Circles of relaxation
Added 2021-10-09 10:30:49 +0000 UTCYou've just got home, and your partner wants to help you relax...
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Your partner took hold of your hand, holding it in their lap. They smiled at you, as their thumb began to rub in your palm. “Hush now, it’s okay. I know, I know, Its been a long, tiring day, hasn’t it? But you can relax with me, can’t you?” You nodded, it had been a long day.
“That’s good. You can feel the relaxation I’m giving to your hand, can’t you?” They continued. And as they said it, you could. You could feel the warm tingles of relaxation that were spreading out from where their thumb was gently rubbing circles, around, and around.
They kept going. “And you can feel that relaxation begin to spread, up your arm. You can just let it happen for me, can’t you?” Another nod. Their voice felt so good to listen to. “Letting that relaxation spread up to your shoulder. And I want you to notice something else for me.”
They look down to your hand, and then back up to you. “You can feel my thumb, wiping little circles of relaxation on your palm, can’t you?” A slow nod was all your could manage. “Good – can you feel my thumb wiping those same circles of relaxation in your mind?”
In that moment, you became aware of it. Aware of the sensation of your thoughts being wiped away, circled and spiralled into oblivion. It was so easy to let your thoughts drain away for them, even as the relaxation began to spread, faster and faster, throughout your body.
Before long, you were sagging, barely able to keep yourself upright in your chair. They smiled at your drooping eyelids, your relaxed body, the way that you could barely understand what they were saying any more. They pulled your hand towards them, and caught you, as you dropped.
