1234 Dalai Lama Sleep Technique
Daily Meditation Podcast
Mary Meckley
4.1 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 23 October 2017
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
End your day well with a sleep meditation technique the Dalai Lama is reported to do before he goes to sleep at night.
This is part 1 of a 7-Part Sleep Ritual, Episodes 1234-1240.
As always, you don't have to do the meditation techniques -- they are simply there to help you transition from your busy day to a state of stillness. The techniques also help to calm "monkey mind," when your thoughts continuously interrupt your meditation.
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| 0:00.0 | This is episode 1,235. |
| 0:05.0 | Welcome back. |
| 0:07.0 | I'm excited to share with you today's episode because you're going to be guided in a soothing beach meditation, falling asleep with the |
| 0:25.0 | with the beautiful sounds of water lapping against ashore. |
| 0:28.0 | You may have visited a beautiful beach destination that may come to mind as you listen to the waves in today's meditation and I'm also going to be sharing with you an affirmation |
| 0:50.3 | a way to focus your thoughts and I encourage you to focus your thoughts on this affirmation |
| 1:00.6 | when you go to bed at night. So as you go to bed at night. |
| 1:03.0 | So as you go to bed at night, |
| 1:05.0 | continue to do the Dalai Lama sleep technique. |
| 1:10.0 | It's reported the Dalai Lama does this same technique every single night before he goes to bed. |
| 1:21.6 | This is the technique you were guided through in the very first episode. |
| 1:27.0 | And another thing I encourage you to do is the nightstand challenge where you make sure your nightstand is cleared off |
| 1:40.4 | Go ahead and clear clutter around your room. Get rid of it. Put it out of sight. |
| 1:48.0 | And this can help you to sleep so much better. |
| 1:55.4 | At night, you be surprised. |
| 1:58.5 | So as you get ready to do |
| 2:10.6 | today's guided meditation, I want to share with you the affirmation for this week's series. It is I sink into peace. I sink into peace. And when you go to sleep, if you could think of yourself as sinking |
| 2:29.2 | into a place of peace. This can help you to relax tension in your body and when you start to unravel your nerves and your emotions and begin to calm your mind and body. You do feel a little as though you're sinking into something soft and blissful. So go ahead now and let's meditate. You may be seated or be reclined. |
| 3:17.0 | Straighten your spine, close your eyes, relax your face and your jaw. |
| 3:33.0 | Soften your jaw. Soften your neck and your throat. |
| 3:41.0 | Relax your shoulders and back. |
| 3:45.0 | Relax your chest and your arms. |
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