Sleep Affirmations: Healing Our Body, No Ambient Sound

If you prefer ambient sound as you listen to the affirmations, please use the practice of the same name.

Affirmations to listen to as you fall asleep, drawn from my course on food, eating, and our relationship with our bodies.

Most of us carry something around food. Rules we absorbed early, or shame about what we eat and how our body looks. That changes slowly, through kindness, awareness and repetition.

These affirmations settle the body, loosen the rules, meet the inner critic with something gentler, and move toward trust and ease around eating.

Let them wash over you as you drift off. Return often.

Transcript

Allow these affirmations to settle quietly into your mind as you drift into sleep. I am letting my body come to rest. My breath is slowing on its own. I can set my tasks down until morning. I am safe in this moment. My body knows how to soften. I can let the day set itself down. I am allowed to rest. My nervous system is settling. I am here, And here is enough. I release my hold on the day behind me. Safety is the ground I stand on. When I feel safe, My body can digest. I can take my time. I can slow down when I eat. My body works better when I am at ease. Ease is available to me. I let my shoulders drop. I let my belly soften. Breath comes and goes without effort. I am learning what settles me. I am setting down the rules I was handed. Food is not good or bad. I meet myself as I am tonight. My food is mine to have. Tonight, I let numbers be numbers. I am not comparing myself to anyone. I can hold my beliefs more loosely. I can ask whether what I learned is true for me. I can question what I was taught. I am allowed to change my mind. My body carries me through each day. I can feel my feet on the ground. I noticed my body with curiosity. My body is where I live. I can come home to myself. Sensation is information I can use. I can feel hunger and trust it. I can feel fullness and trust it. My body speaks to me and I am learning to listen. I am becoming more at home in my body. Kindness is what helps me change. I am whole. I learned to cope the best way I could. I am whole. There is nothing wrong with me for carrying this. I am not alone in what I carry. Shame belongs to the culture, Not to me. I set down the shame I was given. I can meet myself with kindness instead. I forgive myself for the ways I coped. What I did to survive made sense. I hear the critical voice and I know it is not true. That voice is old. It is not the truth. I can let the critic move into the background. I speak to myself the way I would speak to a friend. My worth is independent of my body size. I let go of defending myself. I can be gentle with myself. Kindness works. I am on my own side. I meet myself with warmth and respect. Control was my way of trying to feel safe. I loosen my grip. I learned to trust myself around food. Wanting comfort is human. I can find comfort in more than one place. I am allowed to want ease. I can let myself be nourished. This food nourishes me. I am allowed to enjoy my food. I experience pleasure in eating. This is being built over a lifetime and can unwind slowly. I have an abundance of time. Change happens through practice. I am moving into more ease. My day is complete. I let myself rest. ♪