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I've found this to be a very good script for dealing
with the Hypervigilant individual or the particularly analytical
type of personality. It is extremely permissive but at the same
time, almost impossible to resist.
Ok, just make yourself comfortable now... if you want to close
your eyes, that's a good idea, but if you don't, that's fine too...
now you can just listen quietly to the sound of my voice... and
of course you'll be aware of all those other sounds, too.... sounds
inside the building, sounds from outside... but these won't disturb
you... In fact they are going to help to relax you, because the
only sound you need to think about is the sound of my voice... and
while you're listening to the sound of my voice you can just simply
allow yourself to be as lazy as you could ever want to be.... Just
allow yourself to be as lazy as you could ever want to be...
Good... now, while you're relaxing there in the chair, you can
just be aware of your body... aware of your hands where they rest
on the arms of the chair... perhaps noticing the angle of your elbows
and maybe sensing the weight of your head against the chair back...
and, you know, that weight might seem to just gently increase as
you allow yourself to relax more and more... just being aware of
your ankles and feet now, on the footrest, and wondering if they
will start to feel heavy too, as you... relax... thinking about
your breathing for a few moments... noticing that your breathing
is becoming slower and steadier as you relax more and more... slower
and steadier... breathing so steadily and evenly... just as though
you were pretending to be sound asleep... breathing so evenly, so
steadily... you almost wouldn't disturb a feather placed immediately
in front of you... breathing so easily and slowly, so gently, that
you almost wouldn't disturb even a single strand of a feather placed
right in front of you....
And as you allow yourself to relax even more now... I wonder if
you can perhaps sense the beating of your own heart... sensing the
beat of your own heart and just seeing whether you can use the power
of your mind to slow that heartbeat down... just a touch... just
seeing whether you can use the power of your mind to slow that heartbeat
down just a little... so that you can then feel your whole body
slowing down... becoming lazier and lazier... because you've got
absolutely nothing whatsoever to do except to relax now... nobody
wanting anything, nobody expecting anything... so you can allow
your whole body to continue to relax and become steadier and easier
until it's just ticking over... like a well maintained machine of
some sort or another... just ticking over... smoothly... easily...
quietly... comfortably... so that you can become gradually more
aware of your whole self... aware of your hands and arms, just sensing
how they are now... aware of your legs and feet, too... again just
sensing how relaxed they might be, and wondering if it's possible
to relax them even more... to be so in touch with yourself that
you can actually get your whole body, perhaps, to relax even more...
yet remaining totally alert... and noticing now how even your face
muscles can begin to really relax... relaxing and letting go of
the tensions that were there, almost, but not quite, completely
unnoticed... just being vaguely aware of the skin and the muscles
of your face settling... smoothing out... a good feeling... wondering
just how long all that tension had been there... where it all came
from in the first place... and then realising that you simply couldn't
care less... because you can feel it draining away from you now...
and that feels good... and as you continue to sense the beating
of your heart and the absolute steadiness of your body's rhythm...
you wonder at the fact that you are so absolutely relaxed and comfortable
that you simply can't be bothered to even try to move even one single
muscle... even though you know you easily could... if you wanted
to... I know that you easily could, if you wanted to... but you
simply can't be bothered to even try... allowing yourself to just
be... relaxed and relaxing even more now... as lazy and relaxed
as anyone could ever wish to be... and I wonder if you can now manage
to relax even more... even though you are already as relaxed as
it is possible for most people to ever be... just finding the last
tiny traces of tension in your body and simply letting them go...
with each easy, gentle, breath you breathe... allowing every muscle...
every fibre... every cell of your entire body... to be as beautifully
relaxed as anyone could ever wish to be...
Now use a deepener if necessary, preferably one which actively
features the client.
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