Let's take a magical journey to a winter wonderland.
Close your eyes or soften your gaze and take a nice slow breath in through your nose.
Now let that breath slowly out again.
Once again in through the nose,
Filling up,
Then let that breath back out again.
Let's do that one more time.
In through the nose,
Fill all the way up,
And back out one more time again.
Now imagine you're walking through a magical winter wonderland.
You can feel and hear the snow crunching beneath your feet.
You look up and feel the warm sun shining on your face.
Then you see a branch filled with snow.
You tap it gently with your hand and snow falls gently down upon you.
You feel the coolness of the snow as it hits your face,
Then gently melts running down your cheek.
You keep trudging through the snow,
Looking all around you at the beauty it has created.
Up ahead,
You see a big ball of snow,
Like someone has started to build a snowman.
You decide to stop for a few moments to finish building him.
Grab some snow in your hands and pack it into a tight little snowball.
Now gently set the ball down in the snow and start to roll it.
As you roll the ball along the snowy ground,
It gets bigger and bigger until finally you have a big enough snowball for the middle of the snowman.
Pick up the middle and add it to the bottom.
Now let's do that one more time,
This time to make the snowman's head.
Make a little snowball.
Now set it down in the snow and roll it.
When it's just right for the snowman's head,
Stop rolling and set it in its place on top of the snowman.
Reach in your pocket now,
You'll find two carrots in there.
Save one as a little snack in case you get hungry.
Use the other one to stick in the snowman's head for a nose.
Now look down on the ground and see if you can find some pebbles or small rocks for his eyes.
If you'd like,
You can add a few to his belly too for buttons.
Now look behind you.
There's a large tree there and it's dropped a few of its branches.
Walk over and pick out the perfect set of arms for your snowman.
Walk back to your snowman now and place his arms at his side.
Now step back and admire your awesome snowman.
Take a picture in your mind and then leave him standing for everyone else who passes by to enjoy.
You start walking again now and as you do,
The snow starts to lightly fall again.
You decide to head back now before you start to get cold.
Stop walking,
But keep enjoying the snowy,
Wintry wonderland all the way back home.
Now as you approach your house,
Look back out at the winter wonderland and smile at what a wonderful walk you had.
Inside now,
There's a big cup of warm cocoa waiting for you.
All the magic in me sees all the magic in you.
Namaste yogis.
Namaste.
Namaste.
Namaste.
