Relax and flow 1

Sometimes when things feel overwhelming and uncertain, it's important to take a break and relax. Lie down in a comfortable position and focus on your breathing. Take deep breaths in and out, counting to four each time. As you breathe, relax different parts of your body, starting with your forehead, eyebrows, and jaw, and moving down to your shoulders, arms, and legs. Imagine yourself as water, flowing and adapting to any obstacles in your life. You are enough just as you are. Let go of tension and negative thoughts. Just be and let everything else drift away. Take a moment to rest and be proud of yourself. Sometimes things are not just right. You might be feeling a bit anxious. You might be thinking, oh my God, this is just too much. It's overwhelming. How am I going to cope? Or there's a lot of uncertainty. And I know, and you know, that you can get through this, but somehow your mind or your body just doesn't believe it. And today, it's just become a bit too much. You just feel, oh my God, I just need a break from this. It should be easier than this. The anxiety welling up. All that uncertainty. Stress. And you being you, you try and do it all. You soak it all up. You don't say anything. You just try your best. You keep on going. You keep on turning up. You keep on giving. And then it's just too much. And you're here now. You're at this point where you just need to relax. Just let it go. But you can't. You've pulled it up and you're wound so tight. So we're just going to talk through a few things and see if that helps. So the first thing I'd like you to do is just lie down. Just make sure you're comfy. You don't need to have lots of bright lights on. Let's go and turn those off. Okay, lights are off now. You've got a lamp on or maybe a candle. You need to be quite comfy. So lay down either on your couch or sofa or on the bed. And your arms down beside you. And your head's back and your legs are out. And you're just laying down. It might be the first amount of rest you've given yourself all day. You've just been running around. But now you're just going to lie down and do something for yourself. You're always doing things for other people. Just take it easy now. So lie down. Let's get this pillow comfy for you. That's nice and comfy. The lights are okay. And again, probably for the first time in this whole day, you're going to breathe. And breathe really, really deeply with me. Just give yourself a chance. Close your eyes. Right, here we go. So you're going to breathe in on the count of four. Hold for four. And then breathe out on four. Okay? So breathe in. One, two, three, four. Hold. One, two, three, four. Breathe out. One, two, three, four. Okay? We're going to carry on doing that. And I'll count for one and then I'll tap. Okay? You'll know what I mean. So here we go. Breathe in. One, two, three, four. Hold. One, two, three, four. Breathe out. One, two, three, four. Breathe in. One, two, three, four. Hold. One, two, three, four. Breathe out. One, two, three, four. Breathe in. Breathe out. Breathe in. Hold. Breathe out. Breathe in. Hold. Breathe out. Just carry on like that. Just relax. Your breathing is going to be quite different, different to when you started. Just let some of that tension go and we're going to work through the rest of it now. We're going to do that together. Okay? I'll be right here with you. So you're just going to be taking nice, long, deep breaths. And I'm going to give you some instructions which I'd like you to follow, please. So when you're laying back, I want you to relax your forehead. That's it. And then your eyebrows. You're smiling probably a little bit, which is nice. Relax your jaw. You probably don't realise how hard you're clenching your teeth. Just relax your jaw. Wiggle it from side to side. And we go back again. Relax your forehead. Relax your eyebrows. Relax your jaw. Relax your neck and shoulders. And again, you being you, you carry a lot of weight and a lot of tension in your shoulders. Just let those relax. Moving down. Your arms. Wiggle the fingers of your right hand. Now your left. Working down to your diaphragm. Just take deep breaths. Relax your tummy. And your hips and glutes. Your thighs. Relax your knees. And your calves. Lastly, rotate your ankles just a little bit as well. Just keep on breathing slowly and deeply. Your body's relaxing. And I'm just going to tell you a few things now I want you to think about. It's okay to be you. It's okay to try so hard. And it is enough. You are enough. And what I want you to think of is, like all of the gentle waves maybe on the lake. And there's a rock in the middle of the lake. And I want you to be like all the ripples in that lake. Just moving. And if you come across something difficult or hard, like that rock in your life, you just flow around it. That's what you're going to do. Just be like water and just flow. So let's go back and do those things again. And this time, you're going to be like water. You can be you. You're enough. Accept yourself. Just flow like water. So breathe in. One, two, three, four. Hold. One, two, three, four. Breathe out. One, two, three, four. You can repeat that. So breathe in. One, two, three, four. Hold. One, two, three, four. Breathe out. One, two, three, four. Nice, long, deep breath in. Hold for a few moments. And now breathe out. Let it go. Just let it all go. Breathe in. Nice and deep. All that oxygen in. Hold. Let it infuse through your body to your fingertips and toes. Now let out all of that tension, all of that pain and that uncertainty that you're not enough. Let it all go. That's it. Well done. Lay back. You're going to be like water now. Imagine yourself like that lake and the ripples flowing over you. There are no obstacles. Just be and flow in the ripples. The water is gently flowing over your eyes, your eyebrows and your forehead. Relax the top of your head. Back down to your trunk. Sprinkle it side to side. Relax. Let the water flow over your trunk. Down to your neck. Feel that lovely, warm, summer sun. And that light and the ripples of the water flowing over your shoulders and your collarbone and your neck where you carry so much tension. Just let it flow away. Carried away by the monsoons, warm under the summer sun. It's flowing over you, over your sternum, over your tummy. All those knots are just unraveling. Imagine all those knots unravelling like a rose. A dozen roses blooming. Into your hips and glutes, again where you're carrying tension. Just feel that flow away with the water and the sun. Down to your thighs. Just gently shake them off. Back to your knees and your calves which are so tight. Now the water is flowing over your feet. Just wiggle your toes. Rotate your ankles. And that water is now flowing, just taking everything away, right from the top of your head, the crown. Flowing down your body and it's dissipating and taking everything away. Now, because I accept you, you accept yourself. You are enough. You are loved and wanted. And you're just going to be you. Just be. Just let everything else drift off and flow. Let that dozen roses blossom and bloom inside you. Just take in that deep, deep breath. And let the universe and the oxygen flood through you, all the way from your hair to your fingertips and your toes. And you're just going to rest and just be for a while. Well done. I'm so pleased with you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.