Meditation Mountain - Meditation for Sleep and Anxiety ~ Mindful Breathing Techniques

Episode Date: March 9, 2021

This 15 minute guided meditation for sleep and anxiety focuses on breathing techniques and stress reduction exercises to help relieve your stress and anxiety giving you the ability to get better sleep through deep relaxation. Overthinking and anxiety can be a major cause of stress in our daily lives. Relaxation techniques and deep breathing meditation can help reduce the damaging effects of these in the moment and over time. Mindfulness meditation and in this case specifically meditation for sleep and anxiety are keys we can use to open the door to restful sleep and a peaceful mind. In this 15 minute guided meditation we cover breathing exercises for anxiety as well as techniques in sleep meditation that are designed to relax and calm you down. Falling asleep when we're overthinking or worrying about problems can feel impossible and counting sheep doesn't always work. Learning how to meditate so that your mind and body can relax enough to drift off can be useful during stressful times in life. 15 minutes is all you need sometimes. Breathing exercises help slow your pulse and anxiety meditations help clear your mind. Before you know it you'll be ready to sleep with a relaxed mind and stress free body. Whilst mindfulness is the basis of many meditations, try not to get this confused with overthinking. When we overthink we cause so much stress and anxiety within our minds it creates tension within our bodies. Mindfulness might sound like we're trying to overthink our way out of this but good mindfulness meditations help us focus on simply observing our thoughts rather than trying to fix or control them. Mindfulness is the real key to helping gently control our mind and release our thoughts enough to reduce the noise inside our own heads. It is by doing this we can truly begin to relax inside and out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Meditation Mountain and to this guided meditation to help you release your anxiety and fall gently into a deep, restful sleep. Thank you for being here and giving time for your self-love and relaxation. A good sleep. is necessary for a successful and happy life, as it helps on keeping a clear mind and a healthy body. This meditation is a path to let yourself drift into restful dreams tonight. Make sure to get comfortable.

and set everything ready. So, from now, you can just focus on you and clear your mind, relaxed, and even fall asleep. I suggest you lay down your arms at your sides and close your eyes. Become aware of your breath and start opening your sight to your inner world as air goes in and out. Feel how your thoughts have the same flow through your mind with no attachments, like air.

as ideas come, you let them go. Breathe deeply. Meditate on the breathing pattern you had when you started to listen to this audio. Remember the pace and depth of your breath at that time. Many of our physical and physical and mental imbalances are caused by incorrect breathing habits. Stay conscious of your inner reality now. Focus your eyes on the third eye, the point in between your eyebrows. Let your deep breath guide you and start releasing. your hormones for deep sleep. Feel how.

With each breath, any physical and mental tension disappears. In case of any discomfort or pain in your body, focus and move this pure energy your breathing in, to that place, your time. As you continue, a waterfall of these sleep hormones starts to fall down from your head. Being spread all throughout your body. Focus your attention on your breathing.

In, visualize. The tension melting away, shoulders, chest, your arm, all these parts of your body, becoming more and more relaxed. Proceed with your stomach, your liver, your bowel. Make sure to visualize the tension listing. releasing any physical or emotional blockage. Continue to your legs, your feet, as you feel your entire body relaxing now. If there are any unwanted thoughts, making their way into your mind, let them come, then very

gently, lovingly, without judgment. Releasing anxiety isn't about forcing thoughts out of your head. It's about accepting that even if they come, your thoughts are not in control, that you still have the power and the ability to notice them without letting them control you. So, when you do notice them, recognize their existence, and slowly push them away into the distance. Try to bring your attention back to your breathing. Nice and slow. Deeper and deeper. Your body allows gravity to let you sink into the floor,

falling into a deeper level relaxation. Once again in, as you continue breathing in nice and slow, take a moment to focus on your face. Behold so much tension in our expressions, and anxiety is shown on our face throughout the day. To release it into the world. Gently let all the muscles in your face relare your forehead, your jaw, releasing any tension in your mouth.

And finally, your neck, this may or may not be where you feel you hold your anxiety within your body. but releasing the tension from your face unconsciously helps to relax your entire body. When your face relaxes, it's easier for your body to relax. Remembering, there is no rush, no hurry to release this anxiety. Let it flow out of you naturally. It's with this calm, this release of tension, that sleeping becomes so much easier. With a gentle mind, tension-free body, you're able to drift off to sleep, in a natural, more peaceful way than before.

Knowing that there is no quick route, it takes time. But the time to a calm, anxiety-free mind and body is worth every. Take this moment to continue. breathing deeply slowly soft feeling the tension in your mind and body slowly drift away clue