The Mountain Lake

 It beckons you.

It's been such a long day. You're stressed. You're frustrated, and so tired. Not everything has been going your way today, and you want to go somewhere away from it all.

You can find a place for you, right where you are. You can let your mind take a walk.

It is late in the day. The sun is setting, and the woods are cool, with soft birdsong in the distance and a cool odour of pine hanging in the still air. Pine needles crunch underfoot as you traverse the slight desire path between the trees. The passage of many feet over the years has cleared this path of undergrowth, but it is thick to either side, bringing a mixture of other scents in the air - valerian, lemon balm, jasmine, lavender.

A light rain is beginning to fall. You are wearing suitable raingear, and you feel protected and warm as you follow the trail, and the rainfall is a reassuring sound on the forest canopy.

You reach a turning point, and as the upward slope reaches its peak, you see the glint of water below, at the end of the path. Your destination, the mountain lake, awaits.

You find your path down becoming easier with each step, and your destination getting closer. The harmony of floral scents also tantalises: the waters of the lake must be a blessing for the wildlife and wildflowers on its shores, a blessing which awaits you.

The light of the sun overhead is turning a glorious gold, visible through the thinning canopy. The light rain has stopped, and you will be at the lakeshore before it falls again.

And because you are descending towards the lake shore, your body is relaxing in anticipation, and you can focus on how your body feels as some of your muscles loosen, and the tension emerge from you like a golden cloud as you transform the darkness of tension into a warm golden light which leaves behind a feeling of deep contentment and peace as it exits your body.

Which means that you can enjoy drawing in a long, deep breath now through your nose, and exhaling more golden light through your mouth, making you 40% more rested and ready.

And as the focus of your mind changes, you draw in another long, luxurious breath, letting in the deeply relaxing aromas of valerian, lavender, and lemon balm, and let out another long, deep breath which increases your relaxation by another 40%, and you're almost there.

Which means that when you take each step towards the approaching lake shore, the edge of the woods, your focus changes, and it changes again as you reach the threshold of the woods, which means that you can take one more long, beautiful breath, and enjoy that cool air, and as you breathe out now, you reach 100% of where you need to be.

And at 100%, as all your conscious thoughts leave you with your outward breath, and all your conscious worries and woes go out and take your conscious mind, and you drift fully away and you let your mind go fully now, you can follow this link to the Lake, and carry on there, deepening your experience, releasing all that tension there.