Active Resting

Lie down. Somewhere comfortable, floor or bed.

Let your arms rest at your sides, palms up or down, whatever feels easiest.

Let your legs fall open slightly. Let your jaw unclench.

This isn't sleep. Stay awake, resting.

Nothing is required right now.

No task attached to this. Leave your phone somewhere else in the room.

Notice the parts of you touching the floor or bed. Let them get heavier.

Stay for five minutes, or twenty. Let the body register that nothing is being asked of it.

When you're depleted, wired, or both.