Winter Park

Oh, hey there, great to see you again. You're just in time for tonight's visit to the winter park. The sun is setting over the city and the park is covered in a layer of fresh white snow. In fact, the snow is still falling now, as it happens. But although it's cold outside, there's no need to worry about staying warm because we're going to be using a highly unusual mode of transport, a magical air bubble. It's like a soap bubble with iridescent rainbows swimming on its surface, and we're inside it. It's perfectly comfortable and it travels on the gentlest of breezes. So we can tour the park without needing so much as a mitten. Before we set off, let's begin with a little wind down exercise. For tonight's wind down, you're going to use your imagination. 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. 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. And the qualities of warmth, space and 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 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. 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. You sail over the center of the park and spot the oldest tree here. The maple tree has grown through many winters. Right now, the top of every thick branch is covered in a layer of fresh snow. It's a gorgeous contrast, the smooth, dark wood on one side and white fluff on the other. These branches taper off into twigs, stretching up and out from the massive trunk. The white-throated sparrow loves these thin maple twigs. You can see one now towards the top of the tree. Most birds leave the park...