As you take a deep, calm breath think about your life in general. Which areas of your life do you feel are most orderly? Is it your bedroom? Or perhaps your wardrobe? Your locker? Your bag? Your school notes? Have a little think. (pause 3 sec) Think for a moment about your school environment. Is there any order there? Consider people and their relationships. Is there some kind of order or a pattern in relationships between humans? (pause 3 sec) Consider order in Nature. Think of all the plants, trees, animals and humans. What is the order there? Is there one (pause 4 sec) Consider the order in Nature further. Think about the Earth, the sky, the water, rain, wind, fire. Are there relationships and order in everything? (pause 3 sec) You perhaps not consider yourself particularly organised, but surely you are good at organising something. Think what this might be. (pause 3 sec) This could be a real environment, or it could be an imaginary one. Consider how you behave and how you feel in that environment. Perhaps you are very good at putting things in order in your mind. Perhaps you are very good at finding links and order in things where others do not notice any. Whatever this might be, consider it for a
moment and remember it for later. (pause 2 sec)
Gently, gently focus on your feet again. Remember you are sitting on the log. In your mind stand up and walk back to the forest. Focus on your bare feet on the forest floor, feel the cool bed ofleaves touching your toes and your heels. (pause 3 sec) Now slowly bring your awareness to this room. Feel your feet on the ground. Feel your roots deep in the ground. As you keep focus on your feet, bring your awareness to this room now fully. Become aware of the chair under your body. Listen for the sounds around you. Bring your mind back to your feet. Where are they? Can you feel them? Gently wiggle your toes. Feel the full sensation of the floor beneath your feet. Slightly press them on the floor. Wiggle your fingers and rub your palms. Move your shoulders. Take a deep breath. When you are ready slowly open your eyes, first looking down then up and up until you are looking straight ahead. Do this in your own time. When your eyes are open give yourself a good stretch if at all possible in silence to give others space to do the same in their own time.
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