The Silent Sound Relaxation (audio)

Maggie Dent:

Hello. Welcome to the silent sound relaxation. You may be sitting down or lying down when you do this relaxation. Begin by making yourself comfortable. We're going to do some deep breath work to allow your body to become as relaxed as possible, while listening to the soothing tones of the sounds behind my words.

Begin by making an intention to breathe out the tension in your body. Breathing in and a really big outward breath, as you breathe out feeling tight and tense. The next, as you breathe in a nice big breath. On your long outward breath, breathe out the fears, that you hold within you.

On the next ... Now, taking another breath in, this time the worries, the irrational and the rational. Take a deep outward breath and release them from your body. Then, taking another deep breath in, this time, I want you to release any hurts, and feelings deep within you, of pain you've been holding on. Deeply breathe out any hurt or any pain. The next big breath, take a big breath in. This time breathe out sadness, and grief, that often we bury deep within us. Breathe it out and let it go.

In the next big breath, we're going to release remorse, and regret. Big breath, release it out, the things you wish you'd done differently, the things you regret. In the final breath, breathing in again, this time anything that has allowed you to feel shame of who you are. Big breath out, release all the shame that's been held within your mind and your body. Let it go and set yourself free.

Now, I want you to take a really big breath inwards, and allow the body to take a sigh, and allow the body to feel more relaxed, than it has in a very long time. The next part of the relaxation is about getting us out of our busy head and our busy mind, down into our body. I want you to see if you can shift your thoughts down into your rib cage. Imagine that you can take all of that sensation and bring it inside your ribcage. [inaudible] can help by putting the right hand on your rib cage, your chest.

I invite you to come into your body. Imagine you can see the world from within your body, rather than your busy mind. Allow your focus to come from where we call, a grounded sense of self. And then, I'm going to invite you to imagine that you bring a beautiful ray of bright sunshine, in your next breath, right down, into your chest cavity. Allow this bright light to be a symbol of the wholeness of who you are, of the authentic you that you are.

On the next breath, imagine bringing that beautiful sunshine that's in your chest. Draw it into your heart, then come home in your heart. Take another deep breath in and feel the sense of coming home. In your own time, in your own way, by using deep breaths, you can come back from this place, at any time you like. Allow these soothing sounds to create a calmness, the oneness, the peace, and the joy that you seek, and so be it.