Now,
With full awareness,
Transition to Shavasana.
Shavasana.
Lying down on your back,
In a comfortable and supportive supine position,
Gently separating the arms and legs.
From the torso,
Arms slightly bent,
With the palms facing skyward,
Fingers gently curled inwards,
Feet gently turned outward,
Allowing the spine to be supported and straight.
Perhaps using a pillow or cushion for support underneath the head and knees,
Covering your whole body.
With a blanket,
Perhaps wearing an eye mask or an eye pillow for additional support.
Gently tucking in the chin and shoulder blades,
Allowing the chest to open so as to invite peace and contentment at the sacred heart space.
Relaxing the hinges of the jaw,
Line the lips to part,
Dropping all expression from the face.
Mentally drawing three circles of golden light,
Fully surrounding you and protecting you.
Observing your whole body,
Surrounded by the circles of light.
Let your mind melch into the experience of your energy body.
Relaxing even more.
Resting here,
Allowing the body to sink deeper and deeper.
To the omnipresent field of gravity,
Feeling your whole body becoming heavier and heavier.
Making any final adjustments now to be five or even one percent more comfortable.
Knowing that this investment can deepen your relaxation and help you achieve an even more profound meditative experience.
Settling in now.
Becoming aware of the surfaces that support your body,
The space that your body occupies on the floor from head to toe.
Being aware of the subtle movement of your abdomen rising and falling to the rhythm of your breath.
Visualize or imagine yourself floating on the surface of a vast blue lake.
Feel yourself open and allowing.
Surrendering the weight of your body to the gentle currents beneath you.
Resting back.
Empty and free from all doing,
All thinking,
Dissolving into the cool waters surrounding you,
Bathing you.
As you gaze up to the infinite blue.
Blue sky.
Witnessing the sky.
It allows all experiences to move through it.
Clouds come and go.
Birds fly across the sky.
As do planes and kites.
As you rest back.
Floating on the lake.
You allow everything to come and go.
Noticing dragonflies flying up above you,
Chasing each other.
With your peripheral vision.
Noticing the trees in the distance.
Observing the branches dancing in the wind.
Deer on a distant lake shore.
The sun's warm rays.
Caressing your face.
You know this place.
This is a part of you.
It can never be diminished or destroyed.
In this place,
You are as vast as the sky itself.
Pure,
Steady,
Timeless.
Rest here.
As any lingering worries of the future.
As any memories of the past arise,
Unfold,
And pass away in their own time.
All that has happened in your life has already gone.
Already passed.
You are here.
In this moment.
Just be here.
In this moment.
Allow the inner wisdom of your body and mind to release what they no longer need.
Allow the waters of the lake to cleanse and heal you.
You don't need to hold it in.
Give it to the lake and sky to hold for you.
See yourself exhaling your worries and cares.
Allow yourself to simply be in this moment.
Your experience in life has the power to help you become who you were really meant to be.
You already have what you need in this moment.
Let this deep knowing permeate every part of your body and mind.
And just like the ripples in the lake,
Sense an ever-expanding sense of peace and calm wash over you,
Extending everywhere throughout.
Just giving yourself permission to feel comfortable and at ease at this time.
Floating effortlessly in this lake as you gaze upon the sky.
And bring your awareness back to the movement of breath at the bridge between the nostrils.
Becoming aware of the smoothness of the breath,
The relative quietness of the mind,
The stillness and relaxation of the physical body.
And slowly start to come out of Shavasana and sit in a comfortable meditative posture while still maintaining your eyes closed.
And just know that you can come back to this practice again and again.
Bringing your hands together in prayer position as we bow down in Namaste.
And as we bow down in Namaste,
Rubbing the palms of the hands together,
Generating friction and heat.
And pressing the palms of the hands against the closed eyelids,
Gently warming up the eyes as we take a deep breath in and exhale for deep sigh.
Taking one more deep breath in and letting go even more of an even deeper sigh.
Last one,
Taking another deep breath in and letting go even more.
Slowly withdrawing the hands as we gently open the eyes and gaze upon the lines of the palms of the hands.
The practice is now complete.
Om Shanti Shanti Shantihi Hari Om
