The Mindful Approach To Insomnia - by Jason Cassidy

COURSE

The Mindful Approach To Insomnia

With Jason Cassidy

This is a comprehensive, 10-lesson course on how to get healthy restful sleep, night after night — according to the gold standard, clinical recommendations. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBTI) is the most successful behavioral line of treatment for Insomnia, but most people know nothing of the principles and practices taught in CBTI. Many people will benefit from learning the theories and techniques without having to go through formal therapy, and that's why I created this course. Also in this course, you'll learn many wonderful mindfulness-based exercises, meditations, and theories as well as how to apply them to set yourself up for getting healthy sleep, and stopping insomnia in its tracks.


Meet your Teacher

Jason works in a Sleep Medicine Clinic at The University of California San Diego, he's a certified Mindfulness Teacher, as well as a Lucid Dreaming Teacher. Jason has a robust and niche expertise in the intersection between Sleep and Mental Health. He teaches guided courses in Mindfulness, Lucid Dreaming, and Insomnia.

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10 Days

5.7k students

4.8 stars

20 min / day

Acceptance

English


Lesson 1

Defining Insomnia

Learn the real definition of insomnia and the most significant tool used in behavioral therapy for insomnia -- the sleep diary. In this lesson, you'll learn a simple way to use a sleep diary if you want to get a better sense of your sleep efficiency baseline. Enjoy Lesson 1!

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Lesson 2

Introducing Mindfulness & Healthy Sleep Habits

In this lesson, we begin with a nice relaxing mindful meditation. Next we move onto some clinically recommended healthy sleep habits AKA good sleep hygiene. Enjoy!

Lesson 3

The Three P Model of Insomnia

First we start off with another guided mindful meditation. Next we cover the "3 P Model" of insomnia, laying out what makes people susceptible insomnia, how it develops, and what tends to make it worse. With a better understanding of this model of insomnia, you'll be more prepared to nip it in the bud if you start sleeping poorly or if you already are.

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Lesson 4

Identifying Sleepiness vs Fatigue

Once again, we begin by building up our mindfulness practice with a meditation. Then, for further context, and to enrich your understanding, we move on to the 7 foundations of mindfulness. Finally, we wrap up by identifying the important difference between genuine sleepiness, and the state of fatigue.

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Lesson 5

Sleep Drive & The Body Scan

Today we learn a classic mindful exercise ; the body scan meditation. Then fittingly, we segue into one of the body's main sleep regulators; sleep drive AKA sleep appetite.

Lesson 6

Awareness of Thoughts & Circadian Rhythm

Beginning with this new meditation, you'll learn to cultivate mindful awareness of thoughts, as well as some simple recommendations for what to do with thoughts. Next you'll learn about one of the main biological drivers for sleep -- your circadian rhythm.

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Lesson 7

Mindful Acceptance & Proactive Worrying

We begin with a meditation in which you'll practice the mindful act of acceptance. Learning and practicing acceptance can be relaxing and bring about the peace of mind necessary for getting restful sleep. We also learn a very simple, yet powerful technique for managing concerns, worries, problems, etc.

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Lesson 8

Breathing Space & Sleep Efficiency

Returning to the breathing space meditation, we start off with something familiar. It's useful to practice the same form of meditation a few times so it becomes less effortful and more second-nature. After the meditation, we move on to a term called sleep efficiency which is really the most important 'personal stat' to keep track of if you're concerned about your sleep.

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Lesson 9

Relaxation Techniques & Sleep Consolidation

We skip the mindful meditation for good reasons in this lesson. Instead you'll learn how to override your stress response at the physical level and induce a relaxing state. Then, we cover today's insomnia topic -- sleep consolidation which is, getting one long, uninterrupted block of sleep.

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Lesson 10

Concluding The Course

In this final lesson of the course, we start with one last mindful meditation. Next we cover some of the most important concepts, theories, and techniques covered in this ten day course. We wrap with some advice for how to use your new skillset to manage or prevent insomnia.

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4.8 (116)

Recent Reviews

Matt

May 31, 2025

Lots of good information and a balanced approach. I feel I have the structure and tools I need to improve. Thanks Jason

Jen

May 25, 2025

What a wonderfully practical and life changing course. I’d gone from erratic nights of 2 1/2 hours sleep/ no sleep/ 3 hours sleep to now bed 9.30pm up 5am TIB 7.5 hrs; TST 7.25 hours; 96% consistently. I’m ever so grateful to Jason for the progressive changes and well-being achieved. 👌🏻😇

Terri

January 17, 2025

This was an extremely well written and organized course that did a thoughtful, clear, and outstanding job of laying out several approaches to deal with insomnia. Jason didn't just say "Do this or that." He clearly and concisely explained the why's behind his recommendations and he was very reasonable and flexible in his advice. I found the course helpful and motivating.

Kaisu

November 28, 2024

Good stuff. I need to repeat the course to get a fuller benefit.

Sheila

October 18, 2024

I have done this course twice so far. I wish I could remember more of the content which I know was really useful. I fell asleep every time and stayed asleep around 7 hours. My sleep problems are solved. Thank you so much.

Janice

October 13, 2024

I have been dealing with insomnia for years. I found this course informative and feel the mindful meditation was a plus. I have a much better understanding of insomnia now. I will begin implementing Jason's suggestions & recommendations now that I have completed it. It's good to know he is willing to help individuals when needed! I also found the comments, questions and responses in the forum helpful. Thank you Jason.

Karen

September 13, 2024

Jason is an excellent teacher of mindfulness and CBTI basic principles. I particularly liked his approaches to mindfulness that began every lesson. I appreciated his emphasis on kindness and curiosity and gratitude. As to curing insomnia, the practices will take a longer than a week.

sandy

August 15, 2024

Really informative and great mindfulness meditations.. Thanks

Laura

August 11, 2024

Just what I needed. I love your approach. I'll be going through the course again and again. There is a lot of content to digest. This will be a regular "go to" for me. Thank you Jason!

Karen

June 24, 2024

Good combination of mindfulness techniques and sleep info . Very useful

Alton

June 19, 2024

Excellent! Thank you!

Victoria

June 16, 2024

Learned how much science and biology are important factors in getting good sleep. We think it should b so simple, just go to bed and fall asleep, which rarely seems to work for any of us esp as we get older. Thx for all the practical suggestions we can apply immediately.

Marie

June 4, 2024

Very good with mix of meditation and information.

Anders

May 18, 2024

Inspiring and full of useful exercizes and tips. Clear and gentle guiding with a pace that suited me well. I've listened to some other sleep courses here on IT and I think this one summarized all of them in a good way. 🙏

Cathy

April 16, 2024

I learned a lot from this course. It was very informative and helpful for me, Thank you

Liz

March 2, 2024

This class is so informative and helpful. I plan to listen to all the lessons again. Jason has a wonderful presentation style, calm and very reassuring and positive. His responses in the "classroom" section are really thoughtful and thorough -- reading others' questions and his responses extend the learning. His meditations and breathing exercises are great. I feel very grateful for this course.

Hannah

February 28, 2024

Jason, I cannot thank you enough for this course. For me personally it was a refresher and review of many proven techniques I learned from my CBTI therapist combined with Mindfulness techniques with which I’m familiar. I suffered some trauma which required more than a simple 8-week course of CBTI to help me begin to resolve my sleep issues. I had to interrupt work with my therapist due to financial reasons during the pandemic. I turned to Insight Timer to help my sleep issues and to learn more about meditation. Being able to work on my own with your guidance has shifted and improved my sleep habits very much. In addition to that, since I know what to do and believe in this work, I feel confident to meet the goals I have set for myself using the techniques you reintroduced. Insomniacs, Give this course a try if you are stuck. Not everything is easy or feel-good, however, most methodologies that are effective require some welcome discomfort to learn a new way. And discipline is needed. That being said, the work is temporary and it requires dedicated time and intention. I am so relieved to be on the road to complete recovery from my sleep issues after some really troubling weeks of late. With gratitude and admiration, Hannah

Helen

February 22, 2024

I found the course very informative. Thank you for putting it all together. There was a good balance between mindfulness practice and education.

leia

January 31, 2024

Found this course really helpful and informative. I’ve started to implement some of the techniques and I’m feeling the benefits already. I’m looking forward to having a solid uninterrupted sleep! Thank you for making that possible 🙏🏽💚

👑Barbara🐝

January 18, 2024

Excellent course! Excellent instructor!

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