Awake At 3AM Again? 4 Hours To Fall Back Asleep
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Awake At 3AM Again? 4 Hours To Fall Back Asleep

by Shan - Darma Studio

Type
talks
Activity
Meditation
Suitable for
Everyone

For the nights your body has been working too hard to stop — holding on, staying alert, when all you want is to rest. This is less a meditation than a nervous system reset, working directly with the vagus nerve, the body's own pathway out of stress and into stillness, through breath, through touch, through the body's own intelligence. Shan speaks honestly at the start about the hardest season of his life, when sleep felt like something that happened to other people, and why he makes these. Then it softens into a long, slow sweep through the body, one part at a time, nothing to fix, only the light of awareness resting there, the day let go of like a piece of clothing dropped to the floor, and one phrase returned to again and again: it is safe to rest. Four and a half hours long, so it carries you through to morning without needing to be restarted. Headphones make it more immersive.

Body ScanDo NothingSleepRelaxationNervous SystemBreathingBody AwarenessSankalpaDeep RestVagus Nerve StimulationNervous System ResetSankalpa IntentionParasympathetic Nervous SystemSoothing Touch

Meet your Teacher

Shan - Darma Studio

Haleiwa, HI, USA

Meet your Teacher

Shan - Darma Studio

Haleiwa, HI, USA