July Relaxation Techniques

Connect with the quiet at the centre of your energies.

Begin by sitting or lying comfortably. Close your eyes, begin to deepen the breath and allow your body to settle, inviting relaxation. Observe your body as you allow the stillness to settle, only the movement of the breath, the sounds of your breath. Leen softly into your experience and give it your whole attention.

Now begin to ask this question into the space between your muscles, your bones, your ligaments, your cells: What is stillness? Now let your body experience the answer while you simply stay in the stillness of a witness to this experience. Let the body’s response wash into every part of you with a wave of relaxation and quietness. Feeling the relaxation wave wash through every part of your body, from the top of the head all the way down to the souls of the feet. As your body quietens, softens just be the witness to the stillness you gather.

Then notice the space of your awareness and allow it to relax within. Let sounds in the the distance pass you by and dont grasp onto them, keep lettting the quietness gather, the softness of the breath bring calmness to your entire being. Letting go of any sense of attachments to the outside world, letting the stillness dissolve any efforts as you simply relax.

(Once you have stayed in this quiet moment for a period of time) Gently start to notice your physical body again, feeling the sensations arising in the body. Noticing your environment, opening your senses to the sounds surrounding you.

Feeling the movement of your breath in the body, then gently start to bring movement back into the body and wiggle the toes and fingers, if lying down roll over to the right side in a foetal position for a few moments, when you are ready sitting up.

To complete the practice come into a prayer position to give thanks for this quiet time you have given to yourself.