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- 0:00SPEAKER_00: The day is over.
- 0:02SPEAKER_00: The day included, it's behind you now.
- 0:07SPEAKER_00: There's nothing left in it that needs you or requires you tonight.
- 0:13SPEAKER_00: Get comfortable.
- 0:16SPEAKER_00: Pillow.
- 0:16SPEAKER_00: Straighten the blankets.
- 0:18SPEAKER_00: In the position you actually sleep in.
- 0:22SPEAKER_00: One you think you should be in.
- 0:29SPEAKER_01: All very ordinary.
- 0:36SPEAKER_01: Without longer.
- 0:42SPEAKER_00: And mattress taking your weight.
- 0:54SPEAKER_00: Been holding you up already for a few seconds or a few minutes.
- 0:58SPEAKER_00: And you haven't had to do anything.
- 1:09SPEAKER_01: Move through the body.
- 1:12SPEAKER_00: Too tense.
- 1:14SPEAKER_00: Nothing too try.
- 1:16SPEAKER_00: Just the tension.
- 1:18SPEAKER_00: Already perfect.
- 1:20SPEAKER_00: Arriving somewhere.
- 1:22SPEAKER_00: Something letting go.
- 1:25SPEAKER_01: Start at the very top of your head.
- 1:29SPEAKER_01: The scalp.
- 1:38SPEAKER_01: Forehead.
- 1:39SPEAKER_01: Smooth.
- 1:42SPEAKER_01: All the thinking of today can stop here.
- 1:52SPEAKER_01: The space between your eyebrows, just let it widen.
- 2:47SPEAKER_01: Soft.
- 2:55SPEAKER_01: Your neck is fully supported, nothing to hold up anymore.
- 3:46SPEAKER_01: Heavy, your chest rising and falling without any help from you, your ribs widening a little on each breath, your stomach soft, nothing held in.
- 4:27SPEAKER_01: Your lower back sinking.
- 4:35SPEAKER_01: Your hips releasing.
- 6:21SPEAKER_01: Settled heavy.
- 6:29SPEAKER_01: Each breath out lets you sink a little further.
- 6:54SPEAKER_01: There is nowhere to be tonight, nothing to decide.
- 6:59SPEAKER_00: Nothing that will be improved by you thinking about it now.
- 7:08SPEAKER_01: Tomorrow has its own hours.