Where The Night Lavishes You Into Sleep

This guided sleep meditation supports the natural transition from wakefulness into rest. Through grounding sensations, slow breath awareness, and poetic reassurance, the body is invited to soften and release the day without effort. The pacing gradually slows, with extended pauses and a gentle fade into silence to support falling asleep naturally. You may drift off before the meditation ends - that is intentional.
This practice is part of a three-part sleep-to-waking meditation series.

Transcript

This is where the night lavishes you.

A guided sleep meditation designed to help your body release the day and settle into rest.

Find a comfortable position where you can remain still.

There's nothing you need to do or change.

Simply allow the guidance and the pauses to support your transition into sleep.

You may drift off before the meditation ends.

That's intentional.

Let's begin.

Welcome.

You have arrived at the edge of the day.

There is nothing left to accomplish.

Nothing you must solve.

Nothing you need to hold together.

Tonight,

You are allowed to be carried.

Feel the weight of yourself being received.

By the bed.

By the room.

By the earth beneath it all.

The earth carries your weight without effort.

It has been doing so for a very long time.

Here,

You are held.

Here,

You are supported.

Here,

You are enough.

Inhale slowly through the nose.

Exhale gently through the mouth.

Longer.

Slower.

Again,

Inhale.

And sigh the breath out.

Each exhale whispers a quiet permission.

You can soften now.

Soften the scalp.

Smooth the brow.

Let the space between the eyes widen.

Let the eyes sink back and rest.

Unclench the jaw.

Shoulders drift away from the ears.

Arms grow heavy.

Hands warm.

Chest softens.

Belly loosens.

Hips sink like warm sand,

Settling.

Thighs relax.

Knees soften.

Calves melt.

Feet grow warm and quiet.

Feel sensation replace thought.

Feel weight replace effort.

Come out of your thoughts and into your body.

Imagine the night wrapping around you like velvet.

Dark,

Soft,

Indulgent.

Stars scattered above like silent witnesses,

Asking nothing of you.

Let yourself be cared for by the night.

I did the best I could today.

What matters will remain.

What does not can wait until morning.

Place the worries of the day gently on the earth beside you.

Tonight,

Rest is an indulgence.

Every breath carries you deeper into stillness,

Deeper into comfort.

Allow my voice to soften,

To drift,

To disappear.