Let your eyes close You now.
can open them anytime.
You just won't want to.
Listen to the house.
That low, even hum.
Everything else has gone quiet.
Maybe a clock ticks somewhere.
Or a floorboard settles.
Let those sounds melt into the hum.
For the next six minutes...
just follow my voice.
Down.
Some part of you might want to check.
Is this working?
Am I doing it right?
Let that part watch, if it wants.
It can come along.
Notice your body on the bed.
It's already heavier...
than when you lay down.
Each breath out...
it gets a little heavier still.
Your eyelids feel thick.
Warm.
Comfortable where they are.
Imagine you're standing in a hallway.
Dim lamps along the wall.
Soft carpet under bare feet.
You're wearing a coat.
Heavy with everything from today.
Errands in one pocket.
Unanswered texts in the other.
A dent in the shoulder from your bag.
There's a hook on the wall.
Right at the top of a staircase.
Take the coat off.
Slowly.
Hang it on the hook.
Feel the weight lift off your back.
Your arms swing free.
It'll be here in You the morning.
don't need it down there.
Notice how much lighter you feel.
And how much sleepier.
If you think of something you forgot...
slip it into the coat Leave pocket.
it with the coat.
The staircase goes down.
Ten wide steps.
Thick carpet, the color of oatmeal.
A smooth wooden rail under your hand.
Warm to the touch.
Take the first step when you're ready.
With each step...
you'll feel twice as relaxed.
You don't have to make it happen.
listen.
Just And let your feet find each one.
Ten.
Step down.
Your feet sink into the carpet.
Nine.
Your shoulders drop a little lower.
Eight.
Your breathing slows.
Just like that.
Seven.
The light gets dimmer.
Softer on your eyes.
Six.
Your legs feel heavy easy.
and Each step is effortless.
Five.
Halfway down.
Deeper than you were a moment ago.
Four.
The hum of the house is lower now.
Farther away.
Three.
Your hand slides off the rail.
You don't need it.
Two.
So heavy.
So slow.
And one.
You're at the bottom.
All the way down.
In front of you...
a quiet, dark room.
The air is still.
Just cool enough.
There's a bed.
Low and wide.
Already turned down for you.
Lie down in it.
The mattress shapes itself around you.
Like it was made for you.
It's so quiet down here.
Quieter than any room you know.
The pillow gives under your head.
The sheets are cool.
Then slowly warm.
Deeper...
Nothing reaches you down here.
Only the hum.
If a thought follows you down...
let it sit on the bottom step.
It can wait out there.
Breathing in...
And out...
Ten steps above you.
The coat still on its hook.
You don't need to go back up.
Your breathing is long and slow.
Your body feels very far away.
Just sleep.
Goodnight.