Corso di 5 giorni

Quiet The Racing Mind Before Sleep

Di Ananya Iyer

Cosa imparerai

In this course, you’ll learn how to gently quiet a racing mind before sleep without forcing thoughts to stop. Many people notice that the moment the body becomes still, the mind becomes more active - replaying conversations, looping through ideas, and searching for resolution. This course will help you understand why that happens and how to step out of that cycle with ease. Across the sessions, you’ll be guided through simple, effective techniques that calm the nervous system, soften mental activity, and give the mind a steady rhythm it can follow into rest. You’ll learn how to shift attention without effort, release thought loops, and use gentle internal patterns that naturally reduce overthinking. By the end of this course, you’ll have a reliable nightly practice you can return to whenever your mind feels busy—helping you move from mental noise into a quieter, more restful state where sleep can arrive naturally.

Ananya Iyer

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Ananya is a yoga teacher trained in traditional practices from Kerala, India, with a focus on Yoga Nidra, breathwork, and nervous system regulation. With a background in psychology-informed approaches to rest and sleep, she combines simple, practical techniques with a calm, grounded teaching style. Her work centres on helping people move out...

Lezione 1

Why The Mind Becomes Loud At Night

This lesson explores why the mind often becomes more active at night and helps you understand that this is a natural process, not a problem to fix. You’ll learn how the brain shifts from outward focus during the day to internal processing at night, and why trying to stop thoughts can create more tension. Through gentle awareness and breath, this session introduces a simple approach to allow thoughts to soften naturally, helping the mind settle and prepare for sleep.

Lezione 2

Breaking The Thought Loop

In this session, you’ll explore why thoughts tend to repeat at night and how these loops form when the mind tries to resolve unfinished experiences. Instead of trying to stop thinking, you’ll learn a simple and effective method to step out of the loop by gently shifting your attention. Through breath awareness and light mental labeling, this practice helps reduce the intensity of repetitive thoughts and guides the mind toward a calmer, more restful state.

Lezione 3

Calming The Mind Through The Body

In this session, you’ll learn how calming the body can naturally quiet the mind. Instead of trying to manage thoughts directly, you’ll be guided through a simple breathing pattern that helps release tension and signal safety to the nervous system. As the body begins to soften and settle, mental activity gently slows on its own - making it easier to move into a relaxed, sleep-ready state without effort.

Lezione 4

The Quiet Mind Mantra

In this session, you’ll learn how giving the mind a gentle rhythm can naturally quiet mental activity. Using a simple phrase synced with the breath, you’ll guide the mind away from searching and into a calm, steady pattern. This practice helps create space between thoughts, soften mental engagement, and support a smooth transition into rest - without effort or control.

Lezione 5

Entering The Quiet Mind State

In this session, you’ll bring together everything you’ve learned into one simple, calming practice for sleep. By combining body relaxation, gentle breath awareness, and a soft mental rhythm, you’ll create the ideal conditions for both the body and mind to settle naturally. This guided experience helps you move from an active state into quiet rest, allowing sleep to arise effortlessly without force or control.

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