Power Nap

Studies show that taking a 'power nap' has a significant benefits for your physical and mental wellbeing. A power nap can boost your energy, altertness and productivity. Put a pause into your day to rest and refresh.

Transcript

Close your eyes now and mentally repeat these words.

For this power nap,

I allow my mind and body to be completely relieved of all duties,

Duties,

Demands and responsibilities.

And I trust that my body will awaken in 15 minutes and that I will awaken feeling fresh and alert.

So settle now into a comfortable posture,

Making any adjustments that you need to do so that you can let your mind and body rest for this time.

And once your body is comfortable and once you feel fully supported,

Let your body breathe and spend a few moments breathing very slowly and very deeply,

Allowing that breath to flow right down into your body,

Filling up your abdomen and then flowing wide into your chest and allowing your body to exhale with a long and soft sigh.

And as you take a few of these slow and deep breaths,

Let the exhalation be an opportunity for your body to soften,

For your mind to drop into a quiet space and giving your mind and body some time now to settle down,

To soften and to really receive and feel these words that for this time,

Absolutely nothing is being asked of you.

Nothing is being asked of your mind or your body.

There's absolutely nothing to do.

There's absolutely nowhere to go.

There's nothing to get.

And if your body wants to sleep,

Allowing that to happen,

Surrendering all effort,

Releasing all trying and allowing your body to soften,

Completely and utterly abandoning the weight so that right now your body is held,

Fully supported,

Melted,

Melting into the surface that it's resting on,

The bones surrendering to gravity,

Your body breathing naturally all by itself,

Nothing to control,

Nothing to manage,

Nothing to get right,

Just being here is enough.

Let the feeling of your body come to you,

Feeling the inside of the mouth,

Tongue resting in the mouth,

Your lower jaw loosening,

The whole of the inside of the mouth softening,

The throat melting,

Feeling the weight of the eyes and let them soften back now,

Sensing the weight of the brain,

Your brain releasing and letting go,

Nothing to figure out,

Nothing to understand,

Let your body sleep now if it wants to,

Let your body know,

The feeling behind the eyes softening,

The skin on the face releasing its weight,

Completely releasing the weight of your head,

The softening of the neck and allow that softening to flow down,

Flowing into your shoulders,

Your shoulders emptying out,

Sinking down,

This softening flowing down your arms,

Flowing into your hands,

The softening in the palms,

The fingers resting open,

Any time that you drift into thinking,

Simply return,

Come back to the gentle,

Silent space of just being,

Let there be a softening in the chest,

A softening of the whole back of your body,

Feeling into your abdomen and let there be a softening deep in your belly,

The lower half of your body resting open,

Hips releasing their weight,

Releasing the weight of the legs,

Let your body sleep now,

Let your mind rest,

Just for now,

You can come back to everything later,

But right now,

Nothing is being asked of you,

Just being here is enough,

Feeling your whole body and allow your body to soften just a little more,

Then letting go,

Feeling皇 body Surrendering.

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Allowing.

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Emptying out.

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And simply being.

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And now allow your body to breathe again.

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Very deeply and very slowly.

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It's time to wake up now.

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Take a few very slow.

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Very deep releasing breaths.

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Filling your body with a refreshing long slow drink of life-giving breath.

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And then invite your body to move and stretch.

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It's time to wake up now.

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Your body moving and stretching in any way that it needs to.

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Feeling fresh.

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Alert.

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And ready to proceed with your day.

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Thank you for joining me for this power nap meditation.

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Reviews

I really enjoyed the pace, the wording towards mind and body and vocal quality.
My one note- probably more for sound editing than the narrating- the end of some words are inaudible. They’ve been with clipped or under pronounced Enough to that I noticed and needed to ‘actively’ not hear it or let it bother me.
After that - power napped quite successfully

Calm, clear voice with straightforward suggestions for a midday reset. Thank you!

You have such s soothing voice and I loved the soft music for this restful meditation I was almost asleep

I feel refreshed and ready for the day, thank you! And that soothing voice - magic! ✨🙏🏼

This is a meditation I return to, in order to take an afternoon rest and break from all activity! Thank you for your soft, serene, soothing voice & background 🎶 music and slow pace. I really find it very rela😌🙏

Lovely voice, nice sound balance and easy to follow and understand with out any special knowledge 🌸🙏🏽🌸

I actually was able to nap...I tend to be skeptical because of my active mind.

I feel much better after this short nap. Thank you!

Lovely, peaceful and relaxing experience. Amanda has a soothing voice that helped me reach a deeper state of calmness.

Great for recharging! I like this, it gave me a chance to slow down my mind. That’s all I really needed.

Hello. Manda,
Thinking of you with love as this pioneer year whirls us into our future. I trust you’re doing well.
I've just booked myself a time of retreat on Lindisfarne and I know I’ll be taking your naps and meditations with me.
As always, xxxxxx

Another winner, Amanda!
How are you?
Love from a beautiful, sunny Saturday in the North East.
Warm hug. Xx

July already! I love your words, your voice, the pacing and the spaces… you may be able to guess my question: do you have a version of this with no background music? Much love xx

Aug 30th
Love this and the music is fine now for me! I've been through all sorts including a dip into depression again recently and very edgy at times, but always your voice and your words are wonderful. Thank you again. Much love, as ever.

Thank you so much, I come to this meditation every time I need to pause and recharge.

This is a perfect meditation for dealing with mid afternoon slump. I do wake up refreshed and ready for the rest of my day. Thank you Amanda for this and my other favorite “Getting Back to Sleep”. Love your voice.

Thank you so much for this refreshing nap!
Greetings from Germany
Elke

Looooove this one! Really relaxes me and I feel ready to go back to work after. I work 16 hour days in summer and this helps so much. Thank you 🙏

Absolutely fantastic! Dozed off ✨✨ feeling so good! Thank you 🙏🏻

I didn't fall asleep but wow, my body and mind were deeply relaxed. I'm glad you kept the guidance going, it helped me stay in that deep state of relaxation. Namaste 🙏

I have taken a lot of power naps to your voice. Thank you for that! 😊

I has to extend 6 more minutes of napping because my body went to a deep sleep and my cats also came to nap with me ❤️😊😸😹😺😻🐱 (they are 5)

I really enjoyed this and definitely zoned out but didn't fall asleep which was good. Thank you so much for sharing this 🙏🏻