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🗓️ 27 February 2019
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Meditation: Reducing Anxiety and Getting to Sleep (18 min.) - Many of us struggle with anxiety, and spend hours in bed wishing we could turn off our mind and get to sleep. This podcasted series of 3 guided meditations - 6, 12, and 18 minutes long - can help in quieting your mind, relaxing your body, and bringing peace to your heart. Each will support you in either calming yourself during the day, or drifting more easily into sleep at night.
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0:00.0 | The following meditation is led by Tara Brock. |
0:06.8 | To access more of my meditations or join my email list, please visit TaraBrock.com. |
0:30.0 | Please settle yourself comfortably, either sitting or lying down and begin by closing your |
0:52.7 | eyes. |
0:58.3 | Now becoming aware of your breathing, consciously lengthen the breath, so that you're taking |
1:08.7 | a long, slow in breath, counting to five. |
1:17.3 | And then slowly releasing the breath, again counting to five, letting go, letting go, |
1:28.6 | breathing in again, filling the chest and lungs, counting to five. |
1:38.5 | Immaching the length of the in breath, an out breath as you exhale, a slow, smooth |
1:44.5 | out breath, feeling the sensations at the nostrils as you exhale, breathing in again, |
1:54.7 | inhaling deeply and filling the lungs, a slow out breath, a smooth out breath, letting |
2:08.3 | go, letting go, again a nice deep in breath, and a slow out breath, releasing outward, relaxing |
2:28.2 | outward, letting go. |
2:33.9 | And then allowing your breath to resume in its natural rhythm, sensing how fully you |
2:48.3 | can relax with the inflow and the outflow, just as it is. |
3:01.4 | Missing this life breath, resting in it, continuing with this relaxed breathing, begin |
3:29.3 | to scan through your body with awareness, sensing what wants to let go. |
3:45.6 | Let your eyes be soft. |
3:48.6 | You might smile into the eyes, letting a smile spread through the eyes, lifting the outer |
3:56.7 | corners, letting the brow be smooth. |
4:14.4 | And bringing a slight smile to the mouth, to the lips, and to the inside of the mouth, |
4:32.0 | letting the tongue fill the upper palate, relaxing the tongue down to the root, receiving |
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