Welcome to this meditation for relaxing your face. Allow yourself to settle down.
As you find a comfortable seat and close your eyes bring your attention to your
breath. As you slowly inhale and breathe out long and even. Once again breathe in
evenly and slowly in exhale all the way out.
Feel yourself becoming aware of your body, how it is seated, how your head and
neck are aligned. Many of us clench or tighten our muscles when under stress.
Most of the time we don't even notice we're doing it. But if you can make
yourself aware of when you are clenching your muscles you'll be able to relax
them more frequently. When you relax your muscles it has a relaxing effect on both
your mind and body.
Allow your shoulders to fall down into a natural position away from your ears and
sink into whatever surface you are on.
Your body relaxed, breathing, open to a new experience.
Bring to mind a quiet hidden waterfall pool. Picture the scene, a calm place of
refuge away from others. A little grotto. Feeling completely safe. Allow
yourself to walk towards this small waterfall.
Imagine being seated underneath the gentle cascade of water listening to the
sound of splashes all around you. Feel the sensation as the droplets fall onto
the top of your head. Eyes gently closed you allow the fresh water to mesmerize
and calm you dissolving stress with its blue healing waters.
Settle in as the water falls gently onto your scalp. Feel the muscles in your
scalp release their grip.
Bring attention now to your forehead. Let the muscles smooth out softening any
lines. Your forehead feels unfurrowed and totally at rest.
Allow your eyebrows to lower into their natural resting position. Imagine healing
droplets of water trickling over your eyebrows and smoothing out your brow.
The area between your eyebrows fully relaxed.
Feel the sensation of dropping all tension from the brow area all lines
smoothed out.
Now bring attention around to your temples and eyes. Your eyelids so very
gently closed releasing pressure all around and behind your eyes.
Feel the release of muscles from the top of your scalp all the way down to your
eyes.
Allow the tension to fall from your eye muscles letting go of all stress.
Feel the sensation as the water trickles down past your ears to your cheeks. Part
your lips and teeth ever so slightly. Feel the relaxation in your jaw. Rest
your tongue to the roof of your mouth behind your upper teeth. Without your
teeth touching allow your lips to totally relax. Your upper lip, your
lower lip. Let go of any tension around your mouth and jaw.
Visualize the stream of water touching the joint of your jaw. As it does so the
tension dissolves down the sides of your face.
Bring your focus to your nose.
Taking a long and steady breath feel it reach through towards the back of your
throat and fill your lungs. Your belly muscles relaxing as they push the air
back out through your nose or mouth.
Letting go of muscles around your nose and cheeks. Bringing awareness now to the
back of your neck and head. Lengthen all sides of your neck, finding space.
Allow the water to fall into the area at the base of your skull smoothing out any
knots or tension.
And now invite your attention to your throat. Let go of all tension surrounding
the throat. Feeling okay to swallow, speak and sing. Loosening up. On your next
exhale allow yourself to make 'AHH' sound and feel the relaxation in your throat.
Hear the sound as it reverberates in your throat.
This is how you can feel when you give yourself time and permission to fully
relax the muscles in your face.
This relaxation unlocks everything. Unlocks the tension in your muscles,
opens up space within the body and removes any blocks and frees your mind
from stress. If you notice yourself clenching your jaw, squinting your eyes
or furrowing your brow during a day take the time to change the pattern.
Tension in your face can be subtle so do one last scan now. Has any part of your
face still got some micro tension?
Your entire face neck and throat bathed in relaxation.
Keeping your breath long and steady we'll finish with a couple of affirmations. You
can repeat them silently to yourself, say them out loud or just let them wash over
you, whatever feels best. I honor the wisdom of my body. I am free to be me.
I listen to my body and feelings to know what my truth is. Today I rejoice in all
that my body does for me. I love and approve of myself and accept the way I
feel.
I recognize the beauty in my body. Your body is calm and your mind is peaceful.
This calm peaceful grotto is here whenever you need it
to wash away the stresses from your neck and face. You feel so refreshed and ready
for whatever lies ahead of you.
Now as we finish take a slow deep breath and stretch out your fingers as you
exhale. And when you are ready open your eyes you should then feel refreshed wide
awake and calm.