In fact we can stretch out if we wish.
We can imagine it any way we like.
You can put silk cushions in there if that is your wish.
But inside this space we're protected,
It's peaceful.
We are held completely provided for,
Resting within the egg for a few moments.
And we can explore what wants to be created within us in this time of creation.
What is it that we want to be?
In this time of creation,
What is it that we would like to create for ourselves?
Maybe in ourselves.
Listening to the still small voice of love and joy,
Rather than the ego's voice of telling us how difficult it will be to do that.
Resting in the energy of what it is we wish to create.
And when I say that,
I mean imagining we are creating it and we have created it.
Imagine we have accomplished this already.
And we get to rest in it and feel the joy,
The happiness of having completed it.
The satisfaction of that desire.
And if our mind,
Our ego wants to chip in with how difficult,
How long it will take.
I can place that aside,
Thank you for your contribution.
But no,
It's here already.
And I will rest in the joy of my creation.
I can make this change easily.
I can make this change easily.
Once again,
If we feel the ego saying,
No you can't.
I can make this change easily.
And how wonderful it feels to have made this change.
How wonderful it feels to have made this change.
Can we locate the energy of how wonderful it feels and how easily it happens?
Our first step towards creating whatever it is we want to create is to find the vibration of it feels really good to walk towards that.
To walk towards this.
And in reality,
We know it may not be here yet because otherwise we wouldn't be aspiring to it.
But to face in the direction of that creation and to feel our joy in not having it yet but building.
This is powerful.
So this is the opposite of,
Oh it can't work out for me.
It's never going to.
I'm not going to try.
We all know those defeating thoughts.
So this is the powerful opposite.
I can,
I will,
I am,
Whatever it is.
Resting with the joy of our creation a little longer.
It's time to emerge from our egg.
Let's imagine it cracking and falling away.
By feeling the warmth and the sunshine upon us.
Having a stretch.
So let's do that with our body as well.
Take a few deeper breaths and start to mobilize our body once more.
Hands and feet,
Wrists and ankles,
Arms and legs.
All having a little stretch.
And when you're ready,
Opening your eyes to the external world once more.
Thank you for practicing with me.
