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Restorative Sleep

by Fred Wood

Rated
4.7
Type
guided
Activity
Meditation
Suitable for
Everyone
Plays
59.5k

Restorative Sleep is designed to help you sleep tonight, and to heal whatever needs healing. Drift down a lazy river into a pool of light and experience the benefits of a deep, restorative sleep tonight, and for the nights ahead. You deserve to have a good night's sleep. Sweet dreams.

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Transcript

This is Canada Meditates advanced guided meditation restorative sleep.

There are so many other meditations available today.

I appreciate you choosing this one.

Thanks.

My hope is to give you an experience that not only helps you to sleep now,

But will also help you to heal and find a deep,

Restful,

And restorative sleep in the nights ahead.

You can begin to relax your body by making yourself really comfortable now.

You may already know that communication between your cognitive and physical systems in your mind and body work equally well in both directions.

Which means you can influence your mind slowing down by slowing down your body.

Let's try it now.

Take a great,

Big,

Satisfying,

Deep breath in.

Hold it just for a moment.

And then really relax your body as you breathe out.

Again,

Take a long,

Big,

Deep breath in,

Feeling your back and ribs expand.

Hold for a moment and slowly let the breath out.

Both your mind and body understand that you are inviting and allowing yourself to relax.

As you continue to breathe fully,

Deeply into your belly,

And slowly out,

You might notice your arms and legs responding to the deeper breathing,

Or the beautiful feeling of letting go when you exhale.

Letting go of tension in your neck and shoulders.

Letting go of tension and stress around your eyes and jaw.

And as you close your eyes,

Letting your tongue relax and just rest in the bottom of your mouth.

Continue to breathe easily and comfortably now.

Listening to the sound of your breathing,

Soothing and familiar.

Noticing the sounds in the room.

The sound of my voice.

The position of your hands.

Feeling growing contentment or easiness.

Imagine for a moment as you relax into this experience that you are drifting down a pleasant and peaceful river.

Drifting effortlessly above the surface like a leaf.

Easily gliding past the shoreline.

Lazily drifting along.

The further you go,

The more comfortable you become.

The more relaxed you become.

The more at ease you become.

As you continue to drift along,

Breathing easily and comfortably.

Imagine the soft and gentle river banks passing by.

Imagine the fresh,

Clean air and the grassy shore.

Simply passing by as you float down the river.

There is nothing for you to do.

Nothing bothers you.

Nothing disturbs you.

Nothing gets in your way.

Drifting deeper down,

You may look up and see the trees stretching up to the sky as you pass slowly beneath them.

Opening up to an experience of letting go and just drifting easily.

More connected to the experience of just breathing in the moment.

More connected to the sensation of drifting along in the moment.

Soon,

You will begin a magical healing experience where your mind and body will know just what to do.

All you have to do is allow it to happen.

Imagine now as you approach the end of the river.

Evening has fallen.

The mouth of the river empties into a pool of light with light beams coming up from deep in the bottom of the pool.

You glide easily,

Effortlessly toward the center of the pool.

Take your time.

Floating easily and effortlessly,

Resting safely beneath the starry sky.

There you can breathe easily.

And from somewhere far below,

The soft white light rises up and bathes the top of your head.

Warming your neck,

Your back and shoulders.

There is a magical healing power just being aware of this experience.

As the light reaches every part of you now,

You can feel yourself drifting down into the soft white light,

Breathing even more easily now as you sink deeper into this experience,

Just letting it happen.

With the energy of light growing even stronger,

Spreading into every cell in your body,

Into your heart and lungs,

Into your organs and abdomen,

Down to your legs,

And up and out to your arms.

Bringing deep healing,

Restoring in a way that's just right for you.

The light energy cradles you,

Sparkling all around.

You begin to sparkle with the light,

Going all the way down to the deepest level of healing,

Through the center of the light,

Into the healing energy.

Letting go of anything holding you back,

Allowing it to dissolve into the light,

With the entire experience sparkling with love and light and life.

The further you begin to drift,

The deeper into sleep you will go.

You can drift away into sleep now,

Better able to find sleep each night and find pleasure and joy every day of your life.

Letting go of anything holding you back,

Allowing it to dissolve into the light,

You

Meet your Teacher

Fred WoodPeterborough, ON, Canada

4.7 (1 253)

Recent Reviews

Jode

April 25, 2024

Easily drifted off. Used the technique 5 hours later to return to sleep. Very effective.

Jill

August 1, 2023

I woke up 3 hours after the recording ended! Wonderful πŸ€—πŸ’š

Heather

November 5, 2022

No sudden changes in volume or intonation. The sparse gentle music is perfectly placed and doesn’t distract. And then there is his magical soothing voice that guides you to complete relaxation. Wonderful! My back pain eased up immediately. Thank you so much!

Amber

November 2, 2022

So very relaxing. One of the best all encompassing meditation. My mind & body give many thanks. Many blessingsπŸ’•πŸ‘

Linda

October 18, 2022

Thank you πŸ™ for a very relaxing meditation. I had a very deep sleep. πŸ˜ƒπŸ’–πŸ’–πŸ’–πŸ’–

Katie

May 15, 2022

Beautiful πŸ’œ

Lily

February 25, 2022

Amaizing thanks! Some music for 10 minutes after the relaxation will be nice to sleepπŸ‘

Tom

October 20, 2021

Fantastic! The voice, the words, the pace, all of it oozes calmness and relaxation. I’ll listen to it midday sometime just to know how it ends.

Sandy

October 19, 2021

Soothing voice and comforting words. Thank you.

Monica

August 18, 2021

Wow, so lovely, thank you,

Abi

August 4, 2021

Perfect 😌

Coral

March 15, 2021

Fell asleep and didn’t realise it had ended until I awoke πŸ˜†

Cynthia

March 7, 2021

Absolutely loved this healing meditation I felt the light penetrating into areas that needed healing Amazing visual and tactile healing I plan to use this one again and again! Thanks so much πŸ’•βœ¨πŸ’«

Silvina

March 6, 2021

Beautiful thank you!

Bronya

March 6, 2021

Your voice is amazing! I will listen to this again because I went to sleep! Which is what is supposed to happen!! Thank you! I also like another one of your meditations! I will listen to all of them!!πŸ™πŸ’€πŸ’€πŸ’€πŸ’€πŸ’€πŸ’€πŸ’€β€οΈβ—οΈβ—οΈβ—οΈβ—οΈπŸŒΈ

Alix

February 16, 2021

You have one of the most amazing voices on this planet Earth. Thank you.

Jennifer

January 13, 2021

Sublime. Very soothing and relaxing. Thank you! πŸ™πŸ»

Krista

January 12, 2021

Very soothing, thanks very much:)

Lee

January 8, 2021

Helped me fall back asleep 😴 in the night when I woke with an anxiety dream. Many thanks and many Blessings πŸ•ŠπŸŒˆ

victoria

January 8, 2021

This was an AMAZING meditation- so soothing, grounding and healing.

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