Let's begin by bringing your attention to your breath. Notice the gentle rhythm of your breathing, without trying to change anything. [Pause 7 seconds] With each breath, feel yourself becoming more and more comfortable, as if you're slowly sinking into a cloud of pure relaxation. [Pause 6 seconds] As you breathe in, imagine drawing in pure, peaceful energy, like golden light filling your body. [Pause 6 seconds] And as you breathe out, release any tension or concerns, watching them drift away like leaves on a gentle stream. [Pause 8 seconds]
Now, bring your attention to your feet and toes. [Pause 5 seconds] Notice any sensations there, any feeling of weight or pressure. [Pause 6 seconds] Imagine warm, soothing waves of relaxation washing over your feet, melting away any tension. [Pause 7 seconds] Feel each toe becoming completely relaxed, one by one. [Pause 8 seconds] Allow those muscles to completely relax, becoming heavy and peaceful. [Pause 7 seconds]
Moving up to your ankles and calves, letting go of any tension, as if warm honey is slowly flowing up your legs. [Pause 8 seconds] Your legs becoming heavy and comfortable, sinking deeper into the surface beneath you. [Pause 7 seconds] With each breath, you sink twice as deep into relaxation. [Pause 6 seconds] Up through your knees and thighs, releasing any holding or tightness, feeling as if they're becoming liquid relaxation. [Pause 8 seconds]
Your entire lower body now deeply relaxed, as heavy as lead and as comfortable as floating. [Pause 9 seconds] The relaxation flows into your hips and lower back, like a warm bath of tranquility. [Pause 7 seconds] Up through your spine, each vertebra releasing and settling, one by one, like pearls on a string of pure comfort. [Pause 8 seconds]
Feel your shoulders dropping away from your ears, as if all the weight of the world is melting away. [Pause 7 seconds] Down your arms to your fingertips, all tension melting away like snow in warm sunlight. [Pause 8 seconds] Each finger becoming completely loose and relaxed. [Pause 6 seconds] Your hands so heavy they seem to melt into the surface beneath them. [Pause 7 seconds]
Your neck and throat relaxing completely, like butter melting in the warm sun. [Pause 6 seconds] Your jaw becoming soft and loose, letting go of any tension you've been holding there. [Pause 7 seconds] Your tongue relaxing in your mouth, your lips soft and peaceful. [Pause 6 seconds] Your entire face relaxing, forehead smooth and peaceful, as if being gently massaged by invisible hands. [Pause 8 seconds] Your eyelids becoming so heavy, as if they're weighted with pure relaxation. [Pause 7 seconds] Every muscle, every fiber of your being, drifting deeper and deeper into perfect, peaceful relaxation. [Pause 9 seconds]