Now that you feel safe and comfortable, I'd like you to close your eyes and keep

them closed until I ask you to open them. Just let your body relax.. .nice and easy. Now I'd like you to take a real good deep breath and hold it. Now let it out S-L-O-W-L-Y, good. Now I'd like you to take another real good deep breath. Fill your lungs up real good, and let it out S-L-O-W-L-Y again. Excellent. Now, I'd like you to take one more deep breath... fill your lungs up real good now...and hold it. Now let it out S-L-O-W-L-Y, and alrea dy you can feel your body starting to relax. Now let that warm, wonderful feeling of relaxation flow all the way down to your feet. Feel your feet becoming loose and limp. Now let this feeling of relaxation flow up into your ankles. From the ankles, up all the large and small muscles of your legs to your knees. From your knees now, into your thighs. From your thighs into your hips. From your hip s now, into your abdomen. With each breath you exhale, just let your body go DEEPER and DEEPER relaxed. Ju st let it all go, more and more. Let that warm, wonderful feeling of relaxation flo w up all the muscles of your back. Let all the muscles of your back go loose and limp and laz y, just like a rag doll. Let this relaxation flow up into your shoulders. Now over your shoulders and dow n your arms to your elbows...from your elbows to your wrists.. .from your wrist into yo ur hands, going out to the ends of your fingertips, guiding you DEEPER and DEEPER relaxed. Just letting it all go more and more. Let that warm, wonderful feeling of relaxation flow up all the muscles of your n eck. Let all the muscles of your neck go loose, limp and lazy. Let this relaxation flow u p into your head. Now over your head and down into your brow. All the muscles of your eyes relaxed . All the muscles of your cheeks relaxed. All the muscles of your chin relaxed. Now if your teeth are clenched, just unclench them now, and let your jaw sag. Ju st let it all go, more and more.. .DEEPER and DEEPER relaxed. Now, I'm going to count from three down to one. On each count just allow yoursel f, let yourself drift, DEEPER and DEEPER relaxed. (3) Going deeper and deeper. (2) Goin g deeper and deeper relaxed. (1) So deep, so comfortable, so relaxed, just letting yourse lf go, more and more.