I welcome you to tonight's sleep practice.
This is your guide Saqib.
Imagine that you are lying down in a beautiful cabin which is by the water.
It is night time and the moon is right above your cabin,
Which you can see through the glass ceiling.
In India,
The term that children use for the moon is Chanda Mama.
Chanda means moon,
Whereas Mama literally means uncle,
But Mama also signifies motherly energy.
And so the beauty of the moon is that it has this motherly energy and we can receive that energy and allow ourselves to be loved.
And so I want to tell you that I love you.
We might not have ever met,
But I believe that if we are connecting through this practice,
There is some connection between us.
So allow yourself to be loved by the moon and you can get into your sleep meditation posture,
Preferably initially lying down on your back.
And very gradually,
In your own time,
You can close your eyes.
As you close your eyes,
Feel your body.
Feel your back touching the mattress.
Let yourself sink into your bed.
Allow the body to surrender itself.
Allow any emotions to be surrendered.
Allow any thoughts to be surrendered.
And now bring your awareness to your breath.
Simply observe the flow of the breath.
Let your awareness flow with the breath.
Observe the breath as it goes in through your nose,
Into your windpipe,
Into your lungs,
Then back from your lungs,
Through the windpipe,
And out through your nose or your mouth.
And now in your mind's eye,
Visualize that you are lying down in this beautiful cabin,
Which is by the water.
And above you,
There is this glass ceiling.
And through this glass ceiling,
You can see the moon.
The moon is sending down its energy to you.
This moonlight has now entered your room.
And a beam of this moonlight is now on top of your head at your crown.
Through this beam of moonlight,
The moon is sending you love,
Soothing energy,
And healing energy.
Feel the crown of your head relaxing as this moonlight caresses your head.
A small moon has formed at the top of your head.
And now another beam of moonlight has entered through your forehead,
Forming another moon at your forehead.
Receive that energy and feel your forehead relaxing.
And another beam of moonlight has now entered your throat,
Forming a moon in your throat.
Let yourself receive that soothing energy of the moon.
Now a beam of moonlight is entering your heart,
Forming a moon at the center of your chest.
And let yourself receive the love of the moon as your chest relaxes.
And now another beam of moonlight has entered your solar plexus.
Receive that healing energy from the moon as your belly relaxes.
And now the beam of moonlight is entering through your belly button,
Forming a moon there.
Receive this soothing energy of the moon.
And now the moonlight has entered the base of your spine,
Forming a moon there.
And as you receive this energy,
Let your pelvis relax.
Now receive the energy of the moon in your legs and your feet.
Let your legs and feet relax.
And now I will count back from 10 to 0 as you will go deeper and deeper into the realm 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
