Desert Horizon

The sun fades away over a sea of desert land, turning auburn as it slowly nears the horizon line. You've arrived just in time to visit our arid lookout point, which overlooks a breathtaking desert landscape and a quaint former mining town below. Guests are welcomed through a beautifully constructed visitor's center that features large, modern metal panels, which contrast perfectly with the untouched desert itself. The first thing most visitors notice, and one of the most special features of the lookout point itself, comes early just as you leave the car park, actually. On the ground spreads vines of carmen and green. It's a patch of desert pea in full bloom. Each blossom is a deep crimson on the outside. its pedals plump and luscious like a bead of rain. Their sudden bloom is assisted by exactly the right conditions in the climate as today. The air hangs warm, crisp, and soft, like the finest Egyptian cotton blanket just removed from the dryer. The desert pea loves this warm air, and so will you. But before we take it all in, let's begin with a relaxing wind-down exercise. 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 travel up through the body, up past the waist, through the back and the stomach. It's as though it washes away any 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. Beyond the velveteen dark of your eyelids, the sun continues to travel over the desert unseen. But felt in the warmth, it adds to the atmosphere. It is unlike any other atmosphere....