Sitting quietly,
My body breathes deeply.
My body inhales,
Exhales,
Inhales,
Exhales.
Underneath the breath,
I open myself to the stillness right in the heart of this moment.
My body settles in.
It relaxes.
But I am alert.
I am aware.
I am aware of sitting in this room.
I am aware of sitting in this chair.
I am aware of my hands resting on my lap.
I feel my feet touch the floor.
I notice the small noises and movements around me.
I am aware of the activity elsewhere in the house.
I notice them in passing.
They are not my concern.
I remain still and unaffected by any distraction as I choose to focus on my inner world of stillness,
Of just being right here,
Right now.
Just for now,
I choose to stop.
I have stopped.
Stopped.
I am letting go.
I am deciding not to struggle,
To enjoy freedom.
I don't feel I have to hold on.
My whole body will open.
I start at the feet.
I let them go.
With every breath my body takes,
I let go of another part of the body.
As I breathe out,
I let go of the legs,
The hips,
The lower back.
I let go of the stomach,
The chest.
I let go of the arms,
The hands,
The shoulders,
The neck,
The jaw,
My temples,
My face,
My forehead.
That's it.
I just let it go.
I relax.
And even if my thoughts are pulling me away from this moment,
I simply bring them back to the body.
I bring myself back to the body,
And I let go.
I am being free from worry.
I am free from expectation,
Free of responsibility and judgment.
In this moment,
I know there is nothing I need to do.
There is nobody I need to be.
Nothing matters.
I am free to just be.
I watch the body breathe.
And as each breath comes and goes,
My thoughts settle.
I watch them fall away into space,
Revealing me,
My feeling of just being me.
In this moment,
Right here,
Right now,
I know there is nothing else to do but just be.
I notice my body is breathing for me.
I don't need to try and make my body breathe.
It breathes.
I notice my body sitting for me.
I don't need to try and make my body sit.
It sits for me.
I notice my senses working.
I feel,
Smell,
Hear,
See,
Taste.
I don't need to try and make my senses work.
They work for me.
Right here,
Right now,
I don't need to shape or change anything.
I can be free from effort,
Expectation,
Fear of failure.
Everything happens as it should.
Everything flows.
I don't need to interfere.
I can just sit back and enjoy the show.
Even the world turns for me.
I don't need to struggle to make it all work.
It works.
It works all by itself.
And in this moment,
Right now,
There is no need to expect things to happen.
There is no need to plan.
There is no need to interfere.
I can just let things be as they are,
Right here,
Right now.
I can release myself from what has to be done or what I think should be done.
I let go.
My body relaxes.
My mind stills.
When we are still,
We are present.
Everything flows.
If I struggle,
If I resist,
The flow slows.
It stops.
It creates friction,
Disappointment,
Anger,
Frustration.
When we are still,
When we are present,
Everything flows.
And yet,
You might feel that if you stopped,
Nothing would get done.
It's not true.
It's not all down to you.
I know when I learn to simply rest in my sense of being.
I know I am doing the best I can.
I can trust myself.
So I can let go.
I can forgive myself.
And I can forgive others.
As I let go of restriction and expectation and struggle,
I allow my energy to flow through my whole body.
Flow into this moment,
Into this place.
I can be free.
Soon it will be time to return to the world.
But I will keep this experience of simply being.
I will let it shape my awareness of the day,
My actions,
My thoughts.
Knowing that I am here.
Exactly where I am supposed to be.
Doing exactly what I am supposed to be doing.
It will all be fine.
It will all be fine.
It will all be fine.
It will all be fine.
It will all be fine.
It will all be fine.
It will all be fine.
