Imagine

You are lying on a beach. There is no one else around. The sand is fine and comfortable shaping itself under your back. Your hands are at your sides. You can feel the sand with your fingertips. You are conscious of your breathing. You inhale and exhale steadily with your rib cage rising and falling almost imperceptibly. Strangely, the rhythm is identical to the wavelets that advance and then recede at the water's edge just a few feet away. In and out and then more slowly - in...and...out. You can hear the sound of the wavelets - gently lapping. In...and...out.Your eyes are closed but through your eyelids you can see the light of the sun above. And it is warm upon your skin. You feel its afternoon rays. Your muscles are relaxed. You consider them one by one. Muscles in your legs. In your toes. In your arms. In your chest and belly. They have no tension. Even the muscles of your face and neck. All so very relaxed. And as the sea cleanses the shore so your breathing cleanses your mind. There is nothing there. No memories. No worries. No plans. No words. The tide takes all thoughts away. There is just your breathing. The warm sun upon your skin and the lapping sea upon the shore. That's all.