0:00 Notice the steady weight of your body resting right where you are, supported and completely held by the seat beneath you.0:15 Good morning, baby.0:17 The quiet light is barely touching the porch rails this morning, and the world is still soft around the edges.0:32 Last time, we sat together under the porch light and practiced letting go of the heavy weight before breakfast.0:46 Today, you don't have to carry it all before breakfast either.0:54 You can lay every bit of yesterday down on the floor and give yourself this quiet space.1:05 Take a slow breath in through your nose, feeling the cool morning air fill your chest.1:16 Hold it for just a heartbeat, and then let it sigh out through your mouth, soft and easy.1:27 Hmm-mm-mm.1:29 That is it.1:30 Draw another breath in, slow and deep, down into your belly.1:38 Let your ribs expand wide, like the morning opening up across the yard.1:47 And let it go, releasing every drop of tension you have been holding since you opened your eyes.1:59 Your breath knows how to find its own gentle rhythm without any pushing from you.2:10 Each time you breathe out, imagine loosening your grip on whatever task is waiting for your attention today.2:23 You are breathing in peace, and breathing out hurry.2:30 Bring your awareness now down to the soles of your feet resting against the cool floor.2:41 Feel the firm connection there, grounding you like deep roots beneath an old oak tree.2:52 Mm-hm.2:53 Let that steady feeling travel upward through your calves and into your thighs.3:03 Allow your hips to sink heavier into the chair, giving up any tightness they have been hoarding.3:15 Feel your stomach soften completely.3:20 There is no need to hold yourself rigid or brace for what might come.3:29 Let your shoulders drop away from your ears, falling down an inch or two into pure rest.3:40 Think of how many times you have carried mountains on those shoulders when a single small step was all that was asked of you.3:56 Loosen your jaw now, unclenching your teeth and letting your tongue fall away from the roof of your mouth.4:10 Smooth the skin across your forehead and around the corners of your eyes.4:19 Your whole body is resting, safe and untroubled in this room.4:27 Now, sink a little deeper into the quiet stillness that lives beneath all your buzzing thoughts.4:39 In the choir loft on Sunday morning, the most powerful moment is not the loud shout, but that hush right before the first note rises.4:56 That stillness is where strength gathers itself without any strain or striving.5:06 You do not have to conquer the whole mountain today, sugar.5:14 True courage is so often just the quiet decision to show up, to offer one tiny, honest effort that nobody else even notices.5:30 It takes only a single grain of willingness to begin, while worrying about the whole load weighs like a ton upon your heart.5:46 Rest here in this silent sanctuary of your own being.5:52 There is nothing to fix right now, nothing to prove, and no score to keep.6:02 You are held in an unseen grace that never runs dry.6:09 Mm-hm.6:09 Sit with that a minute, baby.6:13 Slowly, gently, begin to feel the room around you once more.6:21 Notice the air resting softly on your cheeks and the warmth gathered inside your hands.6:32 Feel your chest rising with another grateful, unhurried breath.6:40 As you prepare to step into the hours ahead, remember that you only ever have to meet one small moment at a time.6:54 You have all the strength you need for the single step right in front of your feet.7:05 Go on, now, and let the day meet you kind.
