Guided Imagery-6/2/08

Use this to  help yourself relax. If you have a very kind friend, have them read it to you while you close your eyes and try to visualize yourself in the surroundings. Or read it before, play some soft music, and imagine the scene as best as you are able to remember it! Let your imagination take you someplace new!

Imagine you are lying out on a canoe, floating, floating away onto the cool lake from the dock.  You see it getting further and further away as you lay down against the back of the canoe, letting the current take you on its own course.  Peace and serenity enfold their long and soft arms around you.  Every part of your body is limp from relaxation.  The slothfulness of the afternoon enters your body as you lay there under the deep blue sky that stretches for miles and miles all around you, eventually meeting with the crystal clear blue water and becoming one.  Stray clouds scatter the sky like little speckles on a canvas of perfection moving lazily away from you as the gentle breeze blows through the air fluttering through your hair and tickling your skin.  It soothes your weary soul and eases your mind.  And as you go further onto the lake, you can hear the tender waves lapping against the sides of the canoe, washing away the sediment built up from previous outings.  There are trees all around you.  Not just any trees.  Lush green trees bursting with life, as they sway slowly and rhythmically against the sky, almost as if though they are caressing the air, touching it with their soft, smooth leaves.  Their long vines dip into the water, adding shade to the water’s edge.  The soft chirping of the birds filter through the sky, as they begin to settle down for the night to come, filling their birdling’s stomach with small worms dug from the cool, damp earth.  Their melodious songs enter your consciousness as you lay there and fill your head with sounds as sweet as sap sucked from tall maple trees, still standing strong.  Goslings hunch together along the shore where the sand is firm against their delicate feet.  Your spirits lift hearing these beautiful songs floating through the air as if trying to reach you.  The sun shines dazzlingly from up above, warming your body against the fresh breeze.  And as you slowly get up to look around, you realize the dock is getting closer and you must row yourself over, ending your serene rendezvous.