Begin with me now by taking a nice deep breath.
Slowly exhale.
And take another deep breath and again slowly exhale.
Take one more deep breath and this time hold it to the count of three.
One,
Two,
Three.
Now slowly exhale.
And now I want you to imagine in your mind a beautiful orange sun sitting on the horizon.
It is as beautiful as any sunset you have seen in the past.
As the sun slowly begins to descend,
You become more and more.
You notice all the beautiful colors in the sky.
You notice the evening is so,
So peaceful.
And you continue to breathe deeply as the sun slowly descends.
As you breathe in,
Breathe in that wonderful peacefulness and calmness and relaxation.
And as you exhale,
Breathe out all the worries and all of the tension and concerns you may have.
Just let them leave your body through your breath.
In a moment,
I'm going to begin to count backwards,
Beginning with number 20.
And with every number,
I want you to continue to breathe deeply and continue to focus on that sunset.
As I continue to count,
Perhaps reaching the number 12,
The sun will be completely set and as the sun completely sets,
You will be completely relaxed.
Breathing in deeply and becoming more and more relaxed.
19.
18.
Deeper and deeper.
Feeling more and more relaxed.
17.
16.
More.
15.
Your body is deeply,
Deeply relaxed.
14.
All of the tension has just melted away.
13.
Your mind is clear and deeply relaxed.
As you absorb the peacefulness and the beauty of this incredible sunset,
Your eyelids are becoming very heavy as you go deeper and deeper in relaxation.
10.
Becoming more and more relaxed.
Breathing in total relaxation and peacefulness.
9.
8.
Deeper and deeper still.
7.
6.
And the sun is completely setting and you are so totally relaxed.
5.
So very peaceful.
3.
2.
All the way down deep.
And 1.
In totally deep relaxation.
That's right.
Take a nice deep full breath and exhale out your mouth.
You may continue to breathe easily and freely as you feel yourself becoming more calm and more peaceful.
As I continue talking to you,
You can keep relaxing more and more.
Just continue becoming more calm and more at ease.
That's right.
Take a nice deep breath.
And I want you to imagine a warm glowing light at the tip of your toes.
With each inhale,
This warm glowing healing light begins to radiate and move through your toes,
Into your feet,
Into the heels of your feet and ankles.
Filling your feet with warm glowing healing peaceful light.
And as you inhale,
The warm glowing healing light begins to move up through your calves and begins to fill every cell and every muscle of your lower leg.
And you notice the sensations as your feet and toes and heels and calves are filled with this beautiful healing light.
And as you continue to breathe in,
You send this beautiful golden healing light into your knees,
Into your thighs.
And you feel this healing light melt away any tension your body may be holding on to.
And this healing light is stretching far and wide throughout all of your ligaments and tissues and muscles.
And you feel waves of peace and relaxation.
And as you continue to inhale,
This warm golden light moves into your hips and breathes into your lower back and fills your stomach and your chest with waves of relaxation and waves of peace.
And as this warm healing light fills your entire upper body,
Any tension that your body may be holding on to is completely melted away.
And as you continue to inhale,
You send this beautiful healing light up into your neck and your throat,
Into your jaw,
Into your nose and forehead,
And in and out of your top region.
And as you breathe in the sensations,
You notice that the light begins to permeate throughout your toes,
Throughout your fingertips,
And throughout the top of your head.
And you can no longer see where you begin and where the light begins.
As you are the light,
And the light has always been within you.
This is the truth and the truth will never change.
Take a moment to breathe that in and allow yourself to continue to relax.
You may begin to wiggle your toes,
To wiggle your fingertips,
And to slowly and gradually open your eyes.
