Sleep is not something you force; it's something you support.
In this seven-part experiential course, you'll learn how to work with wakefulness instead of fighting it. Blending breathwork, guided meditation, integrative movement, reflective writing, and simple daily micro-practices, this course helps you regulate your nervous system, close mental loops, and create an evening rhythm that supports real rest.
Rather than offering rigid rules or clinical sleep protocols, this course provides a practical framework you can return to anytime, whether you struggle with racing thoughts, nighttime anxiety, tension in the body, or inconsistent evening routines.
Each session builds progressively, combining light nervous system education with guided practices and structured reflection. By the end, you'll have a personalized rest framework you can use during your day, in the evening, and even during 3 am wake-ups.
This course is designed for meditators of all levels and anyone seeking a grounded, sustainable approach to better sleep.
Whitnie Wiley is a consultant, certified coach, and mindfulness practitioner who helps individuals create clarity, calm, and confidence in their daily lives. As the founder of Shifting Into Action, she works with professionals and organizations to build sustainable rhythms that support both performance and well-being.
Her work integrates practical nervous system regulation, reflective writing, guided meditation, and intentional daily habits through her framework, The Mindful Five™. With a background in leadership development and behavioral change, Whitnie specializes in helping people understand the connection between daily activation, emotional patterns, and restorative rest.
She has guided individuals through transitions, stress management, and habit formation for years, blending evidence-informed practices with accessible mindfulness tools. Her approach to sleep focuses not on force or rigid routines, but on awareness, regulation, and small, repeatable shifts that support the body's natural capacity for rest.
In this course, she brings together breathwork, gentle movement, meditation, and structured reflection to offer a grounded, experiential path to more consistent, sustainable sleep....
Les 1
Why You're Not Sleeping
Sleep struggles rarely begin at bedtime. In this opening session, you'll learn why fatigue and true rest are not the same and how nervous system activation often drives wakefulness. Through guided breathwork, gentle awareness, and reflective exercises, you'll begin identifying your personal sleep pattern.
Les 2
Ending The Day Intentionally
Most people stop their day, but never truly transition out of it. This session teaches you how to create a simple, repeatable wind-down ritual that signals safety to your nervous system. You'll build a realistic evening reset using breath, movement, and structured reflection.
Les 3
Listening To The Body
Stress doesn't disappear at night; it follows you into bed. In this session, you'll identify your unique stress signature and learn how gentle movement and breath can release accumulated tension before sleep. You'll leave with practical body-based tools to regulate activation earlier in the day.
Les 4
Closing Mental Loops
Racing thoughts aren't random; they're unfinished loops seeking closure. This session explores why rumination intensifies at night and how reflective writing and guided containment practices help settle the mind. You'll learn how to reduce bedtime overthinking without forcing silence.
Les 5
Tolerating Uncertainty
Sometimes what keeps you awake isn't tension, it's unresolved uncertainty. In this session, you'll learn how emotional resistance activates the nervous system and how to build capacity for what you cannot control. Through breathwork and meditation, you'll practice allowing rather than bracing.
Les 6
Designing A Rest-Aligned Evening
Sleep improves when your day supports it. In this session, you'll design a personalized wind-down rhythm using small, sustainable practices that work in real life. You'll leave with a clear evening structure that promotes consistency without rigidity.
Les 7
Your Personal Rest Framework
This final session brings everything together. You'll integrate breathwork, movement, meditation, writing, and micro-practices into a simple framework you can use anytime — including 3 am wake-ups. You'll finish the course equipped with practical tools and a repeatable rhythm for lasting rest.