Part 10 – Closing the Day – Full Day Guided Zen Retreat – Find Peace at Home

Part 10 – CLOSING THE DAY – Returning home to yourself

1 – The ending that isn’t an end
The day has done its part.
Every moment — the calm, the noise, the joy, the ache —
was a small thread in the tapestry of your becoming.
Now, the light softens, the sounds fade.
Nothing asks for your attention anymore.
You’ve arrived at the quiet in-between —
where endings turn into beginnings.
You are safe to let go.

2 – The silence after the day
Let your body sink into rest.
Feel the bed holding you,
the earth beneath supporting you completely.
No effort is needed.
The world continues without you for a while —
and that’s okay.
This is your permission to stop,
to breathe,
to simply be.
You don’t need to hold the day any longer.
It’s already held you enough.

3 – The light within the darkness
Even in the darkness,
your light remains — steady, quiet, alive.
It doesn’t flicker when the world grows dim;
it simply glows from a deeper place.
This is your essence —
unshaken by what the day brought,
unchanged by what tomorrow may bring.
Close your eyes and feel that warmth expand.
You are both the darkness and the light within it.

4 – The body remembers peace
Your body remembers stillness.
It remembers safety.
It remembers how to soften into rest.
Let go of the story of the day,
the names, the roles, the plans.
For now, there is only breath —
slow, kind, alive.
You don’t have to reach for peace anymore.
You are already resting in it.

5 – Closing: Returning home
Breathe in.
Feel your heart rise like a quiet tide.
Breathe out.
Let everything fall away.
You have come home —
not to a place,
but to yourself.
This is where peace begins,
and where it never ends.

Closing the Day is not goodbye —
it’s the gentle reminder that every ending is an invitation to return to your own light.