Welcome to your Journey to Sleep Meditation.
In just a few minutes,
I'll be guiding you through the misty ribbons of consciousness,
Guiding you across the delicate bridge between wakefulness and sleep,
Guiding you into a wonderfully deep and healing experience of sleep.
And to help take you there,
You can simply listen to the sound of my voice and the words that I say.
And you can allow yourself to relax and take a great big deep breath in now,
All the way in,
And then close your eyes if they aren't already as you breathe out,
Feeling the weight of your eyes gradually getting heavier.
And take one more big breath in,
And when you breathe out,
Just let everything go a little more,
Sinking down further into this pleasant relaxation.
Just breathing easily now with your eyes closed,
Listening to the sound of my voice and my words,
Just drifting deeper into a place with no cares or concerns,
A place outside of time and space,
A place with no walls,
Just a velvety darkness where your imagination lives and it's easy to breathe and to relax,
Going all the way deep into your imagination,
Where you can either imagine or pretend,
And I will suggest ideas to you and you can go wherever your imagination wants to take you.
And I'm going to suggest that you can see a bedroom at night,
Welcoming and safe,
But also magical,
Maybe from somewhere in your memory long ago,
Or in your imagination,
A bedroom that's yours alone,
A bedroom that's private,
A bedroom with a secret closet,
Waiting to lead you on a journey to sleep.
And only pleasant memories are invited,
Imagining or just pretending it's late in the evening,
And a point of light is streaming in through the bedroom window,
Spilling across the floor and the bedspread,
Shedding enough light for you to see a closet door,
And you can imagine you are in the bedroom now,
Beside the closet door.
Just imagining now what it would be like to open the closet door and step inside,
Further into the closet,
Just pretending or imagining,
And at the very back of the closet,
You find another door,
The passage from one place to another,
And you can go through now to the other side of that door,
And discover a staircase of smooth dry stones,
And in dim light,
You see 10 stone stairs leading down,
Stepping down now to 9,
And again to 8.
With each step,
You go deeper and deeper.
7.
Moving down 6.
You continue to understand 5.
How to let go 4.
And as you let go 3.
More and more completely 2.
Almost there,
And 1,
All the way down to the bottom step,
Where there is water nearby in the darkness,
And you can faintly make out a boat,
And you find your way into the boat,
And you might imagine how good it will feel lying down in the boat.
5.
And as you glide away,
There is nothing you need to do,
Nothing to worry about,
Nothing to get in your way,
Drifting and floating through the darkness,
6.
And in the distant darkness,
Comes a tiny stream of light that spills across the water ahead of you.
7.
The light grows gradually brighter,
Pulling you toward it,
Getting brighter and brighter,
And you emerge into a colorful,
Sun-drenched,
Tropical lagoon.
8.
It's warm and welcoming,
And your comfort deepens and spreads,
Like ripples on a pond.
9.
Birds sing and call in the lush palm trees.
10.
You can feel the warm sunshine on your skin,
And hear the contented lapping of the water along your boat.
11.
You can breathe in the clean,
Fresh air,
And a gentle breeze floats across your body.
12.
Your boat drifts to the far shore of white sand.
13.
You get out of the boat and start up a pathway through tall grass,
Climbing up the grassy path,
Higher and higher,
Until you're high above the lagoon,
And the path leads you to a bridge.
The breeze floats through the grass.
14.
You can look out over the vast,
Hazy sky.
15.
Down over the lagoon below,
As you step onto the bridge,
There is a magnificent,
Ancient tree on the other side,
Calling you into sleep,
Welcoming you,
Into the cool,
Breezy shade,
Welcoming you onto the thick,
Pillowy moss,
Cradling you softly as you lie down.
And as you dream,
You will gather healing,
Magical resources.
The shady leaves sway in a comfortable breeze,
Back and forth,
Back and forth,
Back and forth,
And you understand something wonderful is just ahead for you.
And when you wake,
You will understand more.
And now the positive,
Magical energies emerge from far beyond the horizon,
Across the distant sky,
Over the sparkling lagoon,
Up the soft,
Rolling hills,
Floating over your body.
And you will draw from these resources,
Feelings of great contentment and confidence,
Soothing and healing,
Guiding you into sleep,
So gently and naturally.
And you can go there now,
Deep into sleep.
Deeper than before,
Into healing,
Restful sleep.
