Speaker 1: The grass is the green of new growth. In the
Speaker 1: center of the circle, there is a single tree, and
Speaker 1: the tree is old. The tree is large. The tree's
Speaker 1: branches spread wide, making a canopy of leaves that filters
Speaker 1: the light into dappled patterns on the grass. You sit
Speaker 1: beneath the tree. You lean against the trunk. The trunk
Speaker 1: is solid, The trunk is warm from the sun. You
Speaker 1: feel held by the tree. Feel it steady, Feel it sure.
Speaker 1: You do not need to do anything about your heart.
Speaker 1: Your heart knows what to do. Your heart has been
Speaker 1: beating so before you were born. It will beat long
Speaker 1: after this moment has passed. Trust it. Trust it to
Speaker 1: keep going while you rest. Let your attention sink to
Speaker 1: your belly. Let your belly soften, Let it rise with
Speaker 1: thee in breath, Let it fall with the out breath.
Speaker 2: You are in a house.
Speaker 1: The house is not yours, though it feels like it
Speaker 1: could be. The house has the quality of a house
Speaker 1: from a story you read as a child, or a
Speaker 1: house from a dream you had once and forgot. The
Speaker 1: house is large. The house is empty of other people,
Speaker 1: but not empty of presence. Feels inhabited by the memory
Speaker 1: of everyone who has ever lived here. The floors, remember feet,
Speaker 1: the feel the weight of your belly. Feel the warmth
Speaker 1: of your belly. The belly is the soft center of you.
Speaker 1: The belly is where you hold your feelings. Let it
Speaker 1: be soft tonight, Let it be safe. Feel your hips.
Speaker 1: Feel your hips heavy on the bed. Feel the bones
Speaker 1: of your pelvis resting into the mattress. Feel the lower
Speaker 1: back settling. Feel the small of your back lengthening. Now
Speaker 1: your legs in the paws. There is stillness, and the
Speaker 1: stillness there is rest. Breathe in, breathe thou. The breath is.
Speaker 3: Doing the work now. The breath does not need your help.
Speaker 3: The breath knows the way to sleep. The breath has
Speaker 3: known since you were born. Trust the breath. Follow the breath.
Speaker 3: Let the breath carry you. The world will still be
Speaker 3: there in the morning, but it does not need you tonight.
Speaker 3: On the other side of the.
Speaker 1: Door, the body rests. The body is heavy, the body
Speaker 1: is warm. The body is held by the bed. The
Speaker 1: body is held by the blankets. The body is held
Speaker 1: by the night. On the other side of the door,
Speaker 1: the breath slows. The breath becomes almost nothing. The breath
Speaker 1: becomes the smallest rise and fall. You do not need
Speaker 1: to open the closed ones. You do not need to
Speaker 1: enter the open ones. You only need to walk the hallway.
Speaker 1: You only need to feel the wood under your feet,
Speaker 1: feel the light on your face, feel the quiet of
Speaker 1: the house.
Speaker 2: You walk.
Speaker 1: Your footsteps echo softly. The echo is gentle. The garden
Speaker 1: becomes less distinct. The path, the bench, the heron the tree.
Speaker 1: They fade gently into a wash of green and gold
Speaker 1: and warmth. The garden does not disappear. The garden becomes
Speaker 1: a feeling. The garden becomes a sense of being held.
Speaker 1: The garden becomes the peace you carry with you as
Speaker 1: you sleep. And then we really become. The garden becomes
Speaker 1: a fair.
Speaker 4: You do not need to solve anything to night. You
Speaker 4: do not need to figure anything out. You do not
Speaker 4: need to plan. You do not need to worry. You
Speaker 4: only need to breathe. You only need to let go.
Speaker 4: Your body knows how to sleep. Your body has known
Speaker 4: since you are born. Your body remembers, Your body knows
Speaker 4: the way. Trust your body. Let your body lead. Your
Speaker 4: mind is allowed to wander.
Speaker 2: You are loved by this moment.
Speaker 1: You are enough.
Speaker 2: You have always been.
Speaker 1: Enough, You will always be enough. Let these truths settle.
Speaker 1: Let them sink into your chest, Let them sink into
Speaker 1: your belly, Let them sink into your bones. Let them
Speaker 1: be there when you wake, Let them be there in
Speaker 1: the morning. They have been holding expressions all day, surprise, attention, worry, laughter.
Speaker 1: Tonight they are invited to do nothing at all. Let
Speaker 1: the muscles around your eyes soften. Let the small muscles
Speaker 1: of your temples soften. Let your jaw soften. Let the
Speaker 1: space between your teeth widen by a fraction.
Speaker 2: The breath is a tide that has reached its lowest point.
Speaker 2: The breath is resting on the other side of the door.
Speaker 2: The mind quiets not because the mind has stopped, not
Speaker 2: because the mind has gone away, but because the mind
Speaker 2: has finally decided it is safe enough to stop. The
Speaker 2: mind has decided to rest. The mind has decided to
Speaker 2: let you sleep, And so you sleep. The night holds you.
Speaker 2: The night is long.
Speaker 1: The echo is the kind of echo that belongs in
Speaker 1: a house like this, a house that is too large
Speaker 1: to be silent, too empty to be still. You come
Speaker 1: to a door that is open. Through the door, you
Speaker 1: can see a room. The room is a bedroom. The
Speaker 1: room has a large bed made up with white linens.
Speaker 1: The room has a window that looks out