Or maybe it is a place that you have imagined or dreamt about. Maybe it is a particular beach or meadow, an experience with a pet that filled you with ease or the presence of a special person. Take your time and allow it to come naturally. Now begin to bring to allow a peaceful memory surface where you felt peaceful, at ease and completely safe to be yourself. Over and over again, we just direct our attention back inside (Allow time). If you notice your mind wandering back to your daily tasks and activities, just note that and turn your attention back to the body. Let yourself settle here, giving yourself time to turn the attention inwards. Letting go of thoughts now, let your attention continue to turn inwards to sensations happening in the body. With each exhale let yourself settle a little deeper into relaxation. Notice the rise and the fall and the expansion and contraction of the breath. Begin to sense your breath moving in and out of the body. Allow yourself to get comfortable, move and fidget and then let yourself settle into relaxation when you are ready. You can record yourself reading this script or ask someone else to read it to you.įind a comfortable place to sit or lie on the floor.
As it becomes familiar it can truly act as a place of refuge for you.įollowing is a basic script to guide yourself or others to their own inner resource. As you traverse the healing path, it is often beneficial to cultivate your inner resource through guided meditation so that it becomes more vivid and alive each time you visit. Often time’s practitioners bring to mind a memory of a person, place or thing that created peaceful easy feelings in the past and that now lives within you. It is a place of refuge within you where you feel safe, peaceful and at ease. Cultivating your inner resource is an exercise derived from the IREST tradition created by Richard Miller PhD and involves creating a safe space within ourselves where we can always return even when things are difficult.