Good evening.
My name is Karen Voss.
Welcome to this guided progressive body relaxation and guided journey for deep sleep.
Sleep better tonight.
Tonight you will be taken on a guided journey of connection with the Irish goddess Brigid.
This is a deep sleep meditation for a restorative sleep tonight.
You will experience a progressive muscle relaxation,
Becoming ready for a deep sleep and restful night.
Begin to get comfortable laying down on your bed.
Your covers and pillow are just right.
Close your eyes gently and become aware of your breathing.
Consciously begin to slow your breathing,
Deepening your inhalations,
And concentrating on pushing out every bit of air you can as you exhale.
Breathe in.
Exhale.
Slowly and evenly.
Breathing in.
Deepening your breath.
And exhaling.
As you continue this deep breathing,
Bring your awareness to your feet.
Feel your feet as they rest.
Allow your feet to feel heavy in your mind.
Tell your feet to relax.
Notice how all the muscles in your feet seem to soften as you suggest this.
Bring your attention up to your legs.
Feel your legs under you supporting you in the place you are in.
Allow your legs to become heavy.
Allow your legs to relax and soften.
Tell yourself,
My legs are relaxed.
Move your attention up to your hips,
Your torso,
Your chest,
And your shoulders.
Tell all your muscles to lengthen and relax.
Feel the tension in those places melt away.
You can gently roll your shoulders and relax.
Now move your attention to your fingers and your hands.
Gently wiggle your fingers.
Now feel them become heavier as they seem to melt.
Let all the tension in your hand drain out.
Feel your fingers and your hands softening.
Bring your attention to your neck.
You can gently move it side to side.
Tell all of the tension in your neck to melt away.
Feel your neck muscles relax and soften.
Breathing in for four counts.
One,
Two,
Three,
Four.
Holding for four counts.
One,
Two,
Three,
Four.
And releasing for four counts.
One,
Two,
Three,
Four.
Now bring your energy to your face and head.
Gently move your jaw around.
Feel the muscles in your face start to relax.
Notice your jaw drop open as the tension there is released.
Feel yourself soften and let go of all the tension in your body.
Let your body gently into a place of rest.
Let your head feel supported and your neck release.
Your eyes now feeling heavier and more relaxed.
Tonight I welcome you at the Earthfire to call in the energy of Brigid,
Goddess of heal healing,
Poetry and smithcraft,
As well as motherhood and fertility.
Let us remember and restore her powers within our hearts and spirits as we rest deeply into a good sleep tonight.
Enjoy the heaviness of relaxation in your body.
You can feel the fire in the circle growing warmer as you rest here,
Enjoying the smell of the crackling wood.
Breathe in the wild you feel within you.
Brigid is awakened in you,
Her eternal flame glowing now in you.
Breathe.
Breathe in the ancient power.
You can feel a deep activation stirring within you.
Feel into everything around you here in this space.
Do you hear the drum?
Your heartbeat calling in a connecting flow between your mind,
Your heart,
And your womb.
Brigid knows nothing of that which separates humans.
She is the real raw power within everyone.
You have everything you need within you.
You have all the knowledge you seek.
Breathe.
Feel yourself relaxing,
Deeper and deeper,
Opening yourself to the experience of the now.
Your mind,
Heart,
And womb are connected,
And you can feel a remembering.
A remembering of the old ways.
The ancient ways.
Breathe.
As you exhale,
Let go.
Release any illusions or limiting beliefs.
Imagine Brigid at your fire now,
A blacksmith at the refiner's fire.
You watch as she gathers all of the illusions,
The limitations you carry,
And she transforms them.
Out of the fire,
You breathe in the sacredness of truth.
You feel freed and open,
Ready to feel your inner power.
Feel the flow of release now.
The tension and blocks in your spirit flowing out of you and into the fire,
Transforming into power.
Brigid has magic in the night.
She is showing you that what is dark within can be transformed into light.
Remember here.
Remember who you are longing to be,
Who you really are.
Claim it now.
You can feel a heaviness in your eyes.
Let them rest,
Knowing that there is light in the dark at this earth.
As you journey into dreams tonight,
You will see what really is to be seen.
Brigid is here with you.
She is goddess of love and family.
You are protected and safe,
Connected and cherished.
You are tending to your inner fire,
And she smiles at this.
Sleep is part of your vitality.
It is nourishing for you,
Your mind,
Your heart,
And your womb.
In sleep,
You will restore your dreams,
Your possibilities,
And your expansion will continue.
Let the fire warm you now.
Let its smoke carry away the old stories you carry within.
Renewal and rebirth.
Out of the fire,
New life can grow.
Allow.
Open yourself,
And rest deeply in this mother love.
As you drift with ease into sleep tonight,
Know that you are safe,
Protected,
And held with love and compassion.
Sleep is healing you now.
As you drift,
Brigid watches over you.
Drift,
A balance of great power and softness.
Drift,
A light that always guides your way.
The embodiment of the dawn.
In the dark,
There is deep rest in order to hold the light.
Drifting,
Timeless,
Ancient.
Sleep.
Drifting,
Fading into a deep sleep tonight.
