Soothe Your Body’s Stress
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releasing any tension and releasing all those thoughts. Your body has carried so much. The weight of responsibilities, the strain of stress or anxiety, the tension of holding it all together. But here in this moment, you can release it all. Every muscle, every fiber deserves rest, deserves care.

Your body has worked hard and now it's time to let it all go. Stress builds slowly, often unnoticed, layer by layer. It tightens your shoulders, clenches your jaw, and pulls your body out of ease. But here you can release all of it. With every exhale, you are letting go of the burden, softening the edges.

giving your body permission to return to its natural state of calm. Your body knows how to heal, how to rest, how to come back to balance. It just needs the space to do so. Feel the kindness you're offering to your body, the compassion in allowing it to rest. Breathe to be free of the pressure. Your body is always speaking to you, asking for your care, asking for your attention.

And now you're listening. You're listening to its need for ease and gentleness. Now, imagine that a weighted warm blanket is wrapped around your body. You immediately feel calm and warm. Imagine yourself laying down with this blanket covering you. Let it soothe all the hard parts.

softening any tension and let it deeply relax every part of your body namaste beautiful