Letting Go of Past Negativity: Embracing Freedom and Positivity

The garden is your place of safety and ease. You settle into a padded reclining chair, and with each slow breath the sun sinks a little lower while you sink deeper into calm. By the time it dips below the horizon, a warm feeling spreads through your body, and you are ready for the suggestions that follow.

You pick one memory you want to release and picture it playing on a screen, with yourself in it. Then you step outside the film and watch from a safe distance, at a different angle and time. The further away you are, the more the emotional intensity fades, and you're invited to let your subconscious offer a lesson from it.

The session describes the subconscious as something that tries to protect you by holding on to old patterns. It thanks that part of you for its work, then gently says you no longer need emotions that have outlived their use. The tone is appreciation first, then permission to receive new, positive suggestions.

You see a caterpillar spin a cocoon and imagine your past negative experiences wrapped up inside it. You are the butterfly that emerges, unfolds its wings and flies off. It gives the idea of a fresh start a picture you can return to, along with the encouragement to be patient with yourself as you change.

On waking, you notice your feet touching the floor, including texture, temperature and whether it feels hard or soft. Then you take several slow breaths in through the nose, feeling the belly rise, and out through the mouth. Finally you set intentions for the day: how you want to approach it, which emotions to cultivate and what you'd like to achieve.

After the butterfly imagery and positive suggestions about purpose, drive and a hopeful future, the narrator counts from one to five. You come back feeling refreshed and alert, with your eyes opening on five.