Find a position that feels supportive.
Let your body choose what feels most comfortable to you.
Close your eyes or let your gaze rest softly.
Bring your awareness to your body.
Notice where you might be holding on to something.
You may feel a tightness or a heaviness.
Just notice where that feeling lives in your body.
Observe the sensation.
And the emotion that might be resting beneath it.
Allow it to be.
Exactly as it is.
Now we invite the breath to move through your body.
Take a slow,
Deep breath in through your nose.
Follow the cool air as it travels down into your chest and your abdomen.
Hold it for a brief moment.
Now exhale slowly through your mouth.
Imagine the breath leaving your body.
And taking a layer of that tension with it.
Take another deep breath.
Follow the path of the air as it weaves down your spine and expands your ribs.
As you exhale,
Let your shoulders drop.
Feel yourself settling deeper into the surface beneath you.
Take one more deep breath.
Fill your lungs completely,
Feeling the life in your body.
As you let this breath go.
Feel the stillness of the room.
Now imagine you have just finished a long climb up a mountain path.
You have reached the very top.
Take a moment to feel the strength in your legs and the steady rhythm of your heart.
You are standing in a wide open meadow at the summit.
The air is cool,
Crisp,
And incredibly clear.
You can smell the scent of wild grasses in the cool mountain air.
As you look around,
You see the world stretched out below you.
Everything that felt big or overwhelming down there looks small from up here.
Find a rock and sit down.
Feel the warmth of the sun on your skin.
Reach down and touch the solid stone beneath you.
Listen to the soft whistle of the wind moving through the tall grass.
There is a deep,
Quiet power in this place.
You are standing above the noise.
You are capable,
You are strong,
And you have the perspective to see the path that you have traveled.
Notice the feeling of peace and power that lives in this place.
Allow that sense of accomplishment.
To wash over you like the sunlight.
Find the exact spot in your body where that feeling lives.
Now let it expand with every breath.
Now allow a color to come to mind that represents this feeling.
Notice the first color that feels right to you.
Imagine this color beginning to glow on the horizon.
And then gently filling your body.
See it moving through your chest and down to your fingertips until you are bathed in this light.
Let the color and the feeling become one.
To keep this feeling with you.
Choose Physical Anchor.
You might gently press your fingers together.
Or place a hand over your heart.
Feel that physical touch.
Remind your body that this strength is a part of you.
Take a moment to check back in with the area where you felt tension earlier.
Notice if the sensation or the emotion has shifted.
Even a tiny softening is enough.
As you prepare to return to your day.
Remember that this mountain peak is always here.
If you feel yourself becoming small or overwhelmed,
You can return to this view.
Take just a moment or two to find your breath.
Use your anchor.
And come back to the empowerment of the summit.
When you are ready.
Gently wiggle your fingers and toes.
And open your eyes.
