Hi everyone, welcome to a time of being still and being loved.

My name is Elisa Keaton.

Take a moment to place yourself in either a seated upright position with your shoulders

relaxed and a tall spine or go ahead and lay down on the ground.

Be intentional with whichever posture you choose.

Now begin to breathe on purpose with the desire to fill your belly and widen your chest

cavity with air.

Inhale for the count of five.

And exhale for the count of five.

Take that cycle over and over, let the breath become a comfort to you.

A reminder of God's nearness and presence to you.

Just the fact that we have breath is a grace.

And I pray that the God of all comfort would come now and lay upon you his grace in greater

measure.

Begin to scan your body and notice any places that feel heavy.

And when you find a spot, direct your mind's eye to that place and just begin to breathe

and inhale again for the count of five and exhale for the count of five.

Relax your jaw, relax the creases between your eyes, your shoulders, your thighs, your

feet, your hands, ask God to come and clothe you in his strength and in his mind.

Thank you God for our breath and thank you for this grace, this time we have right now

to just come before you, soften ourselves into your presence.

To wade deeply into the waters of your grace, to be refreshed.

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