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<v Speaker 1>You feel held by the garden. You feel held by

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<v Speaker 1>the moment. In the garden, nothing is asked of you,

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<v Speaker 1>nothing is needed from you, nothing is waiting for you.

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<v Speaker 1>You can stay here as long as you like. The

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<v Speaker 1>garden does not track the time. The garden does not

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<v Speaker 1>keep count. The garden simply holds you, the way the

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<v Speaker 1>tree holds the birds that nest in its branches. The

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<v Speaker 1>dream softens at the edges. They have been holding expressions

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<v Speaker 1>all day, surprise, attention, worry, laughter, to night. They are

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<v Speaker 1>invited to do nothing at all. Let the muscles around

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<v Speaker 1>your eyes soften. Let the small muscles of your temples soften,

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<v Speaker 1>Let your jaw soften. Let the space between your teeth

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<v Speaker 1>widen by a fraction. Feel it, steady, Feel it sure.

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<v Speaker 1>You do not need to do anything about your heart.

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<v Speaker 1>Your heart knows what to do. Your heart has been

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<v Speaker 1>beating since before you were born. It will beat long

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<v Speaker 1>after this moment has passed. Trust it, Trust it to

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<v Speaker 1>keep going while you rest. Let your attention sink to

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<v Speaker 1>your belly. Let your belly soften. Let it rise with

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<v Speaker 1>thee in breath, let it fall with the out breath.

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<v Speaker 1>Let them be the path down into sleep. Fifteen fourteen thirteen.

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<v Speaker 1>If your mind wanders, that is all right. The mind wanders.

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<v Speaker 1>The mind is allowed to wander. When you notice it

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<v Speaker 1>has wandered, just return to the number. Return gently, return,

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<v Speaker 1>without judgment. The number will be waiting for you. Twelve

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<v Speaker 1>eleven ten. Each breath takes you deeper, each number takes

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<v Speaker 1>you lower. The body is heavy. Now let your tongue

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<v Speaker 1>rest gently against the roof of your mouth, or curl

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<v Speaker 1>softly at its bottom, whichever feels more natural. Either way,

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<v Speaker 1>the muscle of your face are learning to release. Now

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<v Speaker 1>let your attention drift to the back of your head,

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<v Speaker 1>to the place where your head meets the pillow. Feel

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<v Speaker 1>the weight of your head being held, Feel the pillow

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<v Speaker 1>receiving you, Feel the give, feel the support. Not in

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<v Speaker 1>a rush, You step through the way you have been

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<v Speaker 1>stepping through everything tonight, slowly, gently, one breath at a time.

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<v Speaker 1>The door closes behind you. The door makes no sound.

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<v Speaker 1>The door does not lock. You can return whenever you

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<v Speaker 1>need to. The door will be there. The door is

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<v Speaker 1>always there on the other side of the door. The

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<v Speaker 1>world is soft, The world is far away. There are

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<v Speaker 1>only the books, There are only the shelves, There are

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<v Speaker 1>only the soft green lamps, and the worn leather chairs,

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<v Speaker 1>and the thick carpet, and the centuries of stories held

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<v Speaker 1>in the wood and the paper. You close your eyes,

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<v Speaker 1>the library is still there. You can feel it around you,

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<v Speaker 1>the shelves, the books, the soft hum of all the

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<v Speaker 1>words ever written, held quietly in this one place. The

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<v Speaker 1>library softens. You are already arriving at rest. You can

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<v Speaker 1>feel it, can't you That small softening behind your eyes,

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<v Speaker 1>The way your shoulders have already begun to drift lower

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<v Speaker 1>on your back, The slow, almost imperceptible deepening of your breath.

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<v Speaker 1>That is your body telling you something it has always known.

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<v Speaker 1>That rest is not something you earn. Rest is something

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<v Speaker 1>you allow. So allow it right here, right now. The

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<v Speaker 1>shelves fade, the lamps diem, the chair dissolves into the

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<v Speaker 1>feeling of being held. The dream becomes the sense of

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<v Speaker 1>being in a place that is vast and quiet and kind.

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<v Speaker 1>Your head does not need to do anything tonight except rest.

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<v Speaker 1>Let your attention come to your neck, to the muscles

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<v Speaker 1>along the sides of your throat, to the small muscles

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<v Speaker 1>at the base of your skull. Feel them lengthen, feel

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<v Speaker 1>them soften. They have been holding your head up all

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<v Speaker 1>day tonight they are allowed to rest. Let your shoulders drop,

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<v Speaker 1>Let them drop toward the bed, Let them settle. The

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<v Speaker 1>air smells of green things, of earth, of leaf, of flower,

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<v Speaker 1>not strongly, just gently, the way a garden smells at

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<v Speaker 1>the end of a long day. There is water near by.

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<v Speaker 1>You can hear it. The sound is small, The sound

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<v Speaker 1>is soft. It is the sound of water moving over stones.

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<v Speaker 1>It is the sound of a stream you cannot see.

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<v Speaker 1>The sound follows you as you walk. The sound keeps

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<v Speaker 1>you company. The chairs hold the shape of the people

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<v Speaker 1>who have rested here. You sit in one of the chairs.

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<v Speaker 1>The chair receives you. The chair has been waiting for you.

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<v Speaker 1>The leather is cool at first, then warms to your body.

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<v Speaker 1>On the desk in front of you, there is an

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<v Speaker 1>open book. You do not remember opening it. The book

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<v Speaker 1>is open to a page with no words, only an image.

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<v Speaker 1>The image is of a window. The garden becomes less distinct,

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<v Speaker 1>the path, the bench, the heron the tree. They fade

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<v Speaker 1>gently into a wash of green and gold and warmth.

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<v Speaker 1>The garden does not disappear. The garden becomes a feeling.

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<v Speaker 1>The garden becomes a sense of being held the garden

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<v Speaker 1>becomes the peace you carry with you as you sleep,

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<v Speaker 1>And then we really become. The garden becomes a fair.

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<v Speaker 1>The lamps have green glass shades. The light they give

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<v Speaker 1>is warm. The light