Back to Sleep: Let the River Carry You

Picturing yourself now on a beautiful, gentle footbridge over a river.

Looking down at the flowing water.

Gentle and beautiful.

And like tossing flower petals down into the water, let go of anything that you're carrying that you no longer need.

frustrations, disappointments, heartache, worries, rage.

Open your hand and let the petals fall down into the water.

Let the water carry them away.

Joys, surprise, encounters, any moments from your day, on your skin, rain, the sound of birds or a loved one's voice.

Dropping these flower petals too into the river and letting the river gently, safely carry them away.

Letting your mind rest now.

The gentle mist rises from the river as it moves over stones and rocks.

A soft, beautiful mist that touches your skin.

noticing how everything around you is also like this mist, light, porous how everything is both there and also mostly empty space feeling the beautiful spaciousness of everything.

The mist like living spirit The trees, the water, your very body, living spirit.

Breathing it all in, breathing it into your heart as if your heart itself is breathing.

your heart breathing inhaling exhaling breathing in all directions at once feeling the great breath of your heart How your heart fills everything, and everything fills your heart.

Nourishing your heart with each breath.

Any areas of tension or pain fusion.

Breathe them out on the exhalation.

You don't need them.

Let them go.

The water, the trees, the rocks, the clouds, ephemeral forms that come and go.

Energy patterns that form and release in a beautiful dance.

All imbued with love.

your beautiful life, the joyful moments, the painful, the beautiful, the ugly, the emptiness, the fullness, all a dance of energy, All the play of the river.