Sleep Escape: Sleep Meditation & Hypnosis - Fall Asleep Fast & Sleep All Night, Guided Sleep Meditation & Hypnosis

Episode Date: December 23, 2025

Fall asleep fast and stay asleep all night with this calming, guided sleep meditation and hypnosis. Deep restful sleep is just a few minutes away. Relax. Escape insomnia. Let go of stress, anxiety, an...d overthinking, and drift into a deep, restorative sleep, so you awake refreshed and rejuvenated in the morning. Soothing delta waves are integrated throughout the recording, and the screen fades to black after 5 minutes to further aid you in sleeping. This is an extended version of a prior episode on Sleep Escape. The 3 hour original version is Episode 52 of Sleep Escape. #sleep #sleepmeditation #fallasleep #fallasleepfast #sleephypnosis Want to listen ad-free and enjoy bonus + extended-length episodes? Grab a 7-day free trial of Sleep Escape premium: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://goodpeoplestuff.supercast.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ About Sleep Escape Sleep Escape uses calming audio and hypnotic sleep meditation to guide you away from your day and into a night of deep, restorative sleep. Our audio uses a variety of science-backed tools to help you fall asleep fast. For example, the frequency waves embedded into each episode are designed to match the frequency waves of the brain during a sleep state, gently guiding you to sleep without even having to try. We also use sleep hypnosis and sleep meditation techniques, which have been shown to help induce states of deep relaxation. Learn to love your sleep and look forward to it every night by making Sleep Escape your bedtime companion. I hope you come back tomorrow for another night of restful, deep sleep. If you do enjoy this episode, please leave a rating or review, and be sure to follow/subscribe to Sleep Escape wherever you listen, so you never miss a new episode.  Submit feedback and requests here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://forms.gle/osM2eeksSnQr4kvL7⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   Our Network: Good People Stuff Join Tyler for positive mornings on Wake Me Up! Listen on: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   Sweet dreams, my friend. I hope you sleep well 😴💤❤️ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Starting point is 00:00:00 Welcome to Sleep Escape, soothing meditations, designed to calm your racing mind and guide you into a peaceful sleep. Sleep Escape is made possible thanks to the support of our premium members and sponsors. If you'd like to enjoy Sleep Escape completely ad-free and support the show, then check out Sleep Escape Premium in the episode notes. Now, a quick word from our sponsors before we begin tonight's episode. Hey there, my friend, and welcome to Sleep Escape.
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Starting point is 00:01:12 This recording is specifically designed to guide you into a deep state of sleep, using your body's natural relaxation processes and systems. As such, do not listen to this recording while driving or operating machinery. Only listen, once you're in a safe place, comfortable, and ready to fall asleep. You can begin by settling into a comfortable position in bed. I encourage you for now to keep your eyes open.
Starting point is 00:01:52 It may seem counterintuitive, but it's very effective in this technique I'm about to guide you through. I'll take one short moment here to explain. how this meditation works. But if you'd like to skip that and move ahead to the actual meditation, feel free to use the chapter markers in the description and go ahead and do so. In this recording, I'll guide you through a series of relaxation techniques in a specific order that's designed to lead you into a deep state of calm and sleep. First, some slow, deep breathing.
Starting point is 00:02:40 Then, a body scan, in which you'll relax each and every part of your body. And lastly, I'll lead you through a visualization, which will guide you deeper and deeper. I'll repeat this series throughout the entire episode, slowly fading out over time, to offer a soft and pillowy landing into sleep. And that way, if at any point you wake up, you can just tune back in to the sound of my voice and fall back asleep easily. I don't know whether you'll fall asleep faster
Starting point is 00:03:31 because of the words that I say or because of the relaxation techniques themselves or by simply having some time here, just for quiet and calm. But I do know that your body is designed for sleep. It's a natural process of your being. And the more we can let go of the need to control when and how we fall asleep, releasing those expectations, and the more we can enjoy this process,
Starting point is 00:04:20 that's so natural to our existence. And so hopefully you're in a nice comfortable position in bed or wherever it is that you're trying to fall asleep right now. And with your eyes open, you can just find a spot there on the ceiling or whatever's out in front of you. Just resting the eyes on that first thing that draws your attention. And you don't need to focus on it too hard.
Starting point is 00:05:00 Just rest the gaze there. And notice that as you rest your gaze here, your eyes may naturally want to begin to close, such that you feel the weight of your eyelids beginning to take over. And for just this moment right now, do your best to resist that desire to close your eyes. And as I count down from 10 to 1, allow your eyes. allow your eyes to drift deeper and deeper each time just that little bit more closed starting at 10 9 8 beginning to feel that weight growing heavier 7 6 5 your eyes beginning to flutter 3 as you're barely able to resist the weight Eight. Two, almost all the way closed.
Starting point is 00:06:48 One, allowing your eyes to close all the way and feeling that sense of relaxation and relief. And the muscles of your eyes and eyelids, just allow that sense of softness. To spread across your face, relaxing the muscles of your forehead, your cheeks, your jaw. Let's take a moment for some deep, slow breathing. That's designed to signal to your body that you're safe, that you can relax, and that it's time to begin moving towards sleep. And for each of these breaths, we'll inhale for four, hold for seven, and exhale for eight. Really focus on the rhythm of the breath and expanding,
Starting point is 00:08:18 down into your belly through the diaphragm. So let's begin. Inhale. One, two, three, four. Hold. Two, three, four, five, six, seven. Exhale. Two, three, four, five, six, seven.
Starting point is 00:08:50 eight two three four hold two three three four five five six seven exhale two three four five six seven eight inhale two three four four five six seven eight inhale two three four four Hold. Two, three, four, five, six, seven. Exhale, two, three, four, five, six, seven. Inhale, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. Inhale, two, three, four. Hold, two, three, four, five, six, seven, seven. Exhale, two, three, four, five, six, seven. six, seven, eight. Two more. Inhale. Two, three, four. Hold. Two, three, four, five, six, seven. Exhale. Two, three, five, six, seven. Exhale. Two, three, four, five, six, seven, Two, three, four.
Starting point is 00:10:36 Hold. Two, three, four, five, six, seven. Exhale. Two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. Now hold on empty. You can take a small sip of air in if you'd like. if that would feel more comfortable. But just rest here in the stillness and the silence.
Starting point is 00:11:17 And whenever you're ready, you can take a long, slow breath in, filling all the way up through your lungs, thrown into your diaphragm, and then allowing your breath to return to your own natural rhythm and depth. Let's turn toward relaxing your body. Bring your attention to the tips of your toes and just notice any sensations there. Allow the bones and the muscles and the joints in your toes to soften. Now shifting your attention to the soles of your feet.
Starting point is 00:12:50 Just noticing any sensations and then encouraging them to relax of your feet. your heels and ankles, relaxing and softening down, both of your feet entirely. Shifting your attention now to your calves, just noticing any sensations there before relaxing them. Removing your attention to your shins. Again, just noticing everything you can sense there in your shins and your knees, the front. side of your thighs, noticing your quad muscles and relaxing them all the way down, shifting to the backs of your thighs, your hips and your buttocks, and just taking a moment now to soften and relax every muscle, every joint from the waist down, turning your entire lower body off
Starting point is 00:15:49 for the night, sinking even deeper into the bed, and now moving your attention to your lower back and just offering a little extra love there. Since we so often hold tension in this area, allowing it to relax and soften, as there's no more work left to do today. And then shifting your attention to your belly and your abdominals. Soft. them even deeper. With each passing breath, noticing your ribs, your middle back,
Starting point is 00:17:27 your chest, laxing those muscles down, before moving to your upper back, your shoulders, noticing any tension there, breathing into that tension, and then softening further down on the exhale. As you move your attention
Starting point is 00:18:21 to your upper arms, Just noticing any sensations and then letting go. Shifting your attention to your elbows. Noticing and relaxing. Your forearms. Releasing any clenching in your hands. Before moving to your wrists, your palms, the tops of your hands, your pinky fingers, your ring fingers, your middle fingers.
Starting point is 00:19:57 your index fingers and your thumbs. And just taking a moment now for a nice, deep and slow breath in, collecting any remaining tension in your body, and then releasing and relaxing even deeper. As you exhale, turning off everything below the neck for the night. And now shifting your attention. tension to your neck, the front side, feeling the air moving past your throat. With each breath, shifting to the back of your neck and the back of your head, the crown of
Starting point is 00:21:34 your head, your left ear, and your right ear, your forehead, softening those muscles down all the way, your left cheek, your right cheek, your jaw, your tongue, your lower lip, and your upper lip, your nose. And finally, your eyes, taking another deep breath in, collecting any tension in your neck, head, and face. And as you exhale, softening all of those muscles, and turning everything off for the night. And just take a moment now.
Starting point is 00:23:46 that everything in your whole body is relaxed and switched off for the night. And just notice how nice this feeling is. There's nothing for you to do right now. Nowhere for you to be. No problems to solve. No answers to find. Just you in a calm, relaxed state of peace and quiet. And that's such a nice feeling, isn't it?
Starting point is 00:24:40 And as you come to this place of softness and ease, you may find that you desire to be in this state more often, because this is your natural resting state. This calm sense of comfort and maybe even satisfaction. This is how you're supposed to feel. You deserve to feel good. to feel relaxed and at ease and comfortable in your own being. As you rest in this state of ease and relaxation, you can let go of any worries, any concerns, any frustrations about the present moment, about your life in general, or about when or how you might fall asleep.
Starting point is 00:26:23 Because right now, you are safe, you are calm, you are relaxed, and everything is okay. And if you'd like to deepen this sense of ease and comfort, you might invite your mind to a pleasant vision in this vision, your bed is a cloud fluffy and white untethered by gravity untouched by the burdens and problems of life and this cloud that you rest upon is guided by your own breath each inhale fills it with air and each exhale sends it just that bit higher, away from the surface of the earth, into the peaceful night sky.
Starting point is 00:28:05 And with each passing, slow and steady breath you take, you notice yourself rising higher as you relax deeper and deeper, and deeper, floating above your home, beginning to feel that sense of weightlessness. As you rise higher above your town, beginning to see the lights of the world, lit up beneath you as a peaceful night, passes over the land, floating higher and higher, beginning to meet some other friendly clouds that float along with you in the sky. Here, you're safe, you're comfortable, you're cradled in your own. personal cloud far away from the world and any problems or worries each breath sending you higher as you soften even deeper and deeper down in that cloud and if you look up you see the stars shimmering
Starting point is 00:30:16 overhead leading you to wonder what it's like in those distant parts of the universe, seeing the moon bright, steady, luminous in the sky. It's the perfect scene to watch as you drift peacefully on your cloud, hear through the night sky, and if you find yourself still conscious of my voice, and that's perfectly fine, as now we'll begin to repeat this process. of breathing, body scan, and visualization. And there's no need to worry about when or how you'll fall asleep. Because if you just follow my guidance and the sound of my voice, you will fall asleep in your own way and on your own time.
Starting point is 00:31:53 And I know that because these techniques are proven and designed to activate those deeper relaxations and comforts within you, those natural processes which in due time will guide you into the most peaceful and relaxing sleep. So just follow my voice as we take a few more. guided deep breaths. And for each breath, we'll inhale for four, hold for seven, and exhale for eight. Really focus on breathing deep down into your belly through your diaphragm.
Starting point is 00:32:59 So let's begin. Inhale, one, two, three, four. Hold, two, two, three, four, five, six, seven. Exhale, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. Inhale, two, three, four, hold, two, three, four, five, five, six, six, six, 7. Exhale. Two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. Inhale, two, three, four. Hold. Two, three, four, five, six, seven, seven. four, five, six, seven, eight. Inhale, two, three, four. Hold, two, three, four, five, six, seven.
Starting point is 00:34:37 Exhale, two, three, four, five, six, seven. Eight, two more, inhale, two, three, four, hold, two, three, five, six, seven. Exhale, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, inhale, two, three, four, Hold. Two, three, four, five, six, seven. Exhale. Two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. Now hold on empty.
Starting point is 00:35:43 You can take a small sip of air in if you'd like, if that would feel more comfortable. But just rest here. in the stillness and the silence. And whenever you're ready, you can take a long, slow breath in, filling all the way up through your lungs down into your diaphragm and then allowing your breath to return to your own natural rhythm and depth toward relaxing your body. Bring your attention to the tips of your toes. and just notice any sensations there. Allow the bones and the muscles and the joints in your toes
Starting point is 00:37:16 to soften. Now shifting your attention to the soles of your feet, just noticing any sensations, and then encouraging them to relax of your feet, your heels and ankles, and then relaxing and softening down both of your feet entirely. Shifting your attention now to your calves, just noticing any sensations there before relaxing them and moving your attention to your shins. Again, just noticing everything you can sense there in your shins and your knees, front side of your thighs,
Starting point is 00:39:28 noticing your quad muscles and relaxing them. all the way down, shifting to the backs of your thighs, your hips and your buttocks, and just taking a moment now to soften and relax every muscle, every joint from the waist down, turning your entire lower body off for the night, sinking even deeper into the bed, and now moving your attention to your lower back and just offering a little extra love there. Since we so often hold tension in this area, allowing it to relax and soften,
Starting point is 00:41:16 as there's no more work left to do today. And then shifting your attention to your belly and your abdominals, softening them even deeper. with each passing breath, noticing your ribs, your middle back, your chest, laxing those muscles down before moving to your upper back, your shoulders, noticing any tension there, breathing into that tension, and then softening further down on the exhale as you move your attention to your upper arms, just noticing any sensations and then letting go, shifting your attention to your elbows, noticing, your forearms, releasing any clenching in your hands,
Starting point is 00:43:50 before moving to your wrists, your palms, the tops of your hands, your pinky fingers, your ring fingers, your middle fingers, your index fingers, and your thumbs. And just taking a moment now for a nice deep and slow breath in, collecting any remaining tension in your body, and then releasing and relaxing even deeper. As you exhale, turning off everything below the neck for the night and now shifting your attention to your neck the front side feeling the air moving past your throat with each breath shifting to the back of your neck and the back of your head round of your head your left ear and your right ear your forehead softening those muscles down
Starting point is 00:46:47 all the way. Your left cheek. Your right cheek. Your jaw. Your tongue. Your lower lip and your upper lip. Your nose. And finally, your eyes.
Starting point is 00:47:53 Taking another deep breath in. Collecting any tension in your neck, head, and face. And as you exhale, softening all of those muscles, and turning everything off for the night. And just take a moment now that everything in your whole body is relaxed and switched off for the night. And just notice how nice this feeling is.
Starting point is 00:48:44 There's nothing for you to do right now. Nowhere for you to be. No problems to solve. No answers to find. Just you. in a calm, relaxed state of peace and quiet. That's such a nice feeling, isn't it? And as you come to this place of softness and ease,
Starting point is 00:49:35 you may find that you desire to be in this state more often because this is your natural resting state, this calm sense of comfort, and maybe even, satisfaction. This is how you're supposed to feel. You deserve to feel good, to feel relaxed and at ease and comfortable in your own being. As you rest in this state of ease and relaxation, you can let go of any worries, any concerns, any frustrations about the present moment, about your life in general, or about when or how you might fall asleep. Because right now, you are safe, you are calm,
Starting point is 00:51:12 you are relaxed, and everything is okay. And if you'd like to deepen this sense, of ease and comfort, you might invite your mind to a pleasant vision. And in this vision, your bed is a cloud, fluffy and white, untethered by gravity, untouched by the burdens and problems of life. And this cloud that you rest upon is guided by your own breath, Each inhale fills it with air, and each exhale sends it just that bit higher, away from the surface of the earth into the peaceful night sky. And with each passing, slow and steady breath you take, you notice yourself rising higher and higher as you relax deeper and deeper, and deeper, floating above your home,
Starting point is 00:53:18 beginning to feel that sense of weightlessness. As you rise higher above your town, beginning to see the lights of the world, lit up beneath you as a peaceful night, passes over the land, floating higher and higher, beginning to meet some other friendly clouds, that float along with you in the sky.
Starting point is 00:54:08 Here, you're safe, you're comfortable. You're cradled in your own personal cloud, far away from the world and any problems or worries. Each breath sending you higher as you soften even deeper and deeper down in that cloud. And if you look up,
Starting point is 00:54:57 You see the stars shimmering overhead, leading you to wonder what it's like in those distant parts of the universe, seeing the moon bright, steady, luminous in the sky. It's the perfect scene to watch as you drift peacefully on your cloud, here through the night sky. and if you find yourself still conscious of my voice and that's perfectly fine as now we'll begin to repeat this process of breathing body scan and visualization and there's no need to worry about when or how you'll fall asleep because if you just follow my guidance and the sound of my voice you'll be you'll be able to sleep you will fall asleep in your own way and on your own time. And I know that because these techniques are proven and designed to activate those deeper relaxations and comforts within you. Those natural processes which in due time will guide you into the most peaceful
Starting point is 00:57:04 and relaxing sleep. So, just follow my voice as we take a few more guided deep breaths. And for each breath, we'll inhale for four, hold for seven, and exhale for eight. Really focus on breathing deep down into your belly through your diaphragm. So let's begin. Inhale. One, two, three, four. Hold.
Starting point is 00:57:56 Two, three, four, five, six, seven. Exhale. Two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. Inhale. Inhale, two, three, four. Hold. Two, three, four, five, six, seven. Exhale, two, three, four, five, six, seven,
Starting point is 00:58:42 three, four, hold, two, three, four, five, six, seven. Exhale, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. Inhale, three, four, four, hold, two, two, three, four, five, six, seven. Exhale, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. Two more, inhale. Two, three, four. Hold.
Starting point is 00:59:35 Two, three, six, seven. Exhale. Two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. Inhale, two, three, four. Hold. Two, three, four, five, six, seven. Exhale, two, three, four, five, six, seven. seven, eight. Now hold on empty. You can take a small sip of air in if you'd like, if that would feel
Starting point is 01:00:28 more comfortable. But just rest here in the stillness and the silence. And whenever you're ready, you can take a long, slow breath in, filling all the way up through your lungs down into your diaphragm. and then allowing your breath to return to your own natural rhythm and depth toward relaxing your body. Bring your attention to the tips of your toes and just notice any sensations there. Allow the bones and the muscles and the joints in your toes to soften. Now shifting your attention to the souls of your feet. just noticing any sensations and then encouraging them to relax of your feet, your heels and ankles, and then relaxing and softening down both of your feet entirely.
Starting point is 01:03:10 Shifting your attention now to your calves, just noticing any sensations there before relaxing them and moving your attention to your shins, again just noticing everything you can sense there in your shins and your knees, the front side of your thighs, noticing your quad muscles, and relaxing them all the way down, shifting to the backs of your thighs, your hips and your buttocks, and just taking a moment now to soften and relax every muscle, every joint from the waist down, turning your entire lower body off for the night, sinking even deeper into the bed, and now moving your attention to your lower back
Starting point is 01:05:34 and just offering a little extra love there. Since we so often hold tension in this area, allowing it to relax and soften as there's no more work left to do today. And then shifting your attention to your belly and your abdominals, softening them even deeper. With each passing breath, noticing your ribs, your middle back, your chest, relaxing those muscles down before moving to your upper back. your shoulders, noticing any tension there, breathing into that tension, and then softening further down on the exhale.
Starting point is 01:07:42 As you move your attention to your upper arms, just noticing any sensations, and then letting go, shifting your attention to your elbows, noticing and relaxing, your forearms, releasing, any clenching in your hands before moving to your wrists your palms the tops of your hands your pinky fingers your ring fingers your middle fingers your index fingers and your thumbs and just taking a moment now for a nice deep and slow breath in collecting any remaining tension in your remaining tension in your your body and then releasing and relaxing even deeper as you exhale turning off everything below the neck for the night and now shifting your attention to your neck the front side feeling the air moving past your throat with each breath shifting to the back of your neck and the back of your head
Starting point is 01:10:49 brown of your head, your left ear and your right ear, your forehead, softening those muscles down all the way, your left cheek, your right cheek, your jaw, your tongue, your lower lip, and your upper lip, your nose, and finally, your eyes, taking another deep breath in, collecting any tension, tension in your neck, head, and face. And as you exhale, softening all of those muscles and turning everything off for the night. And just take a moment now that everything in your whole body is relaxed and switched off for the night. And just notice how nice this feeling is.
Starting point is 01:13:24 There's nothing for you to do right now. Nowhere for you to be. No problems to solve. No answers to find. Just you. In a calm, relaxed state. Of peace and quiet. That's such a nice feeling, isn't it?
Starting point is 01:14:09 And as you come to this place of softness and ease, you may find that you desire to be in this state. more often, because this is your natural resting state, this calm sense of comfort and maybe even satisfaction. This is how you're supposed to feel. You deserve to feel good, to feel relaxed, and at ease, and comfortable in your own being. As you rest in this state, you rest in this state, state of ease and relaxation. You can let go of any worries, any concerns, any frustrations about the present moment, about your life in general, or about when or how you might fall asleep.
Starting point is 01:15:45 Because right now, you are safe, you are calm, you are relaxed, and every. Everything is okay. And if you'd like to deepen this sense of ease and comfort, you might invite your mind to a pleasant vision. And in this vision, your bed is a cloud, fluffy and white, untethered by gravity, untouched by the burdens and problems of life. and this cloud that you rest upon is guided by your own breath.
Starting point is 01:17:01 Each inhale fills it with air and each exhale sends it just that bit higher away from the surface of the earth into the peaceful night sky and with each passing slow and steady breath you take you notice yourself rising higher and higher. and higher as you relax deeper and deeper, floating above your home, beginning to feel that sense of weightlessness, as you rise higher above your town, beginning to see the lights of the world,
Starting point is 01:18:16 lit up beneath you as a peaceful night, passes over the land, floating higher and higher, beginning to meet some other friendly clouds that float along with you in the sky. Here, you're safe, you're comfortable, you're cradled in your own personal cloud, far away from the world and any problems or worries. Each breath sending you higher as you soften even deeper. and deeper down in that cloud. And if you look up, you see the stars shimmering overhead, leading you to wonder what it's like in those distant parts of the universe, seeing the moon bright, steady, luminous in the sky. It's the perfect scene to watch.
Starting point is 01:20:14 as you drift peacefully on your cloud, hear through the night sky, and if you find yourself still conscious of my voice, and that's perfectly fine, as now we'll begin to repeat this process of breathing, body scan, and visualization, and there's no need to worry about when or how you'll find.
Starting point is 01:20:59 fall asleep because if you just follow my guidance and the sound of my voice, you will fall asleep in your own way and on your own time. And I know that because these techniques are proven and designed to activate those deeper relaxations and comforts within you, those natural processes which in due time will guide you into the most peaceful and relaxing sleep. So just follow my voice as we take a few more guided deep breaths. And for each breath, we'll inhale for four, hold for seven, and exhale for eight. Really focus on breathing deep down into your belly through your diaphragm. So let's begin.
Starting point is 01:22:28 Inhale. One, two, three, four. Hold. Two, three, four, five, six, seven. Exhale. Two, three, four. five, six, seven, eight. Inhale, two, three, four.
Starting point is 01:22:59 Hold. Two, three, four, five, six, seven. Exhale, two, three, four, five, six, seven. Inhale, two, three, four. Hold, two, three, four, five, six, seven. Exhale, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. Inhale, two, three, four, four, Hold.
Starting point is 01:23:50 Two, three, four, five, six, seven. Exhale. Two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. Two more. Inhale. Two, three, four. Hold. Two, three, four.
Starting point is 01:24:18 four, five, six, seven. Exhale, two, three, four, five, six, seven, inhale, two, hold, two, three, four, five, five, six, six, seven, seven, seven, exhale, two, three, four, five, six, seven. Now hold on empty. You can take a small sip of air in, if you'd like, if that would feel more comfortable, but just rest here in the stillness and the silence. And whenever you're ready, you can take a long, slow breath in, filling all the way up through your lungs down into your diaphragm and then allowing your breath to return to your own natural rhythm and depth toward relaxing your body. Bring your attention to the tips of your toes and just notice any sensations there.
Starting point is 01:26:31 Allow the bones and the muscles and the joints and the joints. joints and your toes to soften. Now shifting your attention to the soles of your feet, just noticing any sensations and then encouraging them to relax to the tops of your feet, your heels and ankles. And then relaxing and softening down both of your feet entirely. shifting your attention now to your calves, just noticing any sensations there before relaxing them and moving your attention to your shins. Again, just noticing everything you can sense there in your shins and your knees, the front side of your thighs, noticing your quad muscles,
Starting point is 01:28:49 and relaxing them all the way down, shifting to the back. backs of your thighs, your hips and your buttocks, and just taking a moment now to soften and relax every muscle, every joint from the waist down, turning your entire lower body off for the night, sinking even deeper into the bed, and now moving your attention to your lower back, and just offering a little extra love there. Since we so often hold tension in this area, allowing it to relax and soften, as there's no more work left to do today,
Starting point is 01:30:40 and then shifting your attention to your belly and your abdominals, softening them even deeper. With each passing breath, noticing your ribs, your middle back, your chest, laxing those muscles down, before moving to your upper back, your shoulders, noticing any tension there, breathing into that tension, and then softening further down on the exhale as you move your attention to your upper arms, just noticing any sensations and then letting go shifting your attention to your elbows noticing and relaxing your forearms releasing any clenching in your hands before moving to your wrists your palms the tops of your hands
Starting point is 01:33:34 your pinky fingers your ring fingers your middle fingers your middle fingers your index fingers and your thumbs and just taking a moment now for a nice deep and slow breath in collecting any remaining tension in your body and then releasing and relaxing even deeper as you exhale turning off everything below the neck for the night and now shifting your attention to your neck, the front side, feeling the air moving past your throat. With each breath, shifting to the back of your neck and the back of your head, brown of your head, your left ear and your right ear, your forehead, softening those muscles down all the way, your left cheek, your right cheek, your jaw, your tongue, your lower lip, and your upper lip,
Starting point is 01:36:54 your nose, and finally, your eyes, taking another deep breath in, collecting any tension in your neck, head, and face. And as you exhale, softening all of those muscles, and turning everything off for the night. And just take a moment now that everything in your whole body is relaxed and switched off for the night.
Starting point is 01:38:01 And just notice how nice this feeling is. There's nothing for you to do right now. Nowhere for you to be. No problems to solve. No answers to find. Just you. in a calm, relaxed state of peace and quiet. That's such a nice feeling, isn't it?
Starting point is 01:38:43 And as you come to this place of softness and ease, you may find that you desire to be in this state more often, because this is your natural resting state, this calm sense of comfort, contentment, and maybe even satisfaction. This is how you're supposed to feel. You deserve to feel good, to feel relaxed and at ease and comfortable in your own being.
Starting point is 01:39:44 And as you rest in this state of ease and relaxation, you can let go of any worries, any concerns any frustrations about the present moment about your life in general or about when or how you might fall asleep
Starting point is 01:40:22 because right now you are safe you are calm you are relaxed and everything is okay and if you'd like to deepen this sense of ease
Starting point is 01:40:54 and comfort, you might invite your mind to a pleasant vision. And in this vision, your bed is a cloud fluffy and white, untethered by gravity, untouched by the burdens and problems of life. And this cloud that you rest upon is guided by your own breath. Each inhale, fills it with air, and each exhale sends it just that bit higher, away from the surface of the earth, into the peaceful night sky, and with each passing, slow and steady breath you take, you notice yourself rising higher and higher as you relax deeper and deeper, floating above your home, beginning to feel that sense of weightlessness as you rise higher above your town beginning to see the lights of the world lit up beneath you as a peaceful night passes over the land floating higher and higher beginning to meet some other friendly clouds that float along with you in the sky here you're safe, you're comfortable, you're cradled in your own personal cloud, far away from the world
Starting point is 01:43:43 and any problems or worries. Each breath sending you higher as you soften even deeper and deeper down in that cloud. And if you look up, you see the stars shimmering overhead leading you to wonder what it's like in those distant parts of the universe, seeing the moon, bright, steady, luminous in the sky. It's the perfect scene to watch as you drift peacefully on your cloud, here through the night sky, and if you find yourself still conscious of my voice, and that's perfectly fine as now we'll begin to repeat this process of breathing body scan and visualization and there's no need to worry about when or how you'll fall asleep because if you just follow my guidance and the sound of my voice you will fall asleep in your own
Starting point is 01:45:53 way and on your own time. And I know that because these techniques are proven and designed to activate those deeper relaxations and comforts within you, those natural processes which in due time will guide you into the most peaceful and relaxing sleep. So, just follow my voice as we take a few more guided deep breaths. And for each breath, we'll inhale for four, hold for seven, and exhale for eight. Really focus on breathing deep down into your belly through your diaphragm. So let's begin. Inhale, one, two, three, four.
Starting point is 01:47:15 Hold, two, three, four, five, six, seven, exhale, two, three, seven, eight, inhale, two, three, four, five, Inhale, two, three, four. Hold, two, three, four, five, six, seven. Exhale, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. Inhale, two, three, four, four, five, six, seven, eight. Hold. Two, three, four, five, six, seven. Exhale, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
Starting point is 01:48:24 Inhale, two, three, four. Hold, two, three, four, five, six, seven. Exhale, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. Two more. Inhale. Two, three, four. Hold. Two, three, four.
Starting point is 01:48:58 five, six, seven. Exhale, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. Inhale, two, three, four, hold, two, three, four, five, five, six, seven, seven, Exhale, two, three, four, five, six, seven. Now hold on empty. You can take a small sip of air in, if you'd like, if that would feel more comfortable. Just rest here in the stillness and the silence. And whenever you're ready, you can take a long,
Starting point is 01:50:14 Slow breath in, filling all the way up through your lungs down into your diaphragm, and then allowing your breath to return to your own natural rhythm and depth toward relaxing your body. Bring your attention to the tips of your toes and just notice any sensations there. Allow the bones and the muscles and the joints in your toes to start. soften. Now shifting your attention to the soles of your feet, just noticing any sensations, and then encouraging them to relax of your feet, your heels and ankles, and then relaxing and softening down both of your feet entirely. Shifting your attention now to your calves, just noticing any sensations there.
Starting point is 01:52:40 before relaxing them and moving your attention to your shins. Again, just noticing everything you can sense there in your shins and your knees, the front side of your thighs, noticing your quad muscles, and relaxing them all the way down, shifting to the backs of your thighs, your hips and your buttocks, and just taking a moment now, to soften and relax every muscle, every joint from the waist down, turning your entire lower body off for the night, sinking even deeper into the bed and now moving your attention to your lower back
Starting point is 01:54:54 and just offering a little extra love there. Since we so often hold tension in this area, allowing it to relax and soften as there's no more work left to do today. And then shifting your attention to your belly and your abdominals, softening them even deeper. With each passing breath, noticing your ribs, your middle back, your chest, relaxing those muscles down before moving to your upper back. your shoulders, noticing any tension there, breathing into that tension, and then softening further down
Starting point is 01:56:53 on the exhale as you move your attention to your upper arms, just noticing any sensations, and then letting go, shifting your attention to your elbows, noticing and relaxing your forearms, releasing any clenching in your hands before moving to your wrists your palms the tops of your hands your pinky fingers your ring fingers your middle fingers your index fingers and your thumbs and just taking a moment now for a nice deep and slow breath in collecting a little bit of you. any remaining tension in your body and then releasing and relaxing even deeper as you exhale turning off everything below the neck for the night and now shifting your attention to your neck the front side feeling the air moving past your throat with each breath shifting to the back of your
Starting point is 02:00:00 your neck and the back of your head, round of your head, your left ear and your right ear, your forehead, softening those muscles down all the way, your left cheek, your right cheek, your jaw, your tongue, your lower lip, and your upper lip, your nose, and finally your eyes, taking another deep breath in, collecting any tension in your neck, head, and face. And as you exhale, softening all of those muscles, and turning everything off for the night. And just take a moment now that everything in your whole body is relaxed and switched off for the night. And just notice how nice.
Starting point is 02:02:42 how nice this feeling is. There's nothing for you to do right now. Nowhere for you to be. No problems to solve. No answers to find. Just you. In a calm, relaxed state of peace and quiet. And that's such a nice feeling, isn't it? And as you come to this place of softness and ease, You may find that you desire to be in this state more often because this is your natural resting state. This calm sense of comfort, contentment, and maybe even satisfaction. This is how you're supposed to feel. You deserve to feel good, to feel relaxed, and at ease and comfortable in your own being.
Starting point is 02:04:24 As you rest in this state of ease and relaxation, you can let go of any worries, any concerns, any frustrations about the present moment, about your life in general, or about when or how you might fall asleep. Because right now, you are safe, you are calm, you are relaxed, and everything is okay. And if you'd like to deepen this sense of ease and comfort, you might invite your mind to a pleasant vision. And in this vision, your bed is a cloud, fluffy and white,
Starting point is 02:05:55 untethered by gravity, untouched by the burdens and problems of life, and this cloud that you rest upon, is guided by your own breath. Each inhale fills it with air, and each exhale sends it just that bit higher away from the surface of the earth into the peaceful night sky. And with each passing, slow and steady breath you take, you notice yourself rising higher and higher as you relax deeper and deeper, floating above your home, beginning to feel that sense of weightlessness.
Starting point is 02:07:25 As you rise higher above your town, beginning to see the lights of the world, lit up beneath you, As a peaceful night passes over the land, floating higher and higher, beginning to meet some other friendly clouds that float along with you in the sky. Here, you're safe, you're comfortable, you're cradled in your own personal cloud, far away from the world and any problems or worries. Each breath, sending you higher as you soften even deeper and deeper down in that cloud. And if you look up, you see the stars shimmering overhead, leading you to wonder what it's like in those distant parts of the universe. Seeing the moon.
Starting point is 02:09:21 Bright. steady, luminous in the sky. It's the perfect scene to watch as you drift peacefully on your cloud, hear through the night sky, and if you find yourself still conscious of my voice, and that's perfectly fine, as now will begin to repeat this process of breathing, body. scan and visualization and there's no need to worry about when or how you'll fall asleep because if you just follow my guidance and the sound of my voice you will fall asleep in your own way and on your own time And I know that because these techniques are proven and designed to activate those deeper relaxations and comforts within you.
Starting point is 02:10:54 Those natural processes which in due time will guide you into the most peaceful and relaxing sleep. So, Follow my voice as we take a few more guided deep breaths. And for each breath, we'll inhale for four, hold for seven, and exhale for eight. Really focus on breathing deep down into your belly through your diaphragm. So let's begin. Inhale. One, two.
Starting point is 02:11:52 Three, four. Hold. Two, three, four, five, six, seven. Exhale, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. Inhale, two, hold, two, three, three, three, three, four, five, six, seven. Exhale, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. Inhale, hold, two, two, three, three, three, four, five, six, five, six, seven, eight, inhale, two, three, 7. Exhale. Two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. Inhale, two, three, four. Hold. Two, three, four, five, six, seven, seven, seven. Exhale. Two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
Starting point is 02:13:27 Two more, inhale, two, three, four. Hold, two, three, four, five, six, seven, seven. Exhale, two, three, four, five, five, six, seven. six, seven, eight. Inhale, two, three, four, hold. Two, three, four, five, six, seven. Exhale, two, three, four, five, six, seven. Now hold on empty.
Starting point is 02:14:23 You can take a small sip of air in if you'd like, if that would feel more comfortable. Just rest here in the stillness and the silence. And whenever you're ready, you can take a long, slow breath in, filling all the way up through your lungs, thrown into your diaphragm. and then allowing your breath to return to your own natural rhythm and depth. Just turn toward relaxing your body. Bring your attention to the tips of your toes and just notice any sensations there. Allow the bones and the muscles and the joints in your toes to soften.
Starting point is 02:15:57 Now shifting your attention to the soles of your feet. just noticing any sensations, and then encouraging them to relax of your feet, your heels and ankles, and then relaxing and softening down both of your feet entirely, shifting your attention now to your calves, just noticing any sensations there, before relaxing them, and moving your attention to your shin, again just noticing everything you can sense there in your shins and your knees front side of your thighs noticing your quad muscles and relaxing them all the way down shifting to the backs of your thighs your hips and your buttocks and just taking a moment now to soften and relax every muscle
Starting point is 02:18:57 every joint from the waist down, turning your entire lower body off for the night, sinking even deeper into the bed, and now moving your attention to your lower back and just offering a little extra love there. Since we so often hold tension in this area, allowing it to relax and soften as there's no more work left to do today and then shifting your attention to your belly and your abdominals softening them even deeper with each passing breath noticing your ribs your middle back your chest laxing those muscles down before moving to your upper back your shoulders noticing any tension there breathing into that tension and then softening further down on the exhale as you move your attention
Starting point is 02:21:44 to your upper arms just noticing any sensations and then letting go shifting your attention to your elbows noticing and relaxing your forearms releasing any clenching in your hands before moving to your wrist your palms, the tops of your hands, your pinky fingers, your ring fingers, your middle fingers, your index fingers, and your thumbs, and just taking a moment now for a nice, deep and slow breath in, collecting any remaining tension in your body, and then releasing and relax. relaxing even deeper. As you exhale, turning off everything below the neck for the night and now shifting your attention to your neck, the front side, feeling the air moving past your throat with each breath,
Starting point is 02:24:38 shifting to the back of your neck and the back of your head, brown of your head, your left ear, and your right ear, your forehead, softening those muscles down all the way. Your left cheek, your right cheek, your jaw, your tongue, your lower lip, and your upper lip, your nose. And finally, your eyes, taking another deep breath in, collecting any tension in your neck, head, and face. And as you exhale, softening all of those muscles, and turning everything off for the night. And just take a moment now that everything in your whole body is relaxed
Starting point is 02:27:15 and switched off for the night. And just notice. how nice this feeling is. There's nothing for you to do right now. Nowhere for you to be. No problems to solve. No answers to find. Just you.
Starting point is 02:27:51 In a calm, relaxed state. Of peace and quiet. It's such a nice feeling, isn't it? And as you come to this place of softness and ease, you may find that you desire to be in this state. more often, because this is your natural resting state. This calm sense of comfort and maybe even satisfaction. This is how you're supposed to feel.
Starting point is 02:28:54 You deserve to feel good, to feel relaxed and at ease and comfortable in your own being. As you rest in this state of ease and relaxation, you can let go of any worries, any concerns, any frustrations about the present moment, about your life in general, or about when or how you might fall asleep. Because right now, you are safe. You are calm. are relaxed and everything is okay. And if you'd like to deepen this sense of ease and comfort, you might invite your mind to a pleasant vision. In this vision, your bed is a cloud, fluffy and white, untethered by gravity, untouched by the burdens and problems of of life and this cloud that you rest upon is guided by your own breath. Each inhale fills it with
Starting point is 02:31:04 air and each exhale sends it just that bit higher away from the surface of the earth into the peaceful night sky. And with each passing slow and steady breath you take, you notice yourself rising higher and higher as you relax deeper and deeper, floating above your home, beginning to feel that sense of weightlessness, as you rise higher above your town, beginning to see the lights of the world lit up beneath you as a peaceful night passes over the land, floating higher and higher and higher, beginning to meet some other friendly clouds that float along with you in the sky. Here, you're safe, you're comfortable, you're cradled in your own personal cloud, far away from the world and any problems or worries.
Starting point is 02:33:14 Each breath sending you higher as you soften even deeper and deeper down. in that cloud. And if you look up, you see the stars shimmering overhead, leading you to wonder what it's like in those distant parts of the universe, seeing the moon bright, steady, luminous in the sky. It's the perfect scene to watch as you drift. peacefully on your cloud, hear through the night sky, and if you find yourself still conscious of my voice, and that's perfectly fine, as now we'll begin to repeat this process of breathing, body scan, and visualization, and there's no need to worry about when or how you'll fall asleep, because if you just follow my guidance and the sound of my voice, you will fall asleep in your own way and on your own time. And I know that because these techniques are proven and designed
Starting point is 02:35:25 to activate those deeper relaxations and comforts within you, those natural processes which in due time will guide you into the most peaceful and relaxing sleep. So just follow my voice as we take a few more guided deep breaths. And for each breath, we'll inhale for four, hold for seven, and exhale for eight. really focus on breathing deep down into your belly through your diaphragm so let's begin inhale one two three four hold two three four four five six seven exhale two three four four five, six, seven, eight.
Starting point is 02:36:56 Inhale, two, three, four. Hold, two, three, four, five, six, seven. Exhale, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, Inhale, two, three, four. Hold, two, three, seven, eight, five, six, seven. Exhale, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. Inhale, two, three, four, four, five, six, seven, eight. Inhale, two, three, four.
Starting point is 02:37:52 Hold, two, three, three, four, eight, five, six, seven. Exhale, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. Two more. Inhale, two, three, four, four, five, six, seven, eight. Two more. four, hold, two, three, four, five, six, seven. Exhale, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, inhale, hold, two, three, three, four, four, five, six, seven. Exhale, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. Now hold on empty. You can take a small sip of air in, if you'd like, if that would feel more comfortable. But just rest here in the stillness and the size.
Starting point is 02:39:21 And whenever you're ready, you can take a long, slow breath in, filling all the way up through your lungs, thrown into your diaphragm, and then allowing your breath to return to your own natural rhythm and depth toward relaxing your body. Bring your attention to the tips of your toes and just notice any sensations there. Allow the bones and the muscles and the joints in your toes to soften. Now shifting your attention to the soles of your feet, just noticing any sensations and then encouraging them to relax to the tops of your feet, your heels and ankle, and then relaxing and softening down both of your feet entirely, shifting your attention now to your calves, just noticing any sensations there before relaxing them, and moving your attention to your shins. Again, just noticing everything you can sense there
Starting point is 02:42:24 in your shins and your knees, front side of your thighs, noticing your quad muscles, and relaxing. them all the way down, shifting to the backs of your thighs, your hips and your buttocks, and just taking a moment now to soften and relax every muscle, every joint from the waist down, turning your entire lower body off for the night, sinking even deeper into the bed, and now moving your attention to your lower back and just offering a little extra love there. Since we so often hold tension in this area, allowing it to relax and soften
Starting point is 02:44:38 as there's no more work left to do today. And then shifting your attention to your belly and your abdominals, softening them even deeper. With each passing breath, noticing your ribs, your middle back, your chest, laxing those muscles down before moving to your upper back, your shoulders, noticing any tension there, breathing into that tension, and then softening further down on the exhale as you move your attention to your upper arms, just noticing any sensations, and then letting go,
Starting point is 02:46:47 shifting your attention to your elbows, noticing, and relaxing, your forearms, releasing, any clenching in your hands, before moving to your wrists, your palms, the tops of your hands, your pinky fingers, your ring fingers, your middle fingers, your index fingers, and your thumbs. And just taking a moment now for a nice, deep and slow breath in, collecting any remaining tension in your body, and then releasing and relaxing even deeper as you exhale turning off everything below the neck for the night and now shifting your attention to your neck the front side feeling the air moving past your throat with each breath shifting to the back of your neck and the back of your head crown of your head your left ear and your right ear your forehead, softening those muscles down all the way.
Starting point is 02:50:20 Your left cheek, your right cheek, your jaw, your tongue, your lower lip, and your upper lip, your nose. And finally, your eyes, taking another deep breath in, collecting any tension in your neck, head and face. And as you exhale, softening all of those muscles and turning everything off for the night. And just take a moment now
Starting point is 02:51:51 that everything in your whole body is relaxed and switched off for the night. And just notice how nice this feeling is. There's nothing for you to do right now. Nowhere for you to be. no problems to solve, no answers to find, just you in a calm, relaxed state of peace and quiet. And that's such a nice feeling, isn't it?
Starting point is 02:52:45 And as you come to this place of softness and ease, you may find that you desire to be in this state. more often, because this is your natural resting state. This calm sense of comfort, contentment, and maybe even satisfaction. This is how you're supposed to feel. You deserve to feel good, to feel relaxed and at ease and comfortable. in your own being. As you rest in this state of ease and relaxation, you can let go of any worries, any concerns, any frustrations about the present moment, about your life in general, or about when or how you might fall asleep. Because right now, you are safe, you are calm,
Starting point is 02:54:35 You are relaxed and everything is okay. And if you'd like to deepen this sense of ease and comfort, you might invite your mind to a pleasant vision. In this vision, your bed is a cloud, fluffy and white, untethered by gravity, untouched by the burdens and problems of life. and this cloud that you rest upon is guided by your own breath. Each inhale fills it with air, and each exhale sends it just that bit higher, away
Starting point is 02:55:56 from the surface of the earth, into the peaceful night sky. And with each passing, slow and steady breath you take, you notice yourself rising higher. as you relax deeper and deeper, floating above your home, beginning to feel that sense of weightlessness as you rise higher above your town, beginning to see the lights of the world, lit up beneath you as a peaceful night passes over the land, floating higher and higher, beginning to meet, some other friendly clouds that float along with you in the sky. Here, you're safe. You're cradled in your own personal cloud,
Starting point is 02:57:44 far away from the world and any problems or worries. Each breath sending you higher as you soften even deeper and deeper down in that cloud. And if you look up, you see the stars shimmering overhead, leading you to wonder what it's like in those distant parts of the universe, seeing the moon bright, steady, luminous in the sky. It's the perfect scene to watch as you drift peacefully on your cloud. Here through the night sky, your breath, growing slower and slower with each passing moment. As your thoughts grow farther and farther, making your way into the most peaceful, deep, and rejuvenating sleep from which you'll wake up in the morning, feeling fully refreshed. and excited about the day that lies ahead. Good night, my friend.
Starting point is 03:00:18 And sweet dreams.

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