Star Wars™ Islands of Ahch-To™

The suns have just begun to set along the rocky coast of Ahch-To, home of the first Jedi temple. A gentle rain falls down through the patchy clouds, glimmering off the fields of wild grass that cover the cliff side. Along the edge of the island, a collection of large boulders stand upright, seeming to defy gravity. Their jagged edges have been carved by centuries of wind and erosion, giving each one a unique character and presence. At this time of day, with the suns hanging low on the horizon, the rocky cliff side becomes a resting place for the island's natural inhabitants. Families of porgs make their way into their burrowed homes, huddling together for warmth as night quickly approaches. At the hilltops, the island's devoted caretakers, the Lanai, wrap up their daily duties, and take refuge from the rain in their stone huts. Now with the island's activity coming to a slow stop, let's settle in for the evening with a short wind-down exercise. Tonight's wind-down is a visualization. When you're ready, let's begin. So just take a moment to get comfortable, letting go of the day, enjoying that feeling of having stopped, of having nothing left to do. We're going to focus the attention of the mind on the different parts of the body, watching as the muscles in the body switch off for the night, leaving the body feeling rested, and leaving the mind more at ease. So starting down at the toes, and feeling a sense of the muscles switching off, the feet, the arches, all those muscles switching off. Same in the lower half of the legs. Notice any tension being let go of, as the muscles switch off, shut down. In the upper half of the legs, any tension melting away, being let go of, into the areas of the hips, the pelvis. Again, any muscles shutting down for the night, completely at rest. Everything from the waist downward is heavy, at ease, the muscles in the lower back, and the stomach, are now switching off. Middle of the back, around the diaphragm, the upper back, and the chest. So any muscles not needed, shutting down, switching off for the night. The shoulders switching off. The upper half of the arms, and the lower half of the arms, switching off. The hands, fingers. Just switching off. Any muscles around the throat, and the neck, switching off. The head, the face, the jaw, the eyes, any last areas of tension melting away, as the muscles shut down. Switch off. At rest for the night. And allowing thoughts to come and go, allowing the mind and body the space they need to rest. In the falling rain, a stone has knocked loose from one of the temple walls. It falls to the path below. And quickly, one of the caretakers shuffles out in the rain, sweeping it off the path. In the daytime, twin stars glimmer in the sky, casting light over Ahch-To. But now,...