SLEEP: The Quiet Sanctuary
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and only stillness remain. This is your quiet sanctuary. So close your eyes and feel the air soften around you. Let your breathing calm you down and clear your mind. Imagine stepping into a sanctuary, a sacred quiet place. The ground beneath you feels cool, solid, reassuring,

The air is crisp and clear, gently kissing your skin. And as you breathe in, you can sense that this place has been waiting for you. Look around. The space is vast, yet comforting. The walls of the sanctuary stretch endlessly, holding you while a deep peace runs through you. You take a step forward, and with each step you feel

All the worries or thoughts of the day slipping away. All of these thoughts begin to dissolve, leaving space and silence, leaving room for you to breathe and settle. This is the place where your spirit finds refuge, where your heart feels free to beat slowly, where you can let go of all the noise, all the tension, all the restlessness. You are safe here.

You are home. Feel yourself now, sitting quietly in the heart of this sanctuary. The ground beneath you is soft, like moss, supports you and holds you as you sink deeper into the stillness. All around you, there's quiet, the kind of quiet that allows you to hear your own heart, the kind of quiet that wraps itself around you.

gently reminding you that peace is not something you need to find, but something that already lives within you. With each breath you take, feel the quiet settle deeper into your bone. Let it spread to every corner of you until there's no part of you left untouched by this gentle stillness. Breathe in and feel the quiet. Breathe out and let go. This is your sanctuary.

A place you always have access to. When the world feels too loud, too fast, too much, this quiet space will be here, ready to embrace you again. Namaste. Beautiful.