Back To Sleep

This is a gently guided practice that will help you enter a deep and restorative sleep both after a long day at work, or in the middle of the night. This practice contains a soothing body scan, comforting affirmations, and the highly calming sound of binaural beats in the background, inviting you to release any tension or stress and melt into slumber.

Transcript

Let's appreciate and use this precious time alone,

In the dark,

In your bed,

To enter into a deep reflection and an even deeper state of relaxation,

Letting go of what is no longer needed,

Letting go of the past,

Coming into the present time.

What a perfect time to let go,

To sleep,

To deeply rest your body and allow the deeper aspects of yourself to balance,

Rejuvenate and enable you to enter back into the waking state fully rested and focused.

Lay in a comfortable sleep position,

Make any adjustments to your sheets,

Blankets and pillow to be as comfortable as possible.

Check into your inner voice,

Become aware of anything you have done today that may have affected your sleep pattern,

Something you have eaten or drank,

An upsetting reaction to an encounter or an environmental stress.

Let yourself become aware of it now.

This awareness sets the stage for you to no longer bring this into your life,

To let it go and trust your sleep mind to process and find solutions for anything occupying the conscious mind now.

There is no place you need to be other than right here where you are.

There is nothing you need to do right now other than relax completely.

You will receive many of the benefits of sleep just by entering into this relaxed state.

Become aware of your feet and feel them adrift into a deep,

Deep state of relaxation.

Feel that wave of relaxation traveling through your shins and your calves,

Letting go,

Letting go,

Relaxed,

All around your knees melting away into this relaxed state.

This wave continues through your upper legs,

Letting go completely.

Now focus on your hands and feel them join into this relaxed state.

Your wrists and forearms let go,

Elbows and upper arms drifting away deeper and deeper.

Become aware of your pelvis and keep on letting go until there is nothing left to let go of.

Your low back and abdomen relax.

Your back and upper back and shoulders melting away completely.

All around your neck let go.

Feel your lips,

Cheeks,

Nose,

Eyes,

Forehead and scalp all totally relaxed.

Find your body and see if any area is still holding on and use the power of your mind to let it go.

Now we'll do some deep breathing to enhance this state of relaxation.

At your own pace,

Take five deep breaths and exhale twice as long as you inhale.

Enjoy slow,

Deep breaths while listening to my voice.

If you're comfortable using a mantra,

Mentally say so as you breathe in and repeat the word hum with each exhalation.

So hum.

So hum.

Allow the gentle affirmations you're about to hear to enter into your consciousness.

With no effort,

No need to repeat what you hear.

No need to do anything now but relax,

Remain open and observe your breath.

I relax into the quiet solitude I am now experiencing.

I trust that everything in my life is unfolding exactly as it should.

I have earned my rest for tonight.

My bed is a place of comfort,

Relaxation and deep sleep.

It is safe to let go and relax completely.

Letting go feels so good.

Sleeping deeply is normal for me.

I sleep all through the night and wake up feeling fresh and alert.

I fall asleep easily and peacefully.

My sleep is relaxed,

Deep and refreshing.

I will recall any significant dreams and understand their meaning.

Stop and look at yourself at the distance,

Share with others.

Any comments?

I now enjoy the silence and the deep sleep that will follow.

Reviews

Never made it to the end every time! Love your voice

This was so good that I fell asleep halfway through. It also helped calm my racing mind.

This meditation helped me fall back to sleep 😴 when my favorite standby did not. Thank you!

Nice beginning and not stressing 😌 then I drifted off to a deep sleep. Ah ho

Thank you for this splendid practice which took me back to deep and dream filled sleep and saved me from a night of tossing and turning is the small hours.

Calm, reassuring, a slow pace, and a metered register makes it almost impossible to finish this without falling asleep.

I fell back asleep! Thank you!

Didn’t expect to get back to sleep as I felt so alert at 4am but this was perfect! Thank you ♥️

Thank you so much for this nice meditation practice! Have been hearing this whenever I have any sleeping difficulties and have been very effective.

Helped me switch back off after a bad dream.

Awesome 💕😊🙏🏻

Thank you, Stuart! 🌹

Very effective in processing and releasing the day thanks

So relaxing. I'm going back to sleep now, goodnight. 💤

Helpful relaxation suggestions and affirmations. I didn’t get to sleep but I am more relaxed. I would have preferred for the teacher not to have spoken after the period of wind chimes. I have mixed feelings about the wind chimes themselves. But I will emphasize how much I appreciated the affirmations. Thank you.

I was having a very restless night. Feeling a little skeptical when I started this medication, the next thing I knew, it was 7am In the morning. I had even slept in.. fabulous 😊

Excellent sleep meditation...Thank you!

Thanks! Was back to sleeping before the ending I’m pretty sure💤

Your voice is soothing along with the affirmations. Thank you.

Thank you. Very calming