Sleep Meditation For Calming An Overactive Mind

With this meditation for sleep and relaxation, you can eliminate anxiety and stress. Also with this meditation for beginners or advanced people, you can calm your mind of thoughts in order to have a deeper and more restful sleep. In this mindfulness meditation, my intention is to help you create more awareness of your emotions and sensations in your body while resting mentally. Enjoy!

Transcript

Do not listen to this recording while driving or if you are operating machinery.

Only listen when you can safely relax and are able to get as comfortable as possible.

Hi,

My name is Robert Aceves and I welcome you to this sleep meditation for calming an overactive mind.

An overly busy mind can become a hindrance to our lives and for millions of people around the world,

Perhaps sometimes you may wish that there was an off button for your mind.

An overly busy mind can become a hindrance to our lives and for millions of people around the world,

One of the main things a busy mind has an effect on is a good night's sleep every single night.

Why is this so?

To answer,

Let's relax your mind just a little bit right now.

I'm going to invite you to get comfortable and go to a place where no one will interrupt and close your eyes.

That's it.

Now take a deep breath in and exhale.

That's it.

Now relax your head.

Relax your neck.

Relax your shoulders.

Relax your arms.

And continue to breathe comfortably.

And relax your chest.

Relax your back.

Relax your hips.

And relax your legs.

And relax your shoulders.

And relax your shoulders.

And relax your legs.

Relax your whole body from head to toes.

And allow your body to get as comfortable as possible.

Relax your shoulders.

As you continue to breathe comfortably,

You can imagine that your mind is represented by a river with waters that sometimes flow by slowly when there is a lack of rain or sometimes very quickly depending on the weather and the time of the year.

Your mind is the river.

Your thoughts are the water.

How quickly is your river of the mind flowing right now?

How fast are your thoughts represented by water flowing in the river?

Just watch this flow as if you're sitting on the side of the river enjoying it.

Good.

Now just allow for the seasons to pass and the weather to change and watch your river change along with it.

The seasons represent your overall happiness in your life.

Are you achieving your goals quarterly that you set yourself for?

Seasons change,

But each one of them can be viewed as beautiful.

Seasons can also be tough,

Or they can be mild and enjoyable.

The waters of the river represent your thoughts.

When you focus your thoughts on your goals and desires,

Your river slows and becomes crystal clear.

The birds and the wildlife are able to see fish that they will catch to feed themselves and their offspring.

The fish can find sources of food because the waters have slowed enough to allow for bits of plants to settle on the water and become more fertile.

The rivers have slowed enough to allow for bits of plants to settle on the water and soften.

And live bugs can land on the water for them to catch.

Now,

For a moment,

Imagine a storm of thoughts is coming for your river.

See the waters rise and the animals run away from the water.

The fish hide in safer areas and there are no bugs flying around anymore.

It is only rushing by a little faster now,

Yet the storm is building.

The more thoughts you let into your mind,

The more the waters rush by.

It becomes a threatening river so quickly that you cannot sit on the side of the river for watching your river any longer and observing the beauty.

You must seek shelter from the storm.

This storm of thought has taken the ability to observe away from you.

It takes a while for a storm of thoughts to pass and even longer for the after effects of the storm to calm.

The waters continue to rush at high speeds for several days or so.

This is what happens when you allow a storm of thinking to enter your mind.

It disrupts you for some time until the waters can naturally settle.

We want to always remain on the side of our river observing abundant nature and clear calm waters.

We all know sleep is necessary and rejuvenating.

So why do so many people suffer to achieve restful sleep?

Because they do not take charge of their busy mind,

Moving it from worry to relaxation.

Like I mentioned before,

Allowing a busy mind to go free is like never training a great horse.

The mind needs you to be in control and needs you to train it how to work for you.

The calmer state of mind allows you to not only sleep better but eliminates anxiety,

Increases focus,

Treats depression,

Stops circular thinking,

Improves your memory,

Betters your relationships,

Satisfies the body,

And increases emotional intelligence.

The key to attaining all these things is actually very simple and natural for all of us.

The key is to bring into our own mind the awareness of all physical sensations,

And bring into your mind the awareness of your emotions,

And bring into your mind the awareness of your thoughts.

This is meditative and simply doesn't allow or bother some thoughts to have any power over you.

Your ability to emotionalize and feel things is much more powerful than a busy mind.

Your ability to create and ponder new ideas in a new self-image can take the place of a noisy mind.

All a noisy mind is good at is distracting you.

It doesn't achieve anything.

It doesn't build on any new ideas.

It doesn't emotionally connect with others around you.

In fact,

An overloaded and out of control mind acts to disconnect you from others and from yourself.

A bustling mind is tiring,

Yet it doesn't allow for you to rest.

Giving up control of your mind is like feeding your child nothing but breads and sugar and candy.

They are going to lose control because of all of the unhealthy information they are taking into their system.

Let's put our mind now in the being mode right now by implementing positive affirmations.

Mentally,

I'm going to ask you to tell yourself the following.

Thoughts are only thoughts.

I live in the present,

Not in the past or in the future.

I draw from my past when I need to plan for my future,

But I always live in the present moment.

I take notice of my body often throughout the day,

Easing and relaxing my body by doing so.

I take notice of my surroundings to ease my mind.

When thoughts begin to swirl in my mind,

I have compassion for them and acknowledge them,

Knowing they are simply thoughts.

My thoughts come and go.

Everyone's thoughts also come and go.

I am no different.

When I watch my thoughts like the waters of a river,

I never get caught in a thought.

I am just a witness.

Stopping my thoughts is impossible.

Instead,

I observe them arriving and leaving.

Instead of jumping into thoughts emotionally,

I observe which thoughts I want to cultivate more of.

I know that the thoughts I put my energy to is what I create for myself.

By taking the time to practice these methods,

I really feel a difference.

I have the patience to retrain my mind.

I retrain my mind so that I can rest when I need it.

I have patience when I'm training my mind,

Just as I would have patience training the most magnificent horse.

I am kind to myself with this new way of being.

I am kind to others and I never allow overthinking in the form of judgement to cloud my relationships.

I am persistent because I know their words are well worth the effort.

I see the benefits right from the very start of my practice.

That's it.

Now you don't have to say anything.

And remember that each day you practice mindfulness techniques,

The more restful and deep sleep that you will receive each night.

Just relax down even more now,

Letting your body make any last adjustments it needs so that you can get the most restful sleep every night of your life.

Sleep.

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Reviews

Thank you fo a lovely sleep

This was very good. I fell asleep half way through.