Here's my all-time favorite relaxation exercise -- a creative visualization called Orange Ooze.
Lie on your back, legs uncrossed and arms at your side. Close your eyes.
Feel the weight of your body on the floor.
Imagine a hole opening in your right big toe. Into that hole begins to ooze a thick, warm, orange goo -- the consistency of thick maple syrup. You can
feel the warmth in your toe, and feel the warmth moving to fill your toe, and running down into your foot. The Orange Ooze fills your right foot, and
all your toes, and begins to move into your ankle. You notice how warm your foot feels compared to the rest of your body. The Orange Ooze continues to
pour in through that hole in your toe, creeping up your leg, to your knee, and into your thigh. Your right leg is filled with the warm, thick, Orange
Ooze, and it begins to fill your pelvis and pour down into your left leg. The warmth moves slowly, running down to fill the toes on your left foot, and then the whole foot, up to the ankle, the leg, the knee, the thigh. You really feel a contrast between the bottom half of your body, filled with the wonderful warm Orange Ooze, and the top half, feeling somewhat cool and empty by this time. The Orange Ooze continues into your torso, up to your belly button, then into your chest, up to your armpits, and begins to run
into your right arm. Slowly it fills your fingers, and your hand, and your thumb, and wrist, up through your arm to your elbow, and upper arm. Your
right side is full and warmed by the Orange Ooze, and the thick goo begins to fill your left arm, running down to fill your fingers, and hand, and thumb reaching up to fill your wrist, arm, elbow, upper arm, and left shoulder. Slowly the goo begins to fill your neck, and your head, and your face, and now you are full of the warm Orange Ooze from head to toe. Feel
the warmth radiate from within you. Imagine the thick, rich liquid filling your entire body, soothing muscles and bathing aches and pains.
Now, the hole in your toe opens again, and the ooze begins to run out. Your head empties first, and you feel the Orange Ooze pull away from the top of your head and slowly empty from your face and skull. Your head feels very cool compared to the rest of your body, relaxed, soothed, calm. The Orange Ooze continues to flow, leaving your neck, and your chest. The Orange Ooze pulls up from your left hand, leaving the fingers first, then the hand, and thumb, past the wrist, and arm, and elbow, and upper arm, finally emptying from your shoulder. Then the right arm begins to empty. The Orange Ooze leaves your fingers, and your hand, and your wrist. You feel it creeping up
your arm, past your elbow, your upper arm, and your shoulder. Your arms feel cool and light, almost weightless without the heavy, warm Orange Ooze. The Orange Ooze works its way down out of your chest, and your torso, past your belly button and hips, and begins to pull up from the toes of your left feet. First you feel the cool, relaxed, lightness in your toes, then your foot, and ankle. The Orange Ooze slowly leaves your leg, and knee, and thigh. As the Orange Ooze continues to slowly leak from your toe, the warmth leaves your pelvis, and your right leg begins to empty. First the thigh, then the knee, then the calf. Your whole body feels feather-light, and cool, except for your right foot. Slowly the Orange Ooze leaks out of your foot, and your toes, and finally your big toe.
You are refreshed, relaxed, and cleansed.
