One Autumn Night

Get some well-deserved sleep with this relaxing Autumn-themed Meditation. It's all about releasing what you need not and eventually falling into a restful deep sleep. Like the trees release their leaves in autumn, you too shed your own metaphorical leaves as you sleep.

Transcript

As the seasons change throughout the year,

So too do the needs of your mind and body.

Even states of awareness and release can be observed in a 24 hour period.

In this particular moment and the next few hours,

You will slow down any thoughts and let go of any tight or tense muscular activity to sleep peacefully in a warmth of comfort.

Autumn is about change,

From vibrant colours,

Sunshine and the blue skies of summer to a minimalist landscape of golden hues.

Placing your body in a position that you personally find comfortable,

Visualise the words that you hear as best you can.

As you listen along,

Feel the slowing down of each and every breath and the warm subtle relaxation that begins to develop in your muscles.

It may be unsettled outside,

Where the wind blows,

Where rain showers are intermittent and fog covers a once familiar land,

But you are safe and dry,

Warm in a more silent space.

As you lie there warm in your nest,

Begin to let go of your day,

Like the trees of autumn shedding their leaves.

Here in this moment,

You are doing the same.

It is now time to let go of your day by releasing your own leaves.

Looking at the top of your head,

Sense any thoughts,

Feelings,

Emotions and tension departing your body.

Feel any likeness to the busyness of the rustic leaves on the autumnal trees separate from your mind and body.

The leaves only fall now because of the change in environment.

For the trees to regrow new leaves,

They have to adapt,

Hibernate and replenish themselves.

Pale,

Unclear thoughts,

Colourless worries and brittle perceptions are taken with the wind of each of your calming breaths.

Any lines on your forehead now uncompressed,

Smooth with the clearing of your mind.

Any deliberation now comes to a close for today.

Your eyes begin to feel more gentle.

Each eyelid settling heavy from letting go.

As each breath continues to blow the leaves of this soon to be yesterday away,

Your breathing pattern begins the hibernation process.

Your cheeks,

Mouth and jaw now feel unoccupied of having to hold onto any of the leaves,

Allowing them to silently float away from you.

Each muscle in your face now relaxed.

Now able to fully sense the freedom of less obtrusive distractions.

Your thoughts now,

Unattached from anything but the warmth and tranquility of drifting pleasantly further.

As you breathe down on every exhalation,

The metaphorical leaves on your neck swish and swoop into the slipstream of your breath and away.

The muscles in your neck now unrestricted in how much you can relax them.

Your head slowly bounds deeply into your pillow as you ease silently into a peaceful slumber.

Your head becoming very heavy with the strong feeling of release that you sense.

Your eyelids closing like the shorter days of autumn.

Like the winds of change that can no longer be resisted,

Your shoulders loosen and splay out in pure comfort.

Each breeze of your calm breath clears away the leaves on the tops of your arms which rustle away through the foggy landscape of unawareness that you now sense.

See in your mind and sense with your body,

Each individual leaf falling away as you scan down your arms,

Wrists,

Hands and fingers.

A soft lethargic sensation in your arms gives your wrists every reason now to let go.

As every muscle in your arms forgo any tension,

Your wrists liberate each hand and finger down,

Into a descent of quietude,

A silent state of heaviness.

Now breathing deeper and lengthier breaths,

Your awareness fades further.

The hypnotic sound of each breath softening the atmosphere in and around your body.

On each breath out,

Your chest descends and you sense the symbolic leaves drift distant with the gentle rush of every exhalation.

Your rib cage now wider,

Allowing your chest to willingly accept every longer,

Sleepier inhalation.

As the season of autumn continues on this night,

The leaves fall much easier as you bring your awareness to your abdomen and hips.

With your mind setting sail for sleep,

In the sometimes unconscious awareness you now experience,

You unburden your abdomen just by sensing a departing of any last remaining tension.

As the leaves sweep away from your hips,

Your legs lower,

Aligning your spine into relief.

Breathing further into that hibernation state,

Your mind beginning to sleep.

Your legs now releasing every tense muscle,

Unlocking your knees to accommodate your shins and calves with as much rest as they need.

Now free,

Your ankles slowly position your feet down safely into the warmth that they now feel.

With the last remaining leaves floating away from your toes,

The bare freedom to sense comfort once again retires them for the night.

Like an autumn night,

Your mind becomes silent,

Deeply hibernating in the satisfying darkened sky of this season.

As you transcend into sleep,

The beautiful darkness behind your gently closed eyelids entices your mind without declination.

Each breath sending you deeper into that pleasing twilight of awareness.

Much like the autumn equinox,

Where the length of the days and nights are equal,

Eventually drifting into the latter.

Your mind and body find balance in this moment,

In a peaceful and harmonious equilibrium of comfort.

As you flow towards your deep sleep place for tonight,

The balance shifts towards unawareness and the reassurance of a good night's rest.

With emotions,

Feelings and mood balancing out,

Your mind travels down further to your safe place and your body consumes the warmth of settlement.

Detaching now from all conscious thoughts,

Your mind is shown a sleepier way of thinking.

Dream is about seeking comfort from the changeable environment.

Find your cosy dreams through the darkness of your eyelids.

Feeling the warmth of your own body and the bed you relax down into,

Allow that radiating invisible glow of heat to lull you further into sleep.

As the warmth deepens through your muscles,

Sense them loosen more and more,

Every joint in your body relaxing effortlessly.

In letting go of today,

You feel your mind and body replenishing whilst retreating to take a break.

Whilst retreating,

All sounds begin to be distant as your awareness drifts.

The very short moments before sleep is when reconnection to your true self emerges.

There is no ego,

No over thinking nor negativity.

Letting go of everything is what sleep and autumn have in common.

If you feel that there are still leaves that need to be shed,

Then allow them to float away now.

As you let go a little more,

Sense their departure.

Like the changing temperature of this season that you find yourself deeply immersed in,

The need for more layers,

The need for more layers to stay warm helps to keep comfort nearby.

As your head sinks deeper into your pillow,

You find another layer of sleep filled thought.

Follow it down,

Relaxing all the way,

Losing awareness freely.

Behind your closed eyelids,

You see a single golden leaf.

It descends down in front and with you.

As you visionise this leaf,

The distance between it and you shortens until you are lying on top of it.

Simply gliding downwards towards your place of sleep,

You go.

Everything is silent,

Tranquil and peaceful.

Down below you observe a rich golden coloured forest with trees far and wide.

You can also see the bare trees through the autumnal fog.

Simply floating down,

You reach a leaf filled path in between the trees.

The soft golden palette before you looks enchanting,

From yellows to oranges,

From reds to the dark bark statues dotted around.

Taking a gentle walk through the forest,

The leaves underneath your feet rustle a crisp footstep.

Your breath can be seen as you exhale,

Spouting a plume with each breath out.

As you look into the air,

You see the miniscule water droplets of fog drifting past.

Covered with thick clothes,

You are warm,

Snugly wrapped up safely to enjoy this unobtrusive landscape.

The cool air is easy to breathe,

Clearing your mind with the space of this wondrous location.

Clearing your mind with the space of this wondrous location.

Your shoulders are completely down now as you venture in your own time to explore.

Low lying fog covers the ground in the fields off in the distance,

Where you see the silhouettes of horses meandering around.

Birds are nowhere to be seen in the bare trees above,

The branches stripped of every leaf.

Free squirrels are seen scurrying around,

Searching for reserves in anticipation of the winter to come.

With the anticipation of winter coming,

You are filled with a sense of letting go,

But also of observing what you cherish.

It's during autumn,

The season of change,

That realisations are observed and taking moments to just be present are important.

This time on your own to explore your own progression is a contemplative one,

As if you were watching from a distance.

In this moment you feel free,

Undistracted from any other thought processes and completely at peace.

Looking through this silent forest brings you closer to yourself.

You begin to look on at the simple but meaningful surroundings and take in appreciation.

Not only is the clothing you wear keeping you warm,

Your heart now becomes warm from the self love you feel for yourself.

This place could be somewhere or nowhere,

But is here to help you reconnect.

Each breath soothing your every muscle as you continue to walk along this golden path.

With self appreciation and peace inside,

Each footstep takes no effort at all.

Feeling your body becoming lighter,

You relax some more.

Ahead you see a tree with a door embedded in its bark.

Curiously you walk towards it.

The crisp footsteps up to the door clear your mind further as your curiosity gathers.

When reaching the door,

You see that the words please come in are inscribed on a wooden sign.

Opening the door you walk through and into the hollow tree.

Closing the door behind you,

It becomes silent and warmth can once again be felt.

In front of you is a staircase with lanterns lighting the way down.

You see another sign with the words,

This way to sleep.

Agreeably you take your first step downwards and continue your descent.

The stairs curve around in a circle,

The lanterns getting dimmer the lower you go and as you continue to take each relaxing step down the stairs,

You begin to find your dream for tonight.

Each breath deepening and your body completely relaxed,

You carry on descending into sleep.

As you follow this new path,

With each step you feel sleepier.

Onwards you go.

At the bottom of this staircase is your dream for tonight.

Stay more into your place of sleep,

You relax with the knowing that you will get a good night's rest.

As you cross the boundary of awareness and into sleep,

Your every breath becomes deeper and longer,

Freeing your chest to a looseness.

Every part of you becoming softer the deeper you go,

Your mind now clear,

Your body as relaxed as can be.

As your subconscious mind and inner self dream,

Your body sinks further into comfort.

First your face muscles loosen to a drooping limpness as your mind detaches and disconnects from awareness.

Automatically declining any desire to interact,

Your neck allows your head to descend deeply by completely letting go.

Your shoulders smooth out,

Melting downwards on each deepening breath and the tops of your arms sense a soothing of relief.

Heavier and heavier,

Your arms weigh into the soft surface you lie upon.

Both wrists weightily slacken your hands like anchors,

Your fingers now loose and free.

As your abdomen flattens out,

Dispersing the last of any remaining awareness,

Your lower back slumps into peace.

With the silence in your mind of the perfect tranquil dream for tonight,

Your legs lower down,

Unlocking your ankles.

Deeply comfortable and drifting out,

Your feet gently lean to a resting position indicated by your toes where you instantly let go.

Drifting and floating deeper,

You think no more,

You move no more.

Using up all the freedom of space in your thoughts,

You see your dream as a star in your minds eye.

Floating and drifting towards it,

Silently and peacefully,

You make your way to the deepest and most pleasant sleep you will sleep.

Travelling through a space of darkness that you are aware of behind your eyelids,

You relax unconditionally.

As you get closer to your dream,

The warmth of self love that you feel for yourself radiates around your heart area.

That warmth brings the deepest relaxed sensations throughout each muscle in your body,

Lowering down softly now and further into your dream and without another thought,

You let go completely.

Using your dream,

My voice begins to fade away,

Leaving you with your own positive images to see.

You are warm,

Safe and on your way to a place that will rejuvenate every part of you.

Your eyes feel no need to do anything else but stay closed.

Your body need not move and your mind becomes the destination for tonight.

Down deeper you go,

Relaxing,

Drifting and floating further,

Having no inclination to do anything else,

You just relax and just let go.

Reviews

Thank you!

I really enjoy your approach to these recordings. Very unique with the perfect voice for inducing relaxation. I think my favorite one is the maze of sleep but this one was great!

Thank you

Very calming and sleep indusive,awoke rested.

Lovely. Reminded me of autumn nights here in Vermont… I fell asleep.

What a treat! Rainy background, a very soothing deep voice and a beautiful autumnal theme. I loved it. Thanks heaps Christian!

Splendid! Thanks your steady voice and endlessly inventive story telling never fall to send me to sleep.

I do this almost every night in the fall. Knocks me right out. I love his seasonal offerings.

Thank you for another beautiful and calming sleep story, although I never make it to the end before I am asleep.

One of these days, I will listen to your sleep stories while ironing or going for a walk, just to find out how they end :-)

Love it. Thank you

I really enjoyed this meditation. I usually have difficulty falling asleep, however, your soothing voice, calming words and the lovely rain helped me drift off beautifully. Many thanks. 🌻🙏

I listen to this every night. It’s so calming and love the background sound of the rain. It makes you feel so cosy and safe. Thank you

Thank you Christian for putting in all the efforts to make Meditating so enjoyable .
Namaste
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Lovely soothing voice

I’ve never been able to reach the end before falling asleep. Thank you so much!

Very comforting very restful thank you Namaste 🙏🏻

Loved this so much!! Perfect for this time of year, when all you want to do is hibernate. Thank you. 😁

Good sleep meditation. I have not heard the end yet. Thank you!❤