Preparing For Sleep: Grounding Into Bed

Welcome.

This meditation is a great practice just for forehead.

It will be a slightly active practice but minimally so.

Start by standing next to your bed.

Just letting your feet plant into the earth,

Your spine start to lengthen.

You don't have to stand fully upright but do allow yourself to stand.

Notice any of the nerves that are starting to settle just in this stillness of the body.

Quiet down the thoughts that have pursued you throughout the day and let the mind find a moment of stillness as well.

Feel the ground rise up to meet your feet and anchor you.

Feel yourself standing strong and supported.

Breathe and allow a few moments to pass while you deepen your breaths and become a little bit more aware of what's going on in your body.

Checking in with physical sensation,

Mental conversation and any bits of emotion traveling through you.

Visualize your body and start from the ground up noticing how you feel.

Your feet,

Your calves,

Your knees,

Thighs.

You keep moving upward gently.

You don't want to rush this process.

So allow a moment to pass in stillness for each area of the body that you recognize.

Once you've reached the crown of your head,

Very gently invite your body to rest upon your bed remaining in that place of inner stillness.

And then notice how your body feels now,

How it aligns in this new position.

Just like before,

Now begin to travel from your head down this time,

Softening any lingering energy in your body.

Once you reach your toes,

Continue to soften and breathe until your body feels as soft as a cloud.

Stay for sleep.