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Sleep With Loving Kindness - Metta (With Gentle Music)

by Peter Dawson

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Enter into a deeply peaceful, relaxing sleep with compassion, love, and acceptance. Inspired by the form of loving-kindness or metta meditation. This loving-kindness practice is designed to help you cultivate compassion for yourself and for others, enabling a deeper more restful sleep as you let go completely of your concerns and connect to the love that surrounds us all to hold and support you whilst you sleep soundly.

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Transcript

Welcome.

Ensure you are comfortable and well supported.

Take a long slow exhale and allow your lungs to fill easily and naturally with air.

Repeat this rhythm a few times.

See and feel yourself being bathed in gentle soothing moonlight.

Breathe in the gentle soothing moonlight and allow it to fill your body.

Breathe out loving kindness.

Breathe in the gentle soothing moonlight.

Breathe out.

As you breathe in the soothing moonlight,

Let it cleanse and fill your body.

Feel it ease away all worries,

Tension and frustration.

Breathe in the gentle soothing moonlight.

Breathe out loving kindness.

See yourself from above,

Resting in soothing moonlight,

Emanating loving kindness.

As you see yourself resting,

Whisper quietly or say silently in your head,

May I be safe,

May I be healthy,

May I be happy,

May I be accepted,

Connected,

May I sleep deeply,

Peacefully and with ease.

Breathe in the gentle soothing moonlight.

Breathe out loving kindness.

May I be safe,

May I be healthy,

May I be happy,

May I be accepted,

Connected and loved.

May I sleep deeply,

Peacefully and with ease.

Breathe in the gentle soothing moonlight.

Breathe out,

May I be safe,

May I be healthy,

May I be happy,

May I be accepted,

Connected and loved.

May I sleep deeply,

Peacefully and with ease.

Breathe in the gentle soothing moonlight.

Breathe out.

Gently bring to mind your loved ones,

Your family and your friends and all those you care about.

May you be safe,

May you be healthy,

May you be happy,

May you be accepted,

Connected and loved.

May you sleep deeply,

Peacefully and with ease.

Breathe in the gentle soothing moonlight.

Breathe out loving kindness.

May you be safe,

May you be healthy,

May you be happy,

May you be accepted,

Connected and loved.

May you sleep deeply,

Peacefully and with ease.

Breathe in the gentle soothing moonlight.

Breathe out loving kindness.

May you be safe,

May you be healthy,

May you be happy,

May you be accepted,

Connected and loved.

May you sleep deeply,

Peacefully and with ease.

Breathe in the gentle soothing moonlight.

Breathe out loving kindness.

May you be safe,

May you be healthy,

May you be happy,

May you be accepted,

Connected and loved.

May you sleep deeply,

Peacefully and with ease.

Breathe in the gentle soothing moonlight.

Breathe out loving kindness.

May you sleep deeply,

Peacefully and with ease.

Breathe in the gentle soothing moonlight.

Breathe out loving kindness.

May you sleep deeply,

Peacefully and with ease.

Breathe in the gentle soothing moonlight.

Breathe out loving kindness.

May you sleep deeply,

Peacefully and with ease.

Breathe in the gentle soothing moonlight.

Breathe out loving kindness.

Breathe in the gentle soothing moonlight.

Breathe out loving kindness.

Breathe in the gentle soothing moonlight.

Breathe in the gentle soothing moonlight.

Breathe in the gentle soothing moonlight.

Breathe in the gentle soothing moonlight.

Breathe in the gentle soothing moonlight.

Breathe in the gentle soothing moonlight.

Breathe in the gentle soothing moonlight.

Breathe in the gentle soothing moonlight.

Breathe in the gentle soothing moonlight.

Breathe in the gentle soothing moonlight.

Breathe in the gentle soothing moonlight.

Breathe in the gentle soothing moonlight.

Breathe out loving kindness.

May you sleep deeply,

Peacefully and with ease.

Breathe in the gentle soothing moonlight.

May you sleep deeply,

Peacefully and with ease.

Breathe in the gentle soothing moonlight.

Now gently bring to mind people for whom you don't know and only have neutral feelings for.

May you be safe.

May you be healthy.

May you be happy.

May you be accepted,

Connected and loved.

May you sleep deeply,

Peacefully and with ease.

Breathe in the gentle soothing moonlight.

Breathe out loving kindness.

May you be safe.

May you be healthy.

May you be happy.

May you be accepted,

Connected and loved.

May you sleep deeply,

Peacefully and with ease.

Breathe in the gentle soothing moonlight.

Breathe out loving kindness.

May you be safe.

May you be healthy.

May you be happy.

May you be accepted,

Connected and loved.

May you sleep deeply,

Peacefully and with ease.

Breathe in the gentle soothing moonlight.

Breathe out loving kindness.

May you be safe.

May you be healthy.

May you be happy.

May you be accepted,

Connected and loved.

May you sleep deeply,

Peacefully and with ease.

Breathe in the gentle soothing moonlight.

Breathe out loving kindness.

I invite you to gently bring to mind those you may be currently challenged by and to reflect on their humanity by expressing May you be safe.

May you be healthy.

May you be happy.

May you be accepted,

Connected and loved.

May you sleep deeply,

Peacefully and with ease.

Breathe in the gentle soothing moonlight.

Breathe out loving kindness.

May you be safe.

May you be healthy.

May you be happy.

May you be accepted,

Connected and loved.

May you sleep deeply,

Peacefully and with ease.

Breathe in the gentle soothing moonlight.

Breathe out loving kindness.

May you be safe.

May you be healthy.

May you be happy.

May you be accepted,

Connected and loved.

May you sleep deeply,

Peacefully and with ease.

Breathe in the gentle soothing moonlight.

Breathe out loving kindness.

I invite you to bring to mind all beings on earth,

Including all of those in your village,

Town or city,

All those in your country,

In your neighbouring countries that make up your continent and all those neighbouring continents,

The whole beautiful blue planet that is our home.

May we all be safe.

May we all be healthy.

May we all be happy.

May we all be accepted,

Connected and loved.

May we all sleep deeply,

Peacefully and with ease.

Breathe in the gentle soothing moonlight.

Breathe out loving kindness.

May we all be safe.

May we all be healthy.

May we all be happy.

May we all be accepted,

Connected and loved.

May we all sleep deeply,

Peacefully and with ease.

Breathe in the gentle soothing moonlight.

Breathe out loving kindness.

May we all be safe.

May we all be healthy.

May we all be happy.

May we all be accepted,

Connected and loved.

May we all sleep deeply,

Peacefully and with ease.

Breathe in the gentle soothing moonlight.

Breathe out loving kindness.

Gently bring to mind all sentient beings in the multiverse.

May we all be safe.

May we all be healthy.

May we all be happy.

May we all be accepted,

Connected and loved.

May we all sleep deeply,

Peacefully and with ease.

Breathe in the gentle soothing moonlight.

Breathe out loving kindness.

May we all be safe.

May we all be healthy.

May we all be happy.

May we all be accepted,

Connected and loved.

May we all sleep deeply,

Peacefully and with ease.

Breathe in the gentle soothing moonlight.

Breathe out loving kindness.

May we all be safe.

May we all be healthy.

May we all be happy.

May we all be accepted,

Connected and loved.

May we all sleep deeply,

Peacefully and with ease.

Breathe in the gentle soothing moonlight.

Breathe out loving kindness.

May we all sleep deeply,

Peacefully and with ease.

Breathe in the gentle soothing moonlight.

Breathe out loving kindness.

May we all sleep deeply,

Peacefully and with ease.

Breathe in the gentle soothing moonlight.

Breathe out loving kindness.

May we all sleep deeply,

Peacefully and with ease.

Breathe in the gentle soothing moonlight.

Breathe out loving kindness.

Sleep deeply,

Peacefully and with ease.

Meet your Teacher

Peter DawsonWoolacombe, UK

4.8 (418)

Recent Reviews

Sarai

January 27, 2026

Really enjoyed this. Thank you

Lisa

October 31, 2025

Very nice. Thank you ❀️

Alison

May 30, 2025

Thank you I fell back to sleep πŸ™

Minai

March 25, 2025

Beautiful, thank you

Sally

December 31, 2024

I enjoyed the rhythmic sounds and sleep was so peaceful.

Barbara

October 9, 2024

Thank you kindly for this metta meditation! My thoughts have been swirling in my head worrying about my eldest daughter who lives alone & is 4 months pregnant (high risk). Since retiring in 2020, I have been babysitting my youngest daughter’s two children. I need to be rested to care for them. Your calm voice put me to sleep and I woke up just before my alarm this morning! πŸ™πŸ™πŸ™πŸ™πŸ™πŸ€—πŸ€—πŸ€—πŸ€—πŸ€—

Hilary

May 8, 2024

Thank yiu

Cath

February 6, 2024

Soothing and gentle.

Alli

February 4, 2024

Wonderfully relaxing & peaceful. Thank you so much. πŸ˜ŒπŸ™πŸΌ

Ellyn

January 26, 2024

Beautiful! πŸ™πŸ’œ

Jeff

December 30, 2023

I wish I remembered, I fell asleep 😴

rukaiya

September 24, 2023

i’ve been coming back to this meditation a LOT. it’s so soothing and calms even the most anxious of my nights. it just keeps getting even more meaningful and insightful with each relisten

Julia

July 7, 2023

Wonderful!!πŸ™πŸΌ

Beryl

May 1, 2023

Calm and peaceful, settled my mind and got me to sleep, thank you πŸ™πŸ™ŒπŸŒΉ

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