The River
Drift with the currents of a slow-moving river as your tension floats away.
Sit comfortably with your back straight… Focus on your breathing… Notice your breath flowing in and out… Slowly and rhythmically…
As you focus on your breathing…close your eyes… And continue to breathe slowly and deeply… Gradually relax deeper and deeper.
Pause 10 seconds.
You are relaxing… And as you breathe slowly, deeply and naturally… Feel the chatter of your mind become calm and quiet. Feel your mind become clear and spacious… As spacious as the sky… Your thoughts are like puffy clouds, Drifting in and out …in and out… Until finally, you have no thoughts left… Your mind is clear and spacious…as you breathe deeply.
Pause 15 seconds.
Your mind is free and clear …it is open… and empty… There are no thoughts intruding in your mind… As you listen to my voice… It is your time to be quiet now… Time to be carried along with this daydream.
Pause 10 seconds.
Imagine a deep, wide, slowly moving river… Place yourself in the middle of the current… Peering up into the sky… As if the water were holding you there motionless…
Feel the current moving slowly past your ears…neck… Chest…stomach...waist…legs…and feet… So that you become part of the swaying current.
Hear the unique underwater sounds… The water gently rolling over the rocks… The sand rushing through the water… And your legs swaying back and forth with the current.
As the water continues to support your body… Notice your tension releasing itself into the stream. Concentrate not on staying afloat or staying in place… But only on letting go of your body’s tension… And drifting with the current of the stream… Feel how light your body is at this time… How relaxed....how peaceful you feel.
Know that the very fact you have imagined your tension floating Away with the stream’s current makes it possible and real… Your tension has been released… And you feel light and relaxed… Tell yourself this now.
Pause 5 seconds.
You will bring back this good feeling… This feeling of lightness and relaxation. When you are ready… Open your eyes slowly…and let in the sight of your surroundings. Source: Whole Person Associates
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