Gaze into my eyes...closer...closer...feel yourself relaxing...warm, pillowy-soft clouds envelope you, cradling, soothing, comforting...relieving your stress...allow yourself to sink deep within the clouds, deeper, relaxing, drifting...safe and protected...slow, measured breath in...exhale...another slow, measured breath...

Let its calm, cooling essence fill your being...cleansing your body...releasing the tension from your limbs...your arms...your legs...the last vestiges of stress dripping from your fingertips...evaporating into nothingness...leaving only a calm, gentle, peace...

rest...relax...drift...

Let your mind drift...see your thoughts gently floating upward...

allow yourself to draw the swirling kaleidoscope of images closer, gliding nearer...softly...lightly...reaching...slipping to the surface...floating, wave upon wave...gently caressing the edges of your consciousness...

Let go of the shackles that bind your conscious mind...set free your senses...feel the essence permeate your being...

tenderly caressing...draw its warmth deep into your body...infusing your mind and body with its smoldering intensity...deeper...deeper...

Release your emotions...feel them surging from your body...wave upon wave dissipating into nothingness...emptied from the confines of your mind...

despair...

grief...

anger...

fear...

slow, measured breath in...exhale...embrace the essence...feel the warmth enfold you...cradling...holding...caressing...cocooned within the soft glow...gently rocking...replenishing your soul...renewing your senses...

Let yourself fall into my eyes...the willingness to slip into their vast shadows...feel the ebb and flow as the warmth of my words gently guides you...smoothly sliding beneath the layers of your conscious mind...the syllables heat, drawing back the curtains of darkness...

words tumble from my lips, witness their glow swelling outward...revealing the gateway...the treasure beyond...

plumb the fathomless depths of your subconscious...gently probing...its furtive secrets released...roiling upwards to freedom...your thoughts to mine....

release them all to me...you deepest secrets...your darkest desires...

release guilt...anxiety...doubt...feel my strength...calming...caressing...healing...rocked within a cradle...lovingly enfolded...safe...protected...

feel the power revitalize...refresh...rebirth...

now sleep...deep, sleep...let my words carry your dreams...floating...gently drifting...sleep...sleep...

When you wake you will remember nothing...nothing of my words...nothing of your sharing...only a deep profound serenity...cleansed...whole...your spirit will be light...unencumbered...at peace...

And should, by chance, you ever hear my name spoken again...

you will stop whatever you are doing...

step through the nearest doorway...

and bark like a chicken....