Here’s a Sample of the “Feeling Your Body and Mind as a Lake” Guided Meditation Script:
So, to reduce anxiety,
please make yourself comfortable
lying down on your bed
or on the floor,
or wherever you can be comfortable,
maybe putting a pillow of some sort
under your knees.
Allow your eyes to close
and your body to just melt into the floor
or the bed,
Take a few moments
to scan your awareness
through the sensations of your body,
and wherever possible,
soften and release
obvious areas of physical tension.
This can be done with great effect at the end of a long day,
although it can be done at any other time
Allow your attention
to gently come into the body
to the flowing of your breath.
Experience the sense of your body as a whole,
simply lying here,
extended,
and breathing.
When you feel ready,
picture in your mind’s eye
the image of a lake,
perhaps a lake that you know well
and that you go to from time to time,
or one that you’ve seen in a photograph,
Just see if you can bring that image into vivid focus
in your mind’s eye.
Notice how it’s an extended body of water
held within the earth’s surface,
and perhaps fed by a spring or a stream...
If you watch and observe the lake carefully,
you’ll notice that it’s always changing,
and yet it’s also always itself.
It changes as the sun moves across the sky.
The light is reflected off the water in different ways.
It changes depending on the weather.
