Fall Asleep with a Forest Meditation, Part 5 Sleep Better Series
Daily Meditation Podcast
Mary Meckley
4.1 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 18 February 2021
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
"I'm going through a difficult time far from my home country and dealing with the uncertainty of seeing my family again." --Julia, your fellow meditator
Are you finding it more challenging to fall asleep and stay asleep these days? If so, you are not alone. In fact, meditations to fall asleep are all the rage these days of enduring the Coronavirus pandemic. This week, you are invited to give yourself a better night's sleep. In this week's series, you're guided as you fall asleep and stay asleep using meditation techniques.
This is day 5 of a 7-day Sleep Better Tonight Meditation series, episodes 2229-2235. THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE: You're invited to take part in a Go to Bed Early Quest. You are encouraged to create a new nighttime ritual by going to bed earlier than you usually do. THIS WEEK'S MEDITATION TECHNIQUES: Day 1: Visualization to Sleep Better Day 2: Affirmation, "I sink into peace." Day 3: Breathing Technique Day 4: Mudra Technique Day 5: Chakra Technique Day 6: Layer Meditation Techniques Day 7: Reflection + Introspection SHARE YOUR MEDITATION JOURNEY WITH YOUR FELLOW MEDITATORS Let's connect and inspire each other! Please share a little about how meditation has helped you by reaching out to me at Mary@SipandOm.com or better yet -- direct message me on https://www.instagram.com/sip.and.om. We'd love to hear about your meditation ritual!SUBSCRIBE, LEAVE A REVIEW + TAKE OUR SURVEY
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| 0:00.0 | This is episode 2,233 of Your Daily Meditation Podcast. |
| 0:08.0 | I'm Mary Mechley, and I welcome you back to our series where exploring this is day 5 of our Sleep Better series. |
| 0:19.0 | In each episode this week, you're discovering ways to help you sleep better at night. |
| 0:27.0 | Not only to fall asleep, but also to stay asleep. |
| 0:32.0 | And go back to sleep when you wake up in the middle of the night and you find fears and worries and doubts begin to invade your thoughts. |
| 0:44.0 | This is especially common these days as we continue to go through a worldwide pandemic. |
| 0:52.0 | We are in year 2 of this pandemic and it seems never ending, but there will be an end to this pandemic. |
| 1:03.0 | And yet here you are managing day by day. |
| 1:08.0 | That is the best way to manage this pandemic, simply taking each day one moment at a time. |
| 1:17.0 | It's a great time to practice being mindful and present in the moment. |
| 1:24.0 | One of the most difficult aspects of this pandemic has been the isolation. |
| 1:30.0 | A fellow meditator of yours interviewed me recently for her podcast. |
| 1:36.0 | She is a professional dancer and she started a dance podcast. |
| 1:43.0 | She wants to share meditation with the people listening on the podcast. |
| 1:49.0 | And she lives in the UK. Her name is Sarah and she told me how this has been so difficult being in complete lockdown currently in the UK. |
| 2:01.0 | And this prolonged sense of isolation as you experience varying degrees of lockdown where you live takes its toll, especially on your mental health. |
| 2:17.0 | I received another message from a listener, Julia. |
| 2:22.0 | Julia says to me, I just discovered your podcast one month ago and I'm loving it. |
| 2:31.0 | As everybody, I'm going through a difficult time. |
| 2:35.0 | I'm far from my home country and I'm trying to deal with the uncertainty of when I'll see my family again |
| 2:44.0 | and even make any future plans. |
| 2:48.0 | But your meditations and your calm voice makes me feel better and I feel I'm not alone when you tell stories about other people struggling with this pandemic. |
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