20 Minute Journey to Inner Peace & Deep Relaxation (Guided Meditation)

Welcome to this 20 minute me time break. If anyone deserves a little me time, it's you. Let yourself get into whatever position feels best. So hit pause if you need to, and come back once you're ready. When you are, lovingly close those miraculous eyes of yours, and begin to gather and draw all of your awareness inwards. Letting it gently drift in to your own experience of breath and body, not needing to judge or change anything that you observed, but merely observing. With a sense of kindness and compassion in your heart, as you notice the flow of breathing, the sensation of clothing on skin, or the sensation of the points of contact which your body is currently touching, what else do you notice? As thoughts come and go, just let them. Same with emotions. We have a choice when this happens. We can either choose to get hung up on those things, or we can choose to let our awareness drift back to breath and body. Letting that be enough for now. Nothing to do. Let yourself take a deep, relaxing breath into that knowing. Exhaling with a sigh if that feels right to you when you're ready. And either way, really invite the breath to become even more relaxed right now. Whatever that might be for you. Experimenting with letting your belly hang soft and loose, seeing if you find it more relaxing to breathe through your belly instead of your chest. Or vice versa, experimenting with yourself, settling in to whatever feels best to you, moment by moment, all throughout this practice. Now inviting muscles that you do not need to use right now to become slack. Very often these are muscles in the forehead and jaw, shoulders and hands. Where else can you relax more deeply now in your body? Listen to what it wants. Give it the gift of being soft and at ease. And as you find yourself in this balanced, peaceful position, you invite yourself to let go even more deeply. Entering in to a sense of stillness. Letting the feeling of stillness within you be your home, that you are free and safe to relax in. Throughout the course of the rest of this practice, you will have a lot of time to be just with you. Nothing to think about, nothing to do, except experience what it is to be. If your mind wanders at all, just return back to that inner stillness. Enjoy dear love having nothing to do but be. You are doing an amazing job. Feel the sense of lightness within you. Appreciating yourself for being here. Forgiving yourself this gift. Carrying this feeling with you as you listen to your body as it guides you to perhaps stretch or slowly roll your neck and shoulders. What is your body calling you to do? recognizing a desire within you to do so very, very slowly. Very, very slowly, open your eyes back to the world around you. Thank you so much for taking this time to yourself today.