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Now focus on your breath. Pay attention to the air coming through your nose and into your lungs, then gently leaving your lungs again. Relax. Take another gentle but deep breath, and let it leave your body through your nose. Listen for the sound of your breath now. Listen to the sound as you breathe in, and listen for the gentle sound the air makes on its way out. Now keep breathing normally while bringing your full attention to your feet. For a moment try to remember something you have done but you don’t feel you handled it all too well. We all do this sometimes. This is normal and common. It is nothing to worry about. Perhaps it’s best to pick something reasonably light. You can choose anything. It could be something involving other people or something concerning only you. Maybe it is something you did not bother doing when you should have. Or could this be something you did when you were a bit angry? This happens to everyone. Whatever it is, make it light, and remember, we said don’t worry about it. (pause 4 sec) Now, consider the fact that this is in the past and it is gone. Try and think about what would have been a better way of handling that particular situation. If you had a chance to re-play the whole situation, what would you do differently? Focus on that for a moment. (pause 4 sec) Now focus on your feelings about this situation. It’s time to let go of any discomfort or perhaps even guilt. If another person is involved, simply say ‘Sorry’ to them in your mind and mean it. (pause 3 sec) Let that go now too. (pause 2 sec) Pay attention to whether there is any more discomfort left in your body right now. Imagine your uncomfortable feelings as a ball of smoke in your body. Where is the ball? Find it. (pause 2 sec) Now take a deep breath and as you breathe out, breathe straight into the ball, let the smoke loosen up and leave your body. Let it evaporate and dissolve in the air around you. See a little wind blow it away, up, up and into the universe. (pause 4 sec) Take another breath and clear any remaining residue of smoke. Let the wind blow that out as well. Repeat again if you need to, until you are smoke-free and you no longer feel it in your body. (pause 4 sec) Now focus on the lightness in the area that you have cleared. Imagine a ray of beautiful golden light coming from the sky and filling this in. (pause 4 sec) Remind yourself about the solution to the situation in case you need to encounter it again. See yourself behaving in this new way. See the positive outcome of your new way of handling the situation. Feel confident. It works. (pause 2 sec) This is good. 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 of leaves 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.