Guided Sleep Meditation & Sleep Hypnosis from Sleep Cove - Guided Sleep Meditation for Detachment From Over-Thinking (Anxiety / OCD / Depression)

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Starting point is 00:00:46 please go to sleepcove.com slash support. That's sleepcove.com slash support. If you can't support the show right now, please subscribe with a bell to get alerts on all new free content. Thank you. Have you ever gazed in wonder at the Great Pyramid? Have you marvelled at the golden face of Tudankhamun? Or admired the delicate features of Queen Nefertiti?

Starting point is 00:01:21 If you have, you'll probably like The History of Egypt podcast. Every week, we explore tales of this ancient culture. The history of Egypt is available. wherever you get your podcasting fix. Come, let me introduce you to the world of ancient Egypt. Tonight, we let go of thoughts, slow down, and drift into deep relaxing sleep. Hi there, in tonight's sleep meditation, you release chronic overthinking and overactive thoughts, your mind will slow down, you will let go of thoughts of the day, and your body and spirit will

Starting point is 00:02:14 relax too. This is Sleep Cove, the largest sleep podcast in the world. I'm Christopher Fitton, and please subscribe with the bell. Please listen to this recording in a place where you can safely sleep. And let's begin. You may have noticed, however thought sometimes won't go away. One after another, pining up like waves that arrive too quickly at the shore. The mind begins to talk and talk, replaying moments, analyzing details, revisiting memories again and again. We all do this, and we all can let go of these thoughts.

Starting point is 00:03:07 just think about worries from years ago. They probably seem a little silly now and you wonder why was I up or night thinking about those things. Thankfully, meditation and mindfulness is proven to help overthinking. With the techniques you were here tonight

Starting point is 00:03:33 you'll train your mind to get out of the sleep through relaxation we'll get the mind to loosen its grip not by force and not by effort but by softly changing where attention rests

Starting point is 00:03:51 with time the mind begins to settle on its own drifting towards calmer steadier ground where force no longer need

Starting point is 00:04:05 to pause so strongly, because it is not the thoughts themselves that trouble us most, but the feelings that come with them, the tension, the worry, the imagine weight of what might be in this quiet space, those feelings are allowed to soften, little by little. by setting yourself somewhere that feels safe and comfortable where your body can simply listen for a little while. Allow yourself to fully arrive here and if you haven't already, let your eyes gently close as the outside world begins to fade without changing anything. Bring your attention to your breathing

Starting point is 00:05:25 Notice the gentle lift of your belly As your breath Natural release The gentle rise and fall Of your belly moves easily on its own You want to make sure that you are Breathing through the belly

Starting point is 00:06:00 The chest area Because upper chest breathing leads to stress but deep belly breathing to relaxation and focus on the quiet rise and fall of the belly

Starting point is 00:06:25 as the breath moves easily on its own deep breath you inhale your belly expands and then relax out there is nothing just notice

Starting point is 00:06:59 the breath as it moves in as you rest here. Begin to sense the temperature of your body, a gentle warmth, a feeling in certain places. Some parts of you may feel warmer than others, and that's absolutely fine. Just notice these sensations. As you breathe deeply in and you get so comfortable your body, feel supported and safe, perhaps wrapped in blanket, and your head and cushionable, perfectly supported. Your weight, perfectly balanced.

Starting point is 00:08:26 There is nowhere you need to go. Nothing, nothing you need to think. It settles downwards, your shoulders and soften. And if you want to, you can stride more. The muscles in your face, your jaw, detents this, falls in your forehead. Gently let go and sit all muscles. Let go and relax. Your eyelids in their sockets completely uncletches now.

Starting point is 00:10:04 Your teeth may park your tongue, rests comfortably in your mouth and this relaxing feeling down into your neck and shoulders, soothing any aches and pains for on the day, I mean holding anything there. You just let your shoulders drop again, melting downward. Need to carry the day anymore.

Starting point is 00:10:47 It feels go into your arms, your upper arms. Loosen your hands softly rest to your fingers across your back,

Starting point is 00:12:00 through to the the thighs, relaxation of life when he goes now to search for it. You simply notice quiet movements of the mind to get it right, the gentle wall, your feet and your toes, resting quietly to drift through your arms, noticing whatever sensations are present softly. Just notice what you find there's no need to the body. settles more deeply into rest. This is so normal. This is the body doing what it knows how to do. Settle movements,

Starting point is 00:16:40 tiny adjustments happening on their own. Some parts of you feel heavy now. A little tension. There is nothing you need to fix. No relaxation to force. You are simply notice to respond. There is no harrow hurry. Moment is enough. As you continue to breathe, find it to slow things down. Just a little.

Starting point is 00:19:16 Nothing forced. Perhaps the next breath. We'll arrive more slowly. The breath out. Just lingers for a moment longer. Like a wave easing its way back. Soften all of its own. There is no wasted effort here.

Starting point is 00:20:25 No extra thinking. Just a simple, natural request to slow down as that calm presence spreads more and more, spreads into your mind, that stillness follows, may still appear. That's perfectly natural. Notice a word, distractions, but they come and go. Just like clouds, drifting across a wide,

Starting point is 00:21:19 You can remain a little further back now, resting outside of judgment, outside of evaluation, simply allowing everything to be as it is, notice the thought they don't need to be controlled, be changed into quiet, gently, soften and fade to drift away in their own time. ease of thoughts, there is something deeper here, something calmer, something the remains appear, and then quietly disappear again, shooting stars, before moving on, thoughts arrive, with a bit more momentum, asking to be noticed,

Starting point is 00:23:56 bouncing for attention. But imagine they are like shooting stars, see them for a second, say rather, injurether

Guided Sleep Meditation & Sleep Hypnosis from Sleep Cove - Guided Sleep Meditation for Detachment From Over-Thinking (Anxiety / OCD / Depression)

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