With each gentle step you take in this peaceful garden, you drift twice as deep into a profound state of relaxation. Like a feather floating down through still air, you descend into tranquility.
Ten. Feel a wave of warmth beginning at the crown of your head, softening every muscle it touches.
Nine. That soothing warmth flows down through your face, releasing any tension in your forehead, your eyes, your jaw. Let your tongue relax, allowing your lower jaw to hang loose and free.
Eight. The relaxation deepens as it flows down your neck and shoulders, like warm honey spreading slowly, dissolving any remaining tension. Each breath takes you deeper into this peaceful state.
Seven. Your arms grow heavy and comfortable, relaxation flowing down through your upper arms, your forearms, your hands, all the way to your fingertips.
Six. Like a gentle wave washing over sand, feel that peaceful sensation flow down through your chest and back, every muscle releasing, letting go completely.
Five. Halfway down now, sinking deeper with each breath, like slowly descending through crystal-clear water, perfectly supported, perfectly safe.
Four. The relaxation spreads through your abdomen, your lower back, your hips, becoming heavier, more relaxed with each passing moment. Like a warm sunset spreading across a peaceful landscape, let this feeling of complete relaxation envelop you.
Three. Down through your thighs now, feel the muscles softening, releasing, becoming totally and completely relaxed. Your calves, your ankles, all tension flowing away like a gentle stream.
Two. Even your feet and toes now, becoming perfectly relaxed, perfectly at peace. Your entire body is wrapped in a cocoon of deep, peaceful relaxation.
One. Drifting deeper still, like sinking into the softest cloud, your mind and body now in perfect harmony, completely relaxed, perfectly at peace. Every breath takes you twice as deep, twice as relaxed, into this profound state of tranquility.