Good evening, Sleepwave. I'm so happy to have you here with us tonight.

I'm your host, Carissa, and tonight we are going to dive into one of my absolute favorite ways to slow down and rest.

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Ask Me Anything feature. All right, friends, now to the good stuff. There is one tool I use more

than any other to help me get back to sleep. You've probably heard of it or even done it before

yourself, especially if you've been hanging out with us

here on the podcast at night. It's no secret. I love meditation and it's my favorite way to wind

down and tune into myself. But when my mind is racing too much for me to dive straight into

meditation, I do a body scan. It gives my brain something to do,

a direct focus, and as I focus on and breathe into a specific part of my body, I begin to calm

down. An added bonus is that it also relieves tension and stress and makes my sleep so much deeper.

I first learned how to do a body scan in a yoga class.

Now, if you're new here, you might not know that my husband, Billy, who also wrote

tonight's meditation for us, has been a yoga and meditation teacher for many years now.

It was in one of his classes when we were living in Los Angeles,

that after a sweaty flow class,

he encouraged us to lay down and focus on each part of our bodies in turn and breathe into it.

Now, at the time, I was wanting to move quickly all the time,

and sitting still and meditation were really a struggle for me. But I'll never forget that when I let myself really just

sink into my yoga mat and set a mental thank you to each part of my body that we were being

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