Please find a comfortable place to sit or lie down.
Begin by placing one hand on the heart and one on the lower belly if this feels comfortable.
At your own pace,
Take three easy,
Deep breaths.
And steady breaths.
Allow these words to guide you into whatever type of rest you need.
You can rest.
Human being,
Cease your doing and rest.
You have done enough.
Trust me on this.
It is not only safe to pause,
But necessary,
Perhaps even sacred,
To relax your efforts,
Forgo tasks,
And banish productivity.
You can rest.
Allow your animal body to be at ease.
And the mind to be temporarily unemployed.
There is nothing good your exhaustion can achieve.
Whereas your rest is the natural counterbalance to all that life demands of you.
You do not need permission for what is essential.
Just as night follows day.
The exhale makes space for the inhale and summer will fade into autumn.
Action and resting,
Both take their turn.
Now,
You can rest.
