Guided Sleep Meditation & Sleep Hypnosis from Sleep Cove - Healing Colour Body Scan Meditation (Premium)

Starting point is 00:00:02 Hi everyone, this is a bonus episode appearing on Sleepcove's premium feed. So if you want to get access to this episode and support the show, go to our supporters feed right now at sleepcove.com slash bonus. Or if you like the Apple podcast app, you can subscribe on Apple. Both platforms have a free trial, so please check it out. out. So here is a preview of the Healing Color Meditation. Welcome to Sleep Cove, the place to come for a great night's sleep. With me, Christopher Fitton. Tonight we're going to be doing a relaxing healing colour meditation to help you sleep quickly in under 15 minutes.

Starting point is 00:00:59 We'll use deep breathing as well as guided colour imagery and progressive muscle relaxation. to remove any anxiety and stress. So let's begin. Please get comfortable in a place that if you were to fall asleep, you could safely do so. And you will be listening to the sound of my voice as I guide you in this meditation.

Starting point is 00:01:29 And I would like you to put one hand on your stomach and one hand on your chest and feel where the breathing is coming from. You want to make sure that the breathing is emanating from the stomach and not coming from the upper chest area. If it is coming from the upper chest area, then we know that you're not breathing efficiently or deeply.

Starting point is 00:01:57 We want to be making sure that the breathing is happening through our stomach. and that's deep, beddy breathing where we breathe efficiently and the oxygen and air circulates to the deep that means that we are shallow breathing and shadow breathing is not good as it means that oxygen

Starting point is 00:02:30 cannot bind with the red blood cells because your CO2 will not be in sync with your body that's why it's really important to do deep, slow breathing. Breathing fast unnecessarily actually makes the red blood cells not bind with the oxygen cells efficiently.

Starting point is 00:02:55 And that is one of the reasons why stress can increase. So imagine your hand on your stomach, gently rising and falling. If it's very still and calm, that's great. You want to make sure that your hand is gently rising and falling and your energy is coming from your stomach. Movement is coming.

Starting point is 00:03:28 So take a deep breath in through your stomach and count to five as you do so. Three, four, five. For two seconds and then gently let go like a balloon, gently deflating. and let all the air come out of your lungs in one smooth motion. Every exhale you take, gently let go out of your lungs. This will help you get into a deep cycle of breathing.

Starting point is 00:04:17 We always want to make sure that the exhale is longer than the inhale. That means our blood chemistry will be in the air. sink with our body and it helps to reduce anxieties and gives calming energy to the body. And as we take these deep breaths, I want you to imagine the muscles in your forehead gently smoothing, detensing and relaxing. All the lines just gently relax in your forehead as you let the move through. down into your eyelids now and all the little

Starting point is 00:05:07 muscles around your eyes gently detents as well don't feel tight on your eyes anymore they just feel like gentle sheets just draping over your eyelids

Starting point is 00:05:26 the little muscles around your eyes smooth out moves down into the rest of your face and into your jaw and your jaw can slightly open if you wish. As you feel complete relaxation, your whole face feels so relaxed.

Guided Sleep Meditation & Sleep Hypnosis from Sleep Cove - Healing Colour Body Scan Meditation (Premium)

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