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HypnoSOS episode 24 – Be In The Moment

Sit down or lie down, close your eyes and start to focus in on your breathing… allow yourself to take three deep even breaths… three deep breaths… and as you do… you can allow every muscle in your body to relax now… move your attention down to your feet and ankles and on the next breath out… allow them to just relax… warm and relaxed… now your ankles and your calves… with the next breath out focus on them and let them warm… and relax… now your knees and your thighs… and with each breath the warmth, the feelings of relaxation move through your body… each breath drawing them through your body… all the way through your lower body in your back… your abdomen and your chest… and when this warmth reaches your chest, you can take another really deep breath and… allow that warmth to spread from your chest through the muscles of your arms all the way down to your hands… and they too can start to feel warm… warm and relaxed… and your body can feel so relaxed that you really won’t bother to move at all until I wake you … you can let the muscles relax just as they would when you sleep… and you can gain all the benefit as if you were sleeping… while your muscles relax… all the way through relax… and now… drawing that breath to the muscles of your neck… and your jaw… spending little time for the warmth to flow through there… and… you can now allow the warmth to continue its journey through the muscles of your face… relaxing them…to your ears and scalp… relaxing them… and now your tongue… that too can relax in your mouth… and… as you continue to breathe deeply and evenly… you can now pause once more… and after you will take a deep breath and breathe in that warmth… to every part of you at the same time… do it now… drawing in that warmth to flow through you as if carried in every blood vessel… flowing through you… and as you allow this to happen you can feel a feeling of peace spreading through your body…

There may be times when you forget what you’re thinking… and that will be fine, just fine… in these moments be in the moment… just enjoy… and appreciate… these feelings that you have created… feelings of peace… feelings of tranquillity… where any thoughts that may have bothered or disturbed you can just be breathed away… breathed out… giving you distance and allowing you to create a boundary of peace around you… being in the moment… just enjoying these moments of peace… and I want you to know that… as you begin to connect with your ability to be in the moment… you can start to carry this with you through the day… as your breath is a constant… you can use your breath to further connect with moments that give you peace… give you joy… give you strength… help you to maintain your balance… to know that no matter where you are… who you might be with or what you are doing, you can and you will connect fully with your capacity to be in the moment… and in doing so, things which in the past may have bothered or disturbed you… lose the power to bother or disturb you in the same way again… you feel more grounded… stronger… more connected too… more able to understand yourself and pay attention to your needs… before they become critical… to be proactive about your health… about your time… you can and you will grow stronger by being in the moment… I will remain silent for a moment… and you can use your breath to further connect with your ability to be in the moment… not just now but as this day goes by and at night when you sleep, when you dream you will further connect with this ability… and you can smile gently… knowing that these moments are just for you… to strengthen you… to help you… to be in the moment…

And in a few moments in time… in a few moments in time you will hear me count from 1 to 10, and at the count of eight your eyes will naturally and easily open… and at the count of 10, you will be fully wide awake… all normal, healthy and appropriate sensations and responses will be back in the present… and you will remember that the work present means gift… to give yourself the gift of these moments is very special, very precious… you have control… so ready… 1… 2… 3… three more aware… 4… 5… 6… more alert… 7… 8… open your eyes… wide open… open your eyes… 9 and 10… fully wide awake… stretch… rest for a moment before continuing your day.

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