Jo

This breath that connects you so deeply to yourself and to life itself.

beginning with a slow deep breath in imagining the breath traveling up from the base of your spine all the way upward through the body filling the lungs completely and exhaling slowly letting it all go perhaps with a sigh

Again, a nice deep breath in through the nose.

And a soft, complete exhale out through the mouth.

And one more time, a nice deep, full breath in.

and with your exhale allowing your shoulders to drop allowing the jaw to unclench and the belly to soften allowing all of the muscles in the body to release

giving yourself permission to melt ever so gently and lovingly into this wonderful present moment now in your mind's eye envision yourself lying within a beautiful lush open field

Soft emerald green grass surrounds you, gently swaying in the breeze.

You feel the warmth of the summer air brushing softly across your skin.

And above you, a beautiful clear blue sky.

and the golden warmth of the sun.

And in your heart, you know this place is sacred, it's safe and it's special.

And as you lie here, you feel the sunlight pouring over your body.

as you begin to connect with its warmth and feel it soaking into every part of you into your skin into your muscles your bones into every cell of your being

As though your entire body is drinking in this warmth, this light, this soothing, healing energy.

Letting it melt over you and weave its way gently throughout your body.

And naturally, almost effortlessly,

Anything heavy, stagnant, anything that you no longer need to carry.

It begins to loosen, to soften, to thaw.

Flowing out of the body with ease.