Feeling Your Body and Mind as a Lake

Here’s a Sample of the “Feeling Your Body and Mind as a Lake” Guided Meditation Script:

So, to reduce anxiety,please make yourself comfortablelying down on your bedor on the floor,or wherever you can be comfortable,maybe putting a pillow of some sortunder your knees.Allow your eyes to closeand your body to just melt into the flooror the bed,Take a few momentsto scan your awarenessthrough the sensations of your body,and wherever possible,soften and releaseobvious 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 timeAllow your attentionto gently come into the bodyto 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 eyethe image of a lake,perhaps a lake that you know welland 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 focusin your mind’s eye.Notice how it’s an extended body of waterheld 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.