Quiet Night Meditation: Let Go and Rest

find your way to a comfortable rest allowing your body to settle into the surface beneath you last time we began to let go of the day tonight we will invite an even deeper release allowing the body to rest completely and now bringing your awareness to your breath noticing the gentle rise and fall of your chest or your belly there is no need to change a thing

simply observing this quiet rhythm with each exhale a little softer with each inhale a quiet welcome allowing the breath to slow all on its own now let your awareness travel beginning at the very top of your head noticing any sensation here allowing the muscles in your forehead and around your eyes to soften

releasing your jaw letting your shoulders feel heavy sinking down and away from your ears the softness travels down your arms into your hands and to the very tips of your fingers your awareness now rests on your chest and your belly feeling them move with the breath finally this gentle attention moves down through your legs into your feet and all the way to your toes

your whole body is breathing resting here in this quiet space you have found there is nothing to do nowhere to be simply resting in this feeling of wholeness a quiet stillness that was here all along waiting for you if thoughts arrive just notice them and let them drift by like clouds in a vast peaceful sky

returning always to the quiet of your body at rest there is no need to come back from this place there is no need to come back from this place you can allow yourself to drift from here into sleep letting the quiet hold you the day is done rest now sleep well