Fall Asleep Fast: 5 Minute Sleep Meditation

A short voice-led practice to help your body find safety before sleep. Rather than trying to think your way into rest, this meditation works directly with your nervous system, guiding it out of alertness and into stillness. Five minutes, gentle, and made for the moments when your mind is tired but your body hasn't caught up yet.

Transcript

Let yourself. Arrive here. You don't need to do anything with this moment. Except let your body know that the day has finished wherever you're resting. Let your weight go down. Into the surface beneath you. Let it hold you completely. So nothing in your body has to hold itself there's nowhere else to be. Nothing left to respond to. This is the part of the day that belongs only to rest. Take a breath in through your nose. And let the exhale be longer than the inhale. One more like that. Once again in through the nose. And out. Longer and slower. This exhale is a signal to your nervous system that there is no threat here. Nothing to prepare for Let's take that signal further through the body. Bring your attention to your face. Your jaw softened and unclenched. Let your tongue rest heavy in your mouth. Soften the eyebrows suffered. And release any tension in your neck. Bringing relaxation into the shoulders allowing your arms to rest heavy. Relaxing your hands chest. Further down into your belly. Let that heaviness continue down through your hips down through the legs. All the way to your feet. Your whole body from your head. To your toes. Is being given permission. To stop. Holding tension. With your next few breaths let go of anything you've been holding on to Let your breathing get slower still. Relaxing. Unwinding. Allowing any remaining tension to melt away. You are safe. And this is your sign. To drift off into a deep sleep. And peaceful sleep. Whenever you're ready. Let yourself drift even further. Into a peaceful moment. Restorative. And deep sleep.