So let's make ourselves comfortable.
Placing our body somewhere we can allow it to rest for a little while.
Where our limbs,
Our joints are comfortable in a neutral position.
Taking one or two deeper breaths as we settle.
Take our attention from the external world and its many demands to our internal world.
Hello body,
Hello self.
Allowing our back to be tall and if we can put our head directly on the top of our spine.
Everything is in a nice straight line allowing the energy to flow and plenty of room for our breath.
But not rigid.
So let's see if there is a balance between alert and relaxed.
How do I feel right now?
In all our aspects of our being.
Are we able to accept how we find ourselves in this moment?
Not forever and a day,
Just right now.
We're going to use a very simple breathing technique to centre ourselves.
So it's counting our breaths to the count of six.
So in breathing one,
Breathing out two,
Breathing in three and as we breathe out for the sixth count we start again.
Surprising how many times you might get to eleven and beyond before you notice.
But that's ok,
We just start again.
So when you're ready please begin counting your breaths.
When you get to six,
Begin again.
One,
Two,
Three,
Four.
Five,
Six.
If your mind wanders,
Try not to get cross at yourself.
Each time we notice we make that response stronger.
We make our focus a little bit stronger.
Let's release the breathing exercise when you're ready.
Noticing your breath in your body in this moment.
I invite you to take your attention to your feet.
Not thinking about your feet,
Feeling them.
Feeling whatever there is to feel.
Whatever sensations.
And then we're going to create some gratitude.
Thank you feet.
Thank you for all the places you've taken me yesterday and today.
If they work perfectly you can have gratitude for that.
And if there are niggles and aches and pains you can actually ask if there's something you can do to look after your feet better.
Ask them.
And listen.
Taking our attention now to our legs.
Allowing our legs to be the focus in the present moment.
And creating gratitude for this bit of us.
For everything that we could do with our legs.
And if there's aches and pains instead of grumbling you can offer that bit of you a little more love.
Maybe a little rub,
A little extra care.
For example,
Maybe one knee is sore.
Instead of grumbling about the knee that's sore we can appreciate the other knee and how well it works.
And even imagine the energy,
The feeling,
The health in that good knee to allow to flow into the other knee.
And we can use this for any part of our body or life where there's strength we can allow it to flow into another part.
So taking our attention now into our abdomen and our chest.
Feeling that part of us.
Feeling with the physical sensations.
Feeling with the strength and health.
And feeling gratitude.
Feeling the strength and the good health.
Imagine if there are other parts of us that aren't so strong and healthy.
Without criticism of that bit of us are we able to visualize that strength,
Good health,
High vibration energy being shared with the part of us that could use a little more strength,
Health and energy.
Taking our attention now to our arms,
Our hands.
And creating gratitude for all the things that we do with our hands,
Our arms.
Allowing our attention to come now to our neck,
Our head,
Our face.
And creating some gratitude for our sight,
Our hearing,
Our hearing,
Smell and taste.
And our mind.
Our mind may have its problems,
Its repetitive worries,
But it also has such power to change,
Support us with many positive qualities,
Many strengths.
And I invite you now to think about a strength of yours and feel gratitude for it.
And there's no need for false modesty in your own head.
Be proud of your strength,
All strengths,
Maybe you can't choose.
Be grateful you have this strength and how you use it to support yourself and your loved ones.
And what about a quality that you would think of as a fault?
I invite you to consider something that you consider a fault in yourself.
Can you turn it upside down?
Can you see it from another angle in which it is actually a strength?
So I'll give you an example,
Although it will be different for each of us.
If you turn towards being judgmental,
The flip side of that judgment is that your mind is acute and you would like things to be better.
So is it even possible to feel a little gratitude for something which may be in your perception a problem,
Has been a problem in the past,
But know that it has good qualities in it.
And lastly,
Resting for a moment in the peace of our being,
Our wholeness.
Where there is nothing to change,
Nothing to fix.
This moment perfect,
Just as it is.
Master Hawaii.
Focusing on your body and your breath and allowing the breath to energize your body.
And gradually we're reanimating our body and gradually returning to our regular waking state of consciousness.
Hopefully feeling a little more peaceful and refreshed than when we began.
Thank you for practicing with me.
