EFT For Sleep: When Your Body Can't Relax

Sometimes we're tired but the body can't relax. Stress and tension from the day, or even from a long time ago, can get stuck in the body. This usually affects the mind negatively, and on the loop goes. This session can help your body release pent-up physical, mental, and emotional stress, naturally helping you relax into sleep. No tapping experience needed. Just follow along.

Tapping Instructions
Tap with the hand that feels most natural. Tap on either side of the body. You can stay on one side, alternate, or use both. Tap as hard or as soft as you like, or massage the points.

Signs of Shifts
Yawning, deep breaths, sighing, stretching, tears, laughter, or tiredness.

What to Expect
Some notice big shifts, some notice something in between, and some not much. Sometimes it can take a little time, like the snowflakes in a snow globe settling.

This session can work wonders as part of a pre-sleep ritual. Please note: because this session encourages deep relaxation and sleep, please do not listen while driving or operating heavy machinery.

Thank you for being here.

Transcript

Thank you for being here and welcome to Tapping Into Sleep. I want to sleep. I need to sleep. But my body won't relax. That is what we're going to target today with tapping. You follow me, Say what I say, Tap, Right, Tap. That's all you need to do. Let's start. My body knows how to relax. I've relaxed so many times before. Right now I can't relax. My body is on alert. Like it wants to have control. What is it that I feel not in control of. And is stressing about it. Helping me. Of course it's not. But it's not that easy to just relax. It's not that easy to just let go. And my body won't relax. It needs to stay on alert. And needs to stay on alert. Well, It doesn't have to stay on alert. What it is. And I can't relax. Okay, Take a deep breath in. Breathe out. Notice how you're feeling. Allow your body to settle a little bit if it can Even though my body can't relax. I allow it to. I allow myself to relax. I don't know how. But I choose to allow myself to relax. I choose to soften a little bit Soft my gaze. Soft my need for control. Soften the need for safety. I am safe here and now. I can choose to feel safe here and now. Even though there aren't a lot of things happening. I can still choose to feel good now. Relaxing now will help me deal with everything. I don't have to deal with it now. It's not wise to deal with it now. But it seems to come when it's time to sleep. And I need sleep now. I want to sleep now. I just wish I could sleep now. I wish my body could relax. With only 10% more. 20% more. What if I could? Double the relaxation now. My body won't relax. I'm open to connecting to. The part of me. That knows how to relax deeply. Automatically. Naturally. Safely. But I need to be on alert. I need to control. I need to watch out. I just have to. And when it's time to sleep. That's when the alertness goes online. I'm open to releasing that need. I'm open to stay on alert tomorrow and relax now. Maybe I could relax more now. There's a part of me that have a need to be in control and doesn't feel safe to let go and sleep. I forgive that part of me. I see that part of me. I can give that part of me love. I can cooperate. Can let go. I can relax. Little bit deeper now. A little bit more. I'm open for that. And I can forgive the parts of me that resist relaxing. I can soften a little bit. There's actually no need to fight it. It only makes it worse. So I choose to soften a little bit. Relax a little bit more. Let go a little bit more now. And the need to stay alert, The need to control everything, The need to. . . Plan it all out. They need to think about the details. It's not really a need that I need. Maybe I could let go of that now. If only for tonight. I have to sleep. I need sleep. Stressed about sleep. Open. To drift into sleep. With more calm. In my body. So I choose the soft pin. I don't know how. But I want that. I can choose that. I can open up for that. I invite all parts of me. To go to sleep now. I invite all parts of me. To relax. We'll figure this out. We'll figure things out tomorrow. No worries. We'll do it tomorrow. Right now. Sleep. Is on the top of the list. I choose to allow sleep. I choose to invite sleep in every cell in my body. Sleep is invited. Sleep is invited. Into my cells. Relaxation is invited into my body. Relaxation from the inside out. There's no need to control. Not right now, At least. Tomorrow. Tomorrow I can't control things, Or fight for it, Chase it. Battle for it. Where I can choose to control the things that I can control. I can control myself. My choices and my actions. And right now. . . Relaxation. Peace. Is on the menu. I'll take that. To the deeper zone of Breathe out. Allow yourself to settle more in your body. Good night.