A Soft Landing for Your Day

let's begin right here where you are allowing your attention to settle into this moment into the quiet of the room last time we were together we talked about finding a soft landing for your day tonight let's explore how to create that softness from within finding a gentle peace by releasing the need to have everything figured out it's about trusting the unfolding even when the path isn't clear now bring your awareness to your breath

no need to change a thing simply notice its natural rhythm the gentle rise and fall of your chest your belly breathing in and breathing out so much of our worry is future oriented a quiet of apprehension about what might happen but here in this breath you are simply here present safe with each slow exhale imagine you are releasing just one small thing you've been holding onto so tightly

one worry one plan one expectation allowing it to drift away just for now noticing the space it leaves behind now let this feeling of release travel through your body begin with the small muscles around your eyes and in your jaw letting any tension there dissolve allowing the tongue to rest softly in the mouth feel your shoulders letting them drop away from your ears releasing the weight of the day they might have been carrying for you

let your hands be heavy where they rest uncurling your fingers one by one there is nothing to hold on to right now nothing to fix or to figure out this is not giving up it is a quiet act of trust a wise discernment mentally sorting what you can influence from what you must simply allow to be and finding peace in that distinction and now we rest in the quiet beneath the noise of the planning mind there is a deep stillness

a place of peace that is always there waiting for you it's your own true nature it doesn't demand that you have all the answers it just asks that you be present with the quest this is where worry can transform into a quiet surrender a gentle trust in the unseen guidance of life faith not as belief but as a felt sense of being held you don't have to force it or even understand it simply rest in the possibility that it is okay to not be in control of everything that maybe you never were when you feel ready gently begin to bring your awareness back into the space around you

notice the air on your skin the support of the surface beneath you the distant sounds there is no rush at all move slowly as you carry this feeling of peace with you from this moment into the next hold on to one simple thought faith softens fear it transforms worry into surrender and that surrender is not weakness it is a quiet trust a pathway home to yourself

rest well