Bengal Forest
Uncover the calming secrets of the Sukna Forest. Subtly different each time you listen. Narrated by Tanvir.
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The sun is setting but is not yet too late to embark on a peaceful journey into the Sukna Forest, nestled in the Himalayan foothills. A dusty path leads deep into the forest. The path is unpaved, hence the softness of the sound of our footsteps. The path into the forest is almost never a straight line. For what is ever a straight line in the natural world? It runs along, like the letter S, a stream of soil. The damp veins that streak the forest path our a leftover over of the rainy season, the monsoons that nourish the soil for four months here. The unpaved path, like the tea gardens nearby, are a reminder of the presence of humans, those who have come to visit the forest before you. Trees grow thicker as the path cuts deeper into the forest. Before we go much further, let's take a moment to calm the senses with a brief wind down. Tonight's wind down is a visualization. So, when you're ready, let's begin. So no matter what's been going on today, whether it's been a busy day or a calm one, this is an opportunity to put everything down. To let go of any inner chatter and find a place of rest in both the body and the mind. So first, get yourself comfortable in bed, just taking a moment to pause and be still. And when you're ready, taking a big deep breath, breathing in through the nose and out through the mouth. And as you breathe out, allowing the body to sink down into your bed. Feeling the weight of the body, allowing thoughts to come and go. Now imagining a steady flow of warm sunlight, flowing down through the body, dissolving any tension, any discomfort, as it begins to fill the body. Starting with the toes, moving up through the feet, and the legs being filled with sunlight. The qualities of warmth, space, and ease, as it continues to travel up through the body. Up, passed the waist, through the back, and the stomach. It's as though it washes away discomfort. It continues up through the chest, and the upper back, into the shoulders and down the arms, all the way down to the hands and fingers. A sense of relief in the body and stillness in the mind. As it continues to travel up through the neck and the throat, into the head and face, all the way to the very top of the body, until there's nothing other than that sense of stillness remaining. And now, just gently, bringing the attention back to the body. The naming of the Sukna Forest was not coincidental. Sukna means dry in Bangla. And one can hear the history of that word in this place. The throat feels dry when one utters its name. Sukna. The forest floor fights when it is walked on. These sounds of fallen leaves and dry twigs, as if their waterless bodies are seeking water....
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