Breathing Technique to Sleep Better, Day 2 "Sleep Habits: Nightly Renewal for Restorative Sleep" meditation series

Daily Meditation Podcast

Mary Meckley

Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Alternative Health

4.1 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Be guided with an affirmation to honor your body's unique natural rhythm to help you sleep better.

Welcome to this week's meditation series on creating healthy sleep habits that honor your body's unique natural rhythm. Sleep is a fundamental pillar of our well-being, yet many of us struggle to prioritize it in our fast-paced lives. This series is designed to help you cultivate a deeper connection with your body's natural sleep cycle, allowing you to experience the restorative power of sleep.

It's important to acknowledge that our sleep patterns can vary, and there may be seasons of disturbance or change. These disruptions can be the body's way of sending us a message, signaling that we need to pay closer attention to our sleep habits and overall health. By honoring these signals and making adjustments to our routines, we can support our body's natural rhythm and improve our sleep quality.

In this series, we will explore various techniques and practices to help you create a bedtime routine that promotes restful sleep. We will also delve into the importance of mindfulness and relaxation in preparing the body and mind for rest. By the end of this series, you will have the tools to establish healthy sleep habits that honor your body's unique needs and rhythm.

THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE: Honor the Night Quest

How you start your day can impact how you end your day. Do one thing each morning to start your day with inner peace. Each night, do one thing that will ease you more gently into sleep.

This is Day 3 of a 7-part series titled "Sleep Habits: Nightly Renewal for Restorative Sleep.

A DIFFERENT MEDITATION TECHNIQUE EVERY DAY FOCUSED ON A WEEKLY THEME:

You are guided with a different meditation technique every day that is customized for the week's theme. Weave the techniques into the most stressful times of your day to manage difficult emotions. The meditation techniques help to calm the "monkey mind," when your thoughts continuously interrupt your meditation.

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**All of the information shared on this podcast is for your enjoyment only. Please don't consider the meditation techniques, herbal tea information, or other information shared by Mary Meckley or any of her guests as a replacement for any kind of medical or psychological treatment. That being said, please enjoy any peace, energy, or clarity you may experience as you meditate.

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 3,087 of the daily meditation podcast. I'm Mary Meckley and I welcome
0:09.2	you to day three of this week's series. This week the theme is by popular request.
0:17.0	Almost all the themes I share with you are by request. So if you have any theme suggestions, something you've really wanted to dive
0:27.8	into deeply, you can send me a DM to my SIP and O'm Instagram. I'd love to hear from you. Also make
0:39.8	sure you are subscribed so you don't miss a single episode.
0:44.0	Meditation is one of the best things you could do that enhances all areas of your life.
0:51.0	So I really honor you for being here showing up for yourself. So in
0:57.4	today's episode as always I'll share with you some insight related to the week's
1:02.1	theme and then I'll guide you in a meditation using
1:07.2	today's featured breathing technique. Every day it is a different technique that's featured.
1:14.0	Every day three is a breathing technique.
1:18.0	And when you are struggling with sleep,
1:22.0	one of the most powerful ways to calm your mind and
1:27.2	body is with the power of your breath. So I'll guide you through a technique, but first I want to share with you a little
1:37.9	about some habits to help you sleep better. So I know that if you are having trouble sleeping, you've probably
1:47.2	already Googled and watched YouTube videos, read books, attended webinars, listen to podcasts, all about how to enhance your sleep.
2:00.0	And in yesterday's episode I highly recommended that you see a medical professional
2:08.2	somebody to check you out look at your sleep struggles.
2:15.0	sleep struggles.
2:17.4	And this is to rule out anything medical that might be going on.
2:21.3	But the number one culprit to lack of sleep or sleep deprivation is stress. Stress
2:30.4	is the number one reason that keeps people up at night.
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