Before We Begin

Find a quiet space where you will not be disturbed. A place where your body can soften, your mind can slow, and your breath can guide you home.

Sit comfortably, either cross-legged on the floor or with your feet firmly planted on the ground. Let your hands rest gently on your knees or in your lap, palms facing upward in openness.

Close your eyes.

Take a deep breath in through your nose, filling your belly, expanding your chest, creating space within you.

Now exhale slowly through your mouth, releasing tension, releasing resistance, releasing the need to control.

Again, inhale deeply, drawing in warmth, ease, and safety.

Exhale fully, letting go of tightness, stress, and anything that does not serve you.

Feel your shoulders drop. Feel your jaw unclench. Feel your body begin to soften.

With each inhale, you invite trust.

With each exhale, you surrender to relaxation.

This is your time to release.

This is your time to unravel.

Where Does Your Body Hold Tension?

Stress does not only live in the mind.

It settles in the body.

It tightens the shoulders, clenches the jaw, knots the stomach, stiffens the hands.

Tension is the body’s way of trying to protect you.

But you are safe now.

There is nothing to guard against.

There is only this moment.

Breathe.

Now, gently scan your body.

Where do you feel tightness?

Where is the body still holding on?

Maybe it is in your neck.

Maybe it is in your chest.

Maybe it is deep in your belly, where emotions linger.

Do not judge it.

Do not resist it.

Simply notice it.

Guided Visualization: Unraveling into Trust

Now, bring your awareness to the tightest area of your body.

Take a deep breath in and imagine your breath moving directly into this space.

See it like a golden light, warm and soft, wrapping around the tension.

As you exhale, feel the tightness begin to loosen.

Breathe into it again.

With each inhale, the breath flows deeper, unraveling the tension thread by thread.

With each exhale, the body softens, opens, surrenders.

If the tension could speak, what would it say?

Maybe it whispers, I am afraid to let go.

Maybe it says, I do not know how to trust.

Maybe it has been holding onto a weight that is no longer yours to carry.

Now, gently whisper back.

It is safe to let go.

I trust in this moment.

I trust in my body.

I trust in life.

Breathe.

Let the tension dissolve into warmth.

Let it unravel like a knot coming undone, like a wave receding back into the ocean.

Feel how much lighter you are becoming.

Feel how trust is replacing tension.

Your body no longer needs to hold on.

It is free.

You are free.

Embodying Ease and Trust

Now, place your hands over your heart.

Feel the steady rhythm beneath your palms.

This is trust.

This is your body, always supporting you, always guiding you, always carrying you forward.

Repeat to yourself, either silently or aloud:

"I choose to release tension and trust my body."

"I surrender to the flow of life."

"I am safe. I am held. I am free."

Breathe deeply.

Let these words sink into every cell, every muscle, every thought.

This is who you are when you no longer hold onto tension.

This is who you are when you trust.

Returning to the Present with Softness

Slowly, begin to bring awareness back to your body.

Wiggle your fingers. Wiggle your toes.

Take a deep inhale and sigh it out, grounding yourself in this new state of ease.

When you are ready, gently open your eyes.

Pause and notice how you feel.

Lighter. Softer. More open.

Carry this feeling with you today.

If tension arises, do not fight it.

Simply breathe into it, let it unravel, let it dissolve.

You do not need to hold on.

You are safe to trust.

Final Reflection

Before you leave this space, ask yourself, where in my life am I ready to replace tension with trust?

Reflect. Journal if you feel called to.

And remember.

Your body does not need to carry what your heart has already released.

You are safe. You are free. You are at peace.

Until we meet again.