Allow your eyes to comfortably close.
As you do so,
Come down into your body's weight and volume,
And the movements your body makes as you breathe.
Let yourself know that it's completely okay to be exactly as you are right now.
It's completely okay to be exactly who you are right now.
Breathe out down the full length of your body,
Allowing your body to soften and release what it's brought with it here and no longer needs to carry.
Let it flow out and away.
In your own time,
Notice the contact your body is making with the surface directly beneath you.
Notice the surface is steady.
Notice the steadiness is there for you now.
Give more of your weight to its support.
As you do so,
Notice the ground meeting your body's weight through the steadiness.
The ground is always there,
Just waiting for you to reconnect with it.
Steady,
A vast resource.
Made of the very same stuff as you,
Crystals,
Breathe with the life-sustaining,
Restoring energy of ground,
Allowing your breath to slow down and lengthen,
Letting your system rebalance of its own accord.
The ground is somewhere to come back home to.
Allow your mind to rest on the steadiness of ground along with your body.
As you rest,
Gently take your attention to the sensation of air entering your nostrils and leaving.
Notice the air is cool as it enters,
Warm as it leaves.
Notice the expansion of the in-breath,
The opening outwards and rising upwards motion as your shoulders,
Chest and thorax open to receive nourishment.
Notice the softening,
Letting go motion of the out-breath.
Notice the out-breath is the body's natural relax as the whole of your body follows through with the softening,
Letting go motion as the breath flows out.
In your own time and when you are ready,
Gently notice the touch of the air on your face and body and the play of light and shade through your closed eyelids,
Right round your peripheral vision.
Let it be there,
Let everything be there.
In your own time and when you are ready,
Gently bring your attention back to the sensation of air entering and leaving your nostrils and the movements your body makes as you breathe.
Notice the contact your body is making with the surface directly beneath you.
Notice the steadiness still there,
Meeting your body's weight.
And breathe the steadiness of ground up into your body once again.
Let it steady you.
Notice your breathing in from the space around you and out into it.
Notice you're here in this moment.
And in your own way,
Your own time,
You can draw this meditation to a close.
