Podcast script: Mindfulness @ Christmas Day 24

Hello and welcome to part 24 of the mindfulness @ Christmas advent calendar.

The calendar will be available until the 31st of December for you to enjoy, then will be back next December.

It is Christmas eve.

The final day of preparation for the big day. Rushing around to buy the final few things, wrapping the last few gifts, setting the table and preparing the vegetables.

Christmas eve can sometimes be a mad rush and feel a little overwhelming.

Today we are being mindful of the little details of the final tasks.

Enjoy your final mindful task before the big day.

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Gently close your eyes, adjust your shoulders and your hips. Let your body being to feel heavy.

Become aware of your breath, breathe in deeply and out deeply.

Feel as your chest gently rises and falls.

Bring your attention to the final things you need to get done today.

Laying the table, cleaning, cutting the vegetables, checking you have all the ingredients you need.

Hoovering and cleaning the house for the family to arrive tomorrow.

Any last minute wrapping you need to complete.

Take your time thinking over the last things you need to do today. Do not rush through the list, mentally prepare for each task today.

Shopping.

Cleaning.

Hoovering.

Christmas dinner vegetable preparation.

Table setting.

Wrapping.

Anything you need to do today, make yourself aware of it.

Then allow yourself to focus on cleaning. The sound the spray makes as you spray the bottle, the pattern the cleaning product makes on the surface you spray it on.

How you use the cloth to wipe the surface, how fast or slow you move with the cloth.

How clean the surface is after you have cleaned it. The smell of the cleaning product, did you get a festive scented one?

As you go through your tasks today, see what small details you notice of each task. Notice how the details allow your mind to focus and ground you to the task at hand.

Take one more nice deep breath in and deep breath out.

Gently wiggle your fingers and your toes, softly open your eyes.

Have a very Merry Christmas.

Thank you for listening.

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