Betty sitting cross-legged on a rug, eyes closed, reading a script with a cup of tea

Guided Meditation Scripts for Girls' Weekends and Book Club

Hello.

The bags are packed. The cheese is sorted. Six women are about to spend a weekend in a rented house with one bathroom and very strong opinions about the playlist. And somebody, usually you, has said "we should do something nice on the Saturday morning".

Here's the something: a guided meditation, read aloud, that starts with a laugh and ends with the whole room properly calm. No mats. No chanting. No one has to be good at it.

Why read a guided meditation aloud?

Most guided meditations are recordings, and recordings are lovely on your own. In a group, one of you reading from the page is better. It's warmer, everyone laughs at the same moments and nobody is fiddling with a phone. It also works anywhere: a lounge room, a holiday house, the back deck or the end of book club.

How to run one (even if you've never done it)

  • Pick a reader. Anyone with a reasonable voice and no fear of a pause. Swap readers next time.
  • Pick the length. Ten minutes for after dinner or a busy morning. Twenty when you've got time to settle.
  • Get comfortable. Chairs, cushions, the floor. Shoes off if you like. Phones face down.
  • Read slowly. Slower than feels natural. When the script pauses, actually pause. The silence is part of it.
  • Let people laugh. Every Betty script starts with a laugh on purpose. It's how a room full of grown women stops feeling silly.
  • Finish with a cuppa. Nobody needs to share their feelings. A biscuit is enough.

Which scripts suit which moment?

Betty's Guided Meditation Series has twenty scripts in every pack, ten of about ten minutes and ten of about twenty, each on its own printable page.

  • Own the Room: for the moment before you walk in. The party, the meeting, the family Christmas lunch.
  • Own the Fear: for the everyday things that make your stomach flip.
  • Own the Past: a warm laugh at the haircuts and the decisions, perfect for an old school friends' weekend.
  • The I AM packs: I Am Winning, I Am Awesome and I Am Kickass, for noticing the wins, keeping the compliment and going first at the bold thing.

Each pack is $4.95, or get all three in the OWN Bundle or the I AM Bundle for $11.95.

Running a class?

Yoga teachers, coaches and workshop leaders: every pack has a practitioner licence, so you can read the scripts in your paid classes and sessions.

The scripts are for relaxation and enjoyment only, not medical advice.

Betty xx

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