Hello,
And welcome to the Soothing Sleep series on Insight Timer.
I don't want to make any assumptions,
But my hope is this is soothing for you.
My name is Charles,
And I'm honored to be your companion as we drift into the world of sleep and dream.
If you lose track of my voice along the way,
That's great.
I won't be offended.
Just follow along however you can,
Or let yourself hear my words as part of the music,
And simply drift and become life just as it's happening now.
This music was created for you for the purposes of sleep by the artist Cameron,
And mostly I'll be getting out of the way and allowing you to merge with the sound.
You can take a few deep breaths,
Breathing in deep,
And breathing all the way out on the exhale.
If you're holding on to the exhale in any way,
And see if you can let it go completely.
Just wait for the inhale to make its way back inside on its own.
Just like waves at the shore,
Falling away,
Exhaling into the ocean,
And then splashing back,
Inhaling onto the shore.
Feeling your breath like a continuous wave back and forth,
Happening all on its own,
Washing over you.
Let go of thought about the breath.
Let go of the word label breathing,
And just feel this riding,
Moving sensation that is filling you up and connecting you with the space around you.
Soaking in this surrounding space,
And then letting go.
Let this amazing life-giving movement do its thing,
And feel it merging you with all of this.
And you can feel your body sinking,
Melting into the surface that cradles you.
You'll feel the support of the cushion,
Of the ground,
And of the earth below.
Feel yourself resting on top of the earth,
And allow the earth to embrace you.
If you're covered by a blanket,
You can feel how this blanket keeps you warm and comfortable.
And you can let your whole body relax into this space.
You being cradled here,
Kept warm and safe,
Melting into the ground below,
And the space surrounding you.
You can feel the surface of your skin,
And the connection between your skin and the bed,
The sheets,
And the mingling energy of all of this.
One floating ball of energy,
And just resting here.
Feel the electricity moving through your body.
Pulsing,
Buzzing,
And also totally at rest.
You are one nerve ending of the whole universe,
Taking its turn to simply rest.
So just rest here with me.
It's okay.
I give you full permission to not do anything.
To not need to prove anything.
To not exert force.
To not have to fix,
Or solve,
Or figure out.
I give you full permission to simply be a human.
Just the way you were right when you were born.
So you can feel yourself like a baby,
Or an animal under the stars.
No language.
Just existing.
And drifting into complete natural rest.
And now I will let you rest without the noise of conceptual language.
And I will leave you to just keep sinking,
And opening,
And reopening,
And letting go,
And merging with the vast world of sleep.
Until we see again.
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