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Settling into Sleep

by Jennifer Cray

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Type
guided
Activity
Meditation
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Settle in and get ready for sleep, relaxing with deep belly breathing. We reflect of your day's achivements and learnings, being grateful for what has happened for your during this day. We end with a cleansing of your mind from the expectations of yourself and of others for today's happenings so that you are fresh and ready for tomorrow.

SleepRelaxationBreathingGratitudeReflectionMindfulnessHeartBelly BreathingExtended Exhale BreathingDaily ReflectionPresent Moment Awareness

Transcript

It's the end of the day.

Time to settle in.

Get comfortable lying down,

Getting ready for sleep.

Place one hand on your heart and the other on your belly.

We are going to practice deep breathing into our bellies.

While keeping the hand on your heart as still as possible,

On our breath in and out,

We're going to allow the hand on our bellies to rise and fall with our breath.

Our out breaths will be longer than our in breaths.

This will calm us,

Getting us ready for sleep.

Let's begin belly breathing.

Breathing in,

Allowing your hand to rise on your belly and breathing out,

Allowing the hand to gently fall with your breath.

Breathing in,

Belly rising and a longer breath out,

Belly falling.

And breathing in,

Belly rising and a longer breath out,

Belly falling.

And continue this in your own time.

And on your next breath out,

Just returning to your normal breath,

Centering in on your heart space.

And now that we are in a relaxed state,

We're going to reflect on the day,

Process it and then let it be and move into sleep.

So reflecting on the day today,

What went well?

How were you supported today?

What challenged you to grow or to learn?

What can you do with this information?

It's been proven that if you're grateful for three things at the end of the day,

You'll become a happier person.

Name three things that you're grateful for today and say thank you for it.

Let go of any remaining hold that today has on you.

Let go of what tomorrow may bring.

The past and the future exist only in our minds.

When we know this and are aware of this,

We can let go of the hold that the past and future have on our minds.

And we can be present in this time in our bodies.

Our mind can relax and the energy is used for healing and reorganizing our brains during sleep.

Now is the time for restfulness and healing sleep.

Take a deep breath in and breathing out longer than your in-breath,

Relaxing into sleep.

Breathing in and a longer breath out.

Breathing in again and a longer breath out,

Relaxing into sleep.

Continue breathing with a longer out-breath to the music until you're lulled into a relaxing,

Deep sleep.

Namaste.

Meet your Teacher

Jennifer CrayBrisbane, Australia

4.4 (416)

Recent Reviews

Linda

May 27, 2020

Music and voice blended well. Breathing guidance kept me on track so that I continued to relax. Very helpful for the end of a stressful day even days I didn’t realize how stressed I actually was.

Georgina

July 19, 2019

Fab went straight to sleep one if my favourites

Lyle

January 9, 2019

The recall of the day’s best moments at the end of the meditation relaxed me

Joan

April 17, 2018

Excellent! Beautiful music for sleeping & waking up refreshed! Thank you!!!πŸ™

Jane

March 24, 2018

Very nice...it put me to sleep 😴

Siren

March 21, 2018

Lovely meditation 🌞

Suzanne

March 18, 2018

I haven’t heard the whole thing yet but it works.

Kani

March 18, 2018

Relaxing... thank you 😴

Evelyn

March 17, 2018

I liked having the speaking completed near the beginning of the meditation; then I appreciated the time without words. Thank you.

Michele

March 17, 2018

This was pretty good . Thank you

Kristen

March 17, 2018

Beautiful technique, very grounding and peaceful thank you πŸ™

Kate

March 17, 2018

Wonderfully relaxing πŸ™πŸ»πŸ˜΄β€οΈπŸ™πŸ»Namaste🌎

emory

March 17, 2018

Good words & background sounds

Petal

March 16, 2018

Loved this one! Thank you πŸ™πŸ»

Glenda

March 16, 2018

Loved this meditation I went to sleep with ease doing the breathing technique thank you. Namaste πŸ™ Glenda Kelly Menai NSW Australia

Eileen

March 16, 2018

I slept soundly. Thank you.

Jade

March 16, 2018

Thank you! It was quite effective.

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