A Place to Rest — Guided Meditation | For Dementia Carers

If you can't remember the last time you felt truly at ease, this is for you.

A five-minute visualisation meditation to help dementia carers find a sense of safety and stillness, even just for a few quiet minutes.

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If you can't remember the last time you felt truly at ease, this is for you.

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Welcome to the Carers Meditation Podcast. Find a position that feels supported. Seated, lying down. Whatever your body is asking for right now. Let your eyes close or your gaze rest softly downward. Breathe in. And let it go. Imagine for a moment a place that feels completely safe. It doesn't have to be real.

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It can be somewhere you've been, somewhere you've imagined, or simply a feeling of safety without a fixed shape.

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Notice what's around you there. Is it quiet, warm, still? In this place nothing is asked of you. No one needs you here. There's nothing to fix nothing to manage. Nothing waiting for your attention. Let your body believe just for these few minutes that it's allowed to fully rest. Let your shoulders soften. Let your hands unclench if they've been holding on to anything. This place is yours. It will still be here the next time you need it. Silently repeat, I am allowed to rest here. This place is mine. Say it again slower. I am allowed to rest here. This place is mine. Take one more breath in and out.

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Begin to bring your awareness back to the room around you. Bring in some movement to your fingers and toes. Open your eyes when you're ready. That place of rest is always there whenever you need it to return. Thank you for taking this time for yourself. If this helped you find a moment of stillness, we'd appreciate it if you'd subscribe, leave a review, and share it with another carer who may need a moment like this too. A link to our website is in the description below where you can find out more about who we are, what we do, and how we might be able to support you. Take care of yourself. You deserve it too.