Let everything go.
As you feel the weight of the day disappear into the night.
You are listening to ALWAYS OK.
A sleep meditation.
That will help every part of your being.
Feel safer and comforted.
So you may slip into a deep sleep.
As you begin to settle.
Drift into that delicate airy space between wakefulness and slumber.
Where the edges of the day begin to soften.
As the quiet of the night is yours to mull.
This beautiful bridge offers a soothing shift before you fall into a deep,
Healing sleep.
And tonight,
There is one simple thought.
That you may carry with you as you cross that bridge.
You are always okay.
These words may take some time to settle.
To be truly felt.
Even in the deepest hidden compartments of doubt.
But trust the process.
For the promise of peace it may bring,
And the sleep you so very much deserve will soon be found.
It's time to dream away.
Welcome to Michelle's Meditation Sanctuary.
I am Michelle and tonight I am your Keeper of Peace,
Gently guiding you toward a deepened sense of safety and comfort.
Allow my voice to echo into the night.
As the voice of a trusted friend and ally.
Reminding you.
That there is a sanctuary within you.
That you can return to whenever life becomes too loud.
A sanctuary of your room.
And a sanctuary of your mind.
A place where your nervous system.
Can begin to understand.
That it is safe to stand down.
Safe to soften.
Save to let the constant activity of vigilance to become quiet.
And as you begin to consider the idea.
The soothing salve for an over-anxious mind.
Always okay.
You may define what this means for you.
Always okay.
Doesn't mean everything plays out in the ideal way.
The way you think it should.
Always okay.
Means letting go of the shoulds.
And could-haves.
Supposed to be.
Always okay.
It doesn't mean every day goes as planned.
Where every chapter ends the way you hoped.
Or every uncertainty resolves itself neatly before you can rest.
Being always okay.
Is something that runs as deep as the roots of an ancient tree.
It aligns in your core.
It protects your peace.
It is the knowing that whatever this moment contains.
You can return home to yourself within it.
You can breathe here.
You can soften here.
Can find your footing here.
You can celebrate the one person.
Who has been here for every breath.
You there is a profound peace in discovering.
But you don't have to know exactly what happens next.
To know that you are okay now.
Choosing to be always okay.
Becomes a delightful power down cue.
Don't let it be the switch.
Turns off the power that rattles your nerves.
Power that has kept you alert.
That has kept you anticipating.
And preparing for what might happen next.
It's easy to feel out of control.
When your mind is constantly searching for the next thing to solve.
Understand.
Prevent.
But for now.
.
.
You can give that beautiful overworked mind another message.
It's okay.
You're okay.
You are safe.
You are protected.
And you deserve all the comfort and serenity.
This night can bring.
There are moments,
Perhaps.
.
.
When your mind believed it needed to stay one step ahead.
But there's no rays right now.
You can just float on each breath instead.
You can expand as you inhale.
Claim all the healing space in the sanctuary you desire.
And then let it all go with a sigh.
Simply deciding.
Enough has played out in your mind.
There's nothing to prepare.
Or over prepare for.
There's just a sleepy person.
And a relaxed breath.
Navigating the lovely celebration of making it through another day.
There's just the delightful calm down.
With coziness.
In the soft embrace of your blanket or your arms wrapped around your body.
Self-soothing.
All tension unravels.
Releasing it.
So it spills into a night sky.
Like a loose spool of thread.
Watching as all these concerns and worries slip away.
Taking flight in the moonlight.
Making you feel light inside.
Bringing relief.
Reminding you.
That you are always okay.
These words are another kind of protection.
Of radically accepting.
All that is right now.
So you may let go.
So you.
May dim down the switch.
That has kept you up.
Little by little.
As though the lights inside your mind.
Are being turned down for the night.
The thoughts may still pass through.
As thoughts are known to do.
You don't have to give each one.
The full brightness of your attention.
Your attention is your power.
And things grow in the light of it.
Take a deep breath in.
.
.
Feeling the cool air arriving in your nose.
And moving into your lungs.
Let it expand you gently from within.
And as you exhale.
.
.
A doubt a long audible sigh.
Allowing the breath to carry with it.
Some of the holding.
You may not have even realized.
You are doing.
Perhaps another breath comes.
And another sigh leaves.
And with each one.
You can quietly remind yourself.
You are always okay.
Feel the support beneath you now.
Your bed.
Your pillows.
The walls that protect you.
Something beautiful.
About allowing yourself to be supported.
Without having to think about.
How the support is happening.
The mattress simply holds you.
The pillow receives the weight of your head.
The blankets rest over you.
Surrounding you.
With warmth and security.
And beneath the sanctuary of your room.
Is the Earth.
Steady and enduring.
Holding everything above it.
Allow your body to become heavier into this support.
Feel your shoulders sinking down from your ears.
Your arms becoming heavy and still.
Your legs settling.
No longer needing to carry you.
Maybe your hands rest by your sides.
As delicate as if floating in water.
Or maybe you bring them toward yourself.
Wrapping your arms around a pillow.
Feeling the gentle pressure.
Of your own embrace.
There's no right way to rest.
There's only the way your body finds.
Its way toward comfort tonight.
No night or moment.
Is ever the same.
It's always okay.
In a different way.
That should become more subtle.
Notice the difference between what is happening right now and everything that stirs in your mind.
They may be two uniquely different experiences.
Just lean into being here right now.
Right now,
You are breathing.
The breath of someone quite tired.
Right now,
You are in a safe place.
In this quiet pocket of the night.
Enjoy it now.
You are okay.
And being okay.
Doesn't mean everything has to be perfect.
Or that you approve of everything that has happened.
Or that you would have chosen.
Every twist and turn of your life.
Means that you find a sense of peace surrendering.
Saying I am always okay.
It doesn't mean.
There isn't uncertainty.
Disappointment or change.
Or discomfort.
Or anything else that makes being human.
So remarkably complicated and rich.
Full of stories and journeys unmatched.
Being okay just means.
Can stop asking this moment.
Become something other than what it is.
You allow yourself to surrender.
And breathe inside it.
Feel the softening.
The openness.
Welcome the quiet willingness.
To meet reality.
And your perceptions of reality.
Where you find them.
Without spending all of your energy.
Fighting the fat.
Of their presence.
Maybe this is where radical acceptance comes in.
Begins to feel less like giving something up.
And more like putting something heavy down.
It can be so tiring to carry it all.
Notice the lightness that comes.
As you say,
Always okay.
Sense the glimmers.
Travel through your body.
As you surrender.
Illuminating parts of you,
Holding on to tight.
Safeguarding tension.
That doesn't serve you.
Simply allowing this to flow.
From the top of your head.
Down your neck and spine,
Your arms and legs.
Your fingers and toes.
Surrendering thoughts and judgments.
Pressure.
You welcome the choice.
Of always okay.
The peace it brings.
Is worth the radical acceptance of it all.
But there is another piece of this.
That matters so much.
Accepting what is.
It doesn't mean deciding what will be.
Not one way.
Are what feels like being stuck.
In the only way.
There are a million ways.
It can all still go.
The more at ease you become.
The easier it is.
To envision possibilities.
That a stressed mind cannot see.
Dreams reveal.
What life can bring.
Possibilities are still moving.
Beyond the hazy edge.
Of what you can see.
The story is still being written.
The seasons are still turning.
Life is still capable.
Of pleasantly surprising you.
Always okay.
Means that there are always possibilities.
Worry spring worries One thought invites another.
And another.
And another.
Until the mind begins to feel like a room.
For every life.
Has been left on.
But surrender brings sleep.
Surrender is a choice.
And the easy letting go.
And drifting on the tide.
Of each breath.
If ever there is a time to surrender.
Snow.
It's bedtime.
In the open air space.
Between awaking life.
And sleeping life.
And now,
As you drift deeper.
.
.
Into this quiet haven.
Allow your imagination.
Carry you somewhere.
That embodies this feeling.
Has your body.
Does not need to know.
With every beautiful detail around you.
Is physically happening right now.
When you imagine warmth.
Your body can feel warm.
When you imagine being held.
You can feel the comfort of being healthy.
When you imagine yourself somewhere peaceful.
Something inside you.
Can begin to respond to that peace.
So why not choose the dream?
Why not give yourself the version that feels good?
You don't have to wait.
For the perfect circumstances.
To experience a little beauty.
You don't have to wait for everything to be resolved.
Before you allow yourself to feel safe.
Comfort it.
Spacious or free.
For these next few moments.
Your imagination is yours to shape.
No decisions to be made.
A simple,
Special place.
Reveals itself in its own way.
Perhaps you are arriving along a path.
Or maybe you are already there.
Could be somewhere in nature.
You're somewhere enclosed and familiar.
Some unnamed place.
Your imagination brings to life.
Without effort.
Receive whatever comes to be.
Take in the feeling of the landscape before you.
Colors.
The way the light appears.
Sense the way.
Everything feels just right here.
As if things have always been okay.
A sigh cascades out of your mouth.
Releasing the weight of the world.
And all that is behind you.
And as you inhale,
Welcome the scent of this space.
And all its soothing notes.
Sense of smell.
Powerfully connects you to memories.
To make you feel cozy and safe.
And feel how the air meets your skin.
Giving you a sense where you belong here.
Temperature is ideal for you.
To the air in this space.
Moves freely.
In its own way.
The natural sounds.
Simple and reassuring.
And live in the sense.
That you are in a safe place.
Place you may stay.
A place you may curiously explore.
A place where you may always go.
When you yearn to remember.
What it feels like.
To be always okay.
And perhaps tonight.
You are in your own divine company.
Discovering how deeply comforting it can be just to simply be with yourself.
And maybe you feel the quiet presence of love surrounding you.
Reminding you.
That you are never alone on this journey.
Simply enjoy the feeling.
Being accompanied.
As you wander through.
This beautiful dreamscape.
This place belongs to you.
You can change any detail.
At any time.
A dreamscape.
It feels so real.
It becomes real.
And here You feel grounded yet light.
Protected.
To open hearted.
Able to feel all the contrasts.
And find an ideal balance for you.
A sense of comfort.
Brings the heady waves of sleep.
Easy.
And gentle.
And as you find a cozy place to lie down.
To let go of it all.
And find a little rest.
Your sense of being reminds you.
Of something profound.
This is what okay can feel like.
Choosing to be always okay.
Can bring you back to this place.
For restoration and peace.
A place for gentle movements.
Very easy transitions.
For radical acceptance.
For letting go.
A place where dreams unwind.
With more possibilities.
Than a worried mind.
Could ever envision.
And for now,
You simply rest.
Sinking into the support.
Of your ideal place to sleep.
There is a wisdom.
In allowing life to unfold.
There is freedom in choosing.
Always okay.
You can have hopes.
Choosing always okay frees up your energy to daydream.
To love deeply and care deeply.
To surrender the illusion.
You must control every outcome.
In order to be safe.
Because here you are safe,
Without vigilance.
You can go off duty.
Now from this beautiful place.
Allow yourself to remember something your mind may sometimes forget.
You have survived.
And even with all the thoughts.
That once told you it wasn't going to be okay.
All those moments.
When you wondered how you would get through something.
How you would handle it.
Whether you would ever feel like yourself again.
And yet here you are.
You have survived every moment.
To be here.
To arrive always okay.
On the other side of each challenge.
On the other side.
Of yet another day.
In the sanctuary.
You find your way back to yourself.
Back to your essence.
Beneath it all.
Choosing peace.
Choosing to honor you.
Choosing quiet.
Choosing to be okay.
Always okay.
And each time you choose to be always okay.
Find your body.
Becomes a little more familiar.
With the pathway home to you.
Feeling better.
To feeling safe.
And in the place of always okay.
The night arrives with its deep,
Soothing shades of blue.
Twinkling stars of hope.
You bask in its cool blue cast.
Feeling calm.
And ready to let go of this day.
And as you drift deeper into this feeling,
You may become ready.
To let my voice fade softly into the background.
As sleep begins to take it from here.
Allow your sanctuary to hold you.
To help you find your roots.
To help you find fluidity.
To help you find a sense of ease and balance.
Of grace.
And gratitude.
Feel the earth beneath you.
Feel the air around you.
Feel everything conspiring.
To support you.
And let your healing place.
Become less vivid now.
Allowing the feeling to remain.
Always okay.
Gentle tug of sleep.
Arrive slow and steady now.
Bringing you into its healing pool.
You've done enough.
You are enough.
And now you deserve sleep.
Your mind moves slower now.
Matching the energy.
Of the sleepy waves.
As every cell.
One by one.
Finds rest.
Like lights disappearing one by one.
In a sleepy village.
Every thought goes to bed.
Every cell finds sleep.
And whenever you need to find your way back.
You know the cue.
Always okay.
You can always choose okay.
But for now.
.
.
Let yourself drift.
Deeper and deeper.
Into the restorative night of sleep.
Let your body become heavy.
The support beneath you.
Let your thoughts become soft around the edges.
Dissolving into the dreamy space.
Between wakefulness and slumber.
Until at last.
You fully let go.
In the place where you are always okay.
Finding healing.
Finding peace.
Finding sleep.
It's time to dream away.
