Lying down – but comfortably 😁

What happens when you lie down – on the bed, the sofa, the mat?
Do your muscles & ligaments & tendons smile & relax? Do all the beautiful soft tissues: the connective tissues, the fascia, the blood vessels, the lymphatic channels, the nerves settle & open? Do your bones breathe a sigh of relief as their ends snuggle together in spacious joints bathed in synovial fluid like a warm nutrient-rich bath?

Or do you lie down, with a cramp here, an ache there, a tight neck and arm holding a phone?

If you lie on your back, can you feel your toes going gently outwards with gravity. If feet feel tight, pedal them up & down a couple of times then let them go with the out breath. Perhaps they tingle, or feel cool. No work for them to do, gravity and the earth are holding them safe.

Can you feel the surface underneath you, up your heels into the banks of the calves. Those lower legs work so hard, they can come to rest now. Heavy & soft & warm against the support.

Our knees may snuggle happily down, or may wish to take a break and be gently bent over a cushion or towel. Let the banks of the knees open and lengthen, the tendons release from their hard work.

Our thighs hold us strong & steady, it’s time for them to pass the job onto the earth. Complete flopping, let your muscles dissolve into ease all the way from knees to hips.