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Drifting Into Supported Sleep

by Audrey Ingibers

Rated
3.8
Type
guided
Activity
Meditation
Suitable for
Everyone
Plays
100

A short relaxing mediation to soothe the body into stillness and invite the mind to join along for a journey into stillness. A great meditation for just before bed or when insomnia is taking you away from your much-needed rest.

SleepRelaxationStillnessInsomniaRestBody ScanProgressive RelaxationBreathingStressGroundingProgressive Muscle RelaxationBreathing AwarenessVisualizations

Transcript

You can start by lying on the ground,

Bed,

Or some sort of surface that can support you.

It's important that it's somewhere that you feel safe.

Make sure that there's no bunched up fabric beneath you,

No misalignments in the body.

Settle yourself into a position that you can be at ease.

Checking in that the teeth aren't clenched together,

The tongue isn't stuck to the roof of the mouth,

And even your cheeks are relaxing off of your face,

Like they're sliding down,

Resisting any effort.

Come to the intention of bringing yourself to a place of just inner stillness,

Letting your body be still so that the rest of you can catch up.

Start to close your eyes and trust the surface that you're resting on to catch you,

To let gravity do the work of holding you up.

Do your best to release any negative thoughts or anxieties that have built up over the day.

And watch as one by one they begin to drift upward and leave your body behind.

And you'll feel your body become heavy as you let go of these things that are no longer serving you,

Your body being held down as the stress of the day floats upward and start to feel yourself become a bit light.

And then bring your attention once again to your breathing.

Take a big cleansing breath in and then let it sweep out of your body.

Another breath in through the nose and out through the mouth.

One more time together,

A big breath in,

Filling up in all directions.

And then deflating the body of any air,

Emptying out and coming into your own rhythm of breathing.

And gently I want you to bring your attention to your toes.

And I'd like you to visualize a pair of invisible hands gently massaging your toes and your feet.

You find relaxation and feel your feet grow light,

Soft.

Let the massaging hands continue to travel around your ankles,

The top of your foot.

And start to relax up into the calves,

Bringing attention to your knees.

And I want you to pay particular attention to the knee joints.

Wiggle your knees a little bit.

Feel them relax and let them grow heavy,

Sinking heavy and heavy into the ground.

Relax your thighs and then slowly relax your hips.

There's so much tension in the hips.

So you might even let them rock a little side to side or even arch your back if that feels good.

Just let yourself fall into the earth.

Relax your belly and your chest and feel the connection of your spine resting down,

Relaxing and sinking into the earth.

Relax your arms all the way down to your elbows and then down to your wrists.

Relax all the way into your fingers.

And lastly,

Take a cleansing breath in.

And as you exhale,

Feel each muscle in your neck loosen and soften and relax and float up towards your crown,

The very top of your head.

And let your mind follow suit of your body so it can come into a moment of stillness.

And breathe in and out.

In and out.

Stay here for as long as your body desires,

Melting into the vibration of the ground and letting your body listen.

Keep breathing in,

Optim unprecedented.

You

Meet your Teacher

Audrey IngibersPortsmouth, NH, USA

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