Breathwork Meditation For Insomnia

A 33-minute soothing breathwork practice mixed with yoga Nidra to use for insomnia. You can use it when you wake up in the middle of the night or to help you fall asleep. This practice combines light inhales through your nose and extended exhales through an open mouth.

Transcript

Hello and welcome to today's breathing practice for insomnia you can use this breathing practice while laying in bed if you wake up in the middle of the night or to help you fall asleep very soft and gentle breathing practice inhales in through the nose and out through the mouth allowing your exhales to be a little bit longer just paying attention to the sounds around you feeling into the support of the surface underneath you letting the sounds around you exist letting your thoughts exist not stopping anything from happening just noticing noticing the rise and fall of your chest as you breathe in and out and maybe starting to deepen your breath seeing if you can send your awareness to your belly as you take a deep breath in and exhale through the mouth another deep breath in really expanding all corners of the abdomen and letting it out really deep breath in to the belly and out through the mouth seeing if you can allow your exhales to be longer deeper next deep breath in really expanding the belly and the ribcage imagine expanding your ribs out to the sides and letting the air out on the next inhale imagine expanding your breath down to all corners of the abdomen all sides of the ribs and even all the way up to the collarbone just finding the pattern that feels right to you slow and soft allowing your toes to relax right toes relax right heel relax right ankle right calf right knee right thigh relax right leg relax right hip relax left toes relax left heel relax left ankle relax left calf relax left knee relax left thigh relax left hip pelvis relax low back soften abdomen relax mid-back soften ribs chest relax upper back softens right shoulder relax right bicep relax right tricep relax right elbow relax right forearm relax right wrist relax right palm right fingers relax left shoulder relax left bicep relax left tricep relax left elbow relax left forearm relax left wrist relax left left palm relax left fingers relax neck throat softens chin relax jaw loosens and relaxes cheekbones relax eyes soften and relax brows relax forehead relax scalp relaxes as you breathe in healing sleep deep and full as you let yourself fall asleep the whole body relaxes as you drift off into restful sleep