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Sleep Meditation for Women

Meditation: Let Go of the Shoulds

Sleep Meditation for Women

Women's Meditation Network

Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.3899 Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Join Premium! Ready for an ad-free meditation experience? Join Premium now and get every episode from ALL of our podcasts completely ad-free now! Just a few clicks makes it easy for you to listen on your favorite podcast player.  Become a PREMIUM member today by going to --> https://WomensMeditationNetwork.com/premium So let’s begin by closing your eyes and relaxing your body,  Settling yourself into a comfortable position where you feel relaxed and alert.   Find your breath.  Let it bring you inward with its inhale, And its exhale.  Inhale.  Exhale.  Let yourself be soothed by the rhythm of your body, Expanding with your breath in, And contracting with your breath out. Expanding. Contracting.   Expanding. Contracting.   Settle yourself into your body’s rhythm, Let it calm you.  Let it slow you down.  Let it bring you here. To this breath. To this moment.   PAUSE… You may have heard it lately.  The noise in your head.   I should be doing more, it says. I’m not doing enough.  You might be able to wave it away initially.   But the noise persists.  I should be doing this, I should be doing that.   This noise can leave you feeling guilty, anxious or deeply judgemental about yourself.  The noise gets louder when we compare ourselves to others.  Or when we expect perfection from ourselves.  PAUSE... But if you listen carefully,  You’ll hear something beyond all the noise.   It comes upon you in the most subtle ways.  In the shower.  Just before you fall asleep.   In the loving words from a friend.  It’s your inner voice. Your true voice.  The true YOU.   And your inner voice knows the truth.  So take a deep breath in and let her words rejuvenate you.  You are doing a great job, Beautiful.  You don’t need to do anything more.   You don’t need to be anything more.   You are enough.   You’re doing your best. And when there is an opening for more,  I will guide you there with tenderness, excitement and energy...not with the stress and guilt of a hailstorm of shoulds.   You are incredible.   And you’re doing a great job right now.   PAUSE… Bring your attention to your breath and with every breath in, imagine yourself breathing in grace, love and acceptance.  And with every breath out, imagine yourself letting go of the shame, guilt or perfection you may have been holding onto.  Breathe in love, Breathe out guilt.  Breathe in grace,  Breathe out perfection.  Breathe in acceptance, Breathe out shame. PAUSE... You are exactly where you need to be right now. You are doing exactly what you need to be doing.   You are doing your best.   Trust your voice.  Namaste, Beautiful.   Thanks to our amazing Sponsor! sleepnumber.com  💗💗💗 Check out all the deals from our incredible sponsors here! --> https://womensmeditationnetwork.com/sponsors 💗💗💗 Want even more Meditations & Sounds? Check out the other podcasts that are a part of the Women's Meditation Network! 1. Sleep Meditation for Women - https://womensmeditationnetwork.com/sleeppodcast 2. Morning Meditation for Women - https://womensmeditationnetwork.com/morningpodcast 3. Sleep Sounds - https://womensmeditationnetwork.com/sleepsounds 4. Meditation for Women - https://womensmeditationnetwork.com/podcast 5. Ambient Sounds - https://womensmeditationnetwork.com/ambient 6. Daily Affirmations - https://womensmeditationnetwork.com/morningaffirmations 7. Water & Nature Sounds - https://womensmeditationnetwork.com/water 8. Sleep Meditation YOUTUBE Videos - Click here to subscribe to the Sleep Meditation for Women Channel! 9. Sleep Meditation 3 Hours - https://womensmeditationnetwork.com/sleep3hours/ 10. Healing Meditation for Women - https://womensmeditationnetwork.com/healing/ 11. Meditation for Anxiety - https://womensmeditationnetwork.com/anxiety/ 12. Mindful Meditation - https://womensmeditationnetwork.com/mindful/ 13. Meditation for Panic Attacks - https://womensmeditationnetwork.com/panicattacks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to the Sleep Meditation for Women podcast. I'm Katie Cremitzos. I'm the creator of the Women's Meditation Network and your guide here. I am so deeply honored that you took the time to be here with me tonight. This episode is made possible thanks to the generosity of our sponsors,

0:22.0

and after a message from them, we'll begin tonight's meditation. If you would like to listen

0:27.0

Ad Free, become a premium member by following the link in the show notes.

0:36.3

If you love stories and you're looking for a new way to relax and fall asleep at night,

0:42.4

I have just what you're looking for.

0:44.7

It's another wonderful podcast called The Sleepy Bookshelf.

0:49.2

Elizabeth, the host, reads classic novels like Pride and Prejudice,

0:53.7

Alice in Wonderland, The Secret Garden,

0:56.5

and 20,000 leagues under the sea. She is a really special way of bringing these stories to life,

1:02.6

but doing so in a way that's extremely calming. So search for the Sleepy Bookshelf, wherever you

1:09.0

listen to your podcasts, or go to sleepy bookshelf.com.

1:13.6

Check it out now and see why millions of people use the sleepy bookshelf to get a good night's rest. The intention of today's meditation is to cover you in grace so you can let go of all the shoulds

1:51.0

and rest in the knowledge that you're doing a great job right now.

1:59.0

That you are doing your best, and that is enough.

2:06.1

There's nothing more you need to do, nothing more you need to be.

2:15.7

You are doing a great job, beautiful. So let's begin by closing your eyes and relaxing your body.

2:38.4

Settling yourself into a comfortable position

2:43.0

where you can feel relaxed and alert.

2:53.7

Find your breath.

3:05.6

Let it bring you inward with its inhale and its exhale.

3:10.3

Inhale, exhale.

3:20.3

Let yourself be soothed by the rhythm of your body,

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