Sleep Through Body Relaxation

This resourceful meditation is a good practice before bed for a good night's sleep or if in need of a day's break to recharge your mind by quieting your body and mind's energy of life's daily hustle and bustle.

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Welcome to Wellness for Life. Today's meditation, Sleep through body relaxation. Invite you to be in a very comfortable position and that you will not be disturbed. This meditation will help you sleep deeply or you can use this meditation for moments throughout your day that you may need to just relax. By the end of the meditation, You will hear a soft bell. And so you could listen to this hypnosis it be in the day when you could catch a break or at night when you're ready to float off into a long night's sleep. And so take a large breath in, Pulling in as much air as you can and just let it go. Allow yourself another full and beautiful deep breath and letting it go without pushing the air out too hard. And once again, Take one more deep beautiful breath in your own time as full as you can and holding it for a moment and let the air go. Very nice. Taking a few deep, Big breaths whenever you're ready to rest is now your priority. Begin to focus on your right palm. Relax your right palm and hand. Relax each finger one by one. Relax your right wrist, Your forearm, Your elbow. Relax your right bicep, Your entire upper arm. Relax your right shoulder, Down to your right hip, Relaxing it too. Relax your right leg all the way down to your right ankle and foot. And relaxing every finger, Toe, Slowly let go. Bring your awareness up now to the right side of your neck, Relaxing it. Allow any sounds you hear to feel like tiny waves of relaxation going into your right ear. The entire right side of your head fully relaxes. Your right brain relaxes, Allowing creativity to be fully accessible. Your entire right side is fully calm and relaxed. Sleep is easy for you when you feel this relaxed. Going into a state of break is easy for you when you feel this relaxed. Very good. Now begin to focus on your left palm. Relax your left palm and hand. Relax each finger one by one. Relax your left wrist, Your forearm, Your elbow. Relax your left bicep and entire upper arm. Relax your left shoulder and down to your left hip, Relaxing it too. You relax your left leg all the way down to your right ankle and foot. And of course, Relaxing each single toe. Relaxing it slowly and completely. Bring your awareness up now to the left side of your neck, Relaxing it. And allow any sounds you hear to feel the tiny waves of relaxation going into your left ear. The entire left side of your head fully relaxes. Your left brain relaxes, Allowing rationality to be fully accessible. Your entire left side is fully calm and relaxed. This brings you closer to falling asleep. Good. Now bring your awareness to your back, Starting with the back of your head, And allow the weight of the back of your head to generate relaxation. Your back relaxes, Your shoulders and your shoulder blades fully relaxed. Your entire upper back is completely relaxed. Your spine relaxes, Starting from the neck, Slowly going down, Bone by bone, Inch by inch, Relaxing your nervous system that runs through the spine. And each one of them is fully and completely relaxed. Good. Your lower back relaxes as it presses against the surface you are lying on. Your hips, Pelvis, Boots, Fully relaxed. The back of your legs, All the way down to your ankles, Relax. This makes you feel so sleepy. Very good. We are now going to go through one more focused scan of the front of your body, Starting at your forehead. Many of us hold tension in our foreheads, So allow your forehead to just melt away, Allowing wrinkles to flatten. This also relaxes the frontal cortex of the brain, A place of creative formulation. Relax your eyes now and notice if they are making tiny movements. Relax your eyes. Release any tension. You notice your nose and how the air passes through, And allow this flow to relax you. Relax your mouth, Your jaw, Your tongue. If you find yourself clenching your teeth, Relax. Relax your throat, Going down, Relaxing your entire lungs, Heart, Ribs, And stomach. Even imagine relaxing your vital organs, Invite them to relax, Such as your liver, Pancreas, Spleen, Kidneys. Your entire digestive system relaxes. The top of your legs relax all the way down the tops of your feet. Every single part of your body is so relaxed now. Good. Just enjoy this feeling for some time. This fading paced As boobs are new or old We can make it repeat Now you are going to relax your body. One more time, But in a different way. A fully relaxed body makes sleep come easily and effortlessly. Make a fist with both of your hands and squeeze as hard as you can for five seconds. Then let go completely. This is called tensing or tense. Tense your entire arm, Flexing every muscle in your arms for five seconds. And release completely. Now tense your chest and abs as much as you can. Holding it for an entire five seconds. And relax your chest and abs. Tense your pelvis and hips and your reproductive organs, Holding tension firmly for five seconds. Relax this area. Tense your entire legs as much as you can, Holding this tension for five whole seconds. And release the leg muscles completely, Relaxing your legs. And lastly, Tense your feet as much as you can, Holding for five, Four, Three, Two, One. And relax your feet. Good. By doing this, You activate and then deactivate each muscle in your body, Causing a continuous relaxation. Now just stop doing anything at all. Don't flex or relax anything. Don't activate or rest any area. Just allow yourself to be. Allow for your body to adjust to anything it sees is needed. Allow for your body to have complete freedom from thought. Let your body be in control now to heal what needs to be healed or activate what needs to activate or rest what needs to rest. It will do exactly as it needs now without your conscious effort or even your suggestion. This is the natural state of your body when you allow the mind to step away from it. When your mind gets out of the way, Your body can take charge in miraculous ways, Changing hormones, Chemicals, Frequencies, The very structure of each cell. This is what sleep and rest are for. Sleeping fully allows for your mind to let go of the body so that it can regenerate. For a long while now, Allow your body to do what it does best, Rest and sleep. And so I invite you to honor your body if it needs sleep. And if you're unable to sleep, But have time to take a break, Honor that time for yourself to take the break. Take a few minutes to relax your body so that your mind can relax too. Okay.