Indigo Gallery

Hello there. I'm so glad you could join us tonight as we pay a visit to the Indigo Gallery. It's a lovely space, ideal for busy minds that need somewhere to slow down and gently come to rest. Each night, we like to start with a short wind-down exercise. Tonight's exercise is a meditation. It's designed to sooth the body and relax the mind. 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 just put everything down, to let go of any inner chatter and just find a place of rest in both the body and the mind. So first, get yourself comfortable in bed, taking a moment to pause and be still. And when you're ready, just 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. Just imagining a steady flow of warm sunlight just 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, ease. As it continues to travel up through the body. Up past the waist, to the back and the stomach. It's as though it just washes away any discomfort. It continues up through the chest and the back, into the shoulders and down the arms all the way down to the hands and fingers. There's 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 a sense of stillness remaining. And now just gently bringing the attention back to the body. Now you're feeling nice and relaxed. You're ready for our journey through the Indigo Gallery. This is going to be the perfect way to wind down after your day. For a start, there are none of the usual crowds gathering around in groups to see the works of art you've come to see. The gallery is completely empty. There's only us here. The space has been opened late, especially for us. It's so nice and calming to be inside these large, airy rooms which have been made available just for us to walk through. There's also something else very special about what we're going to see. All the artworks in this exhibition exist in the same color, the color blue. This is going to be a real treat for your senses. There are no pictures in this room. Above the gentle, soothing hum of the air conditioner, a calming voice is speaking the names of specific tints of blue....