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🗓️ 27 February 2019
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Meditation: Reducing Anxiety and Getting to Sleep (6 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. |
0:06.2 | To access more of my meditations or join my email list, please visit TaraBrock.com. |
0:27.4 | Lettile yourself comfortably, either sitting or lying down. |
0:35.0 | Close your eyes and become aware of your breathing. |
0:41.5 | Consciously lengthen the breath so you're taking a long, slow in breath, filling the chest |
0:49.0 | in the lungs now, and then slowly releasing the breath. |
0:56.0 | Letting go, letting go, and again a long deep in breath, filling the chest in the lungs, |
1:08.2 | and a slow, smooth out breath so that you can feel the sensations of letting go. |
1:17.2 | And once again, a deep in breath, and with the out breath, releasing, and letting go. |
1:32.1 | Now allow your breath to resume in its natural rhythm, and sense how fully you can relax |
1:38.2 | with the inflow and the outflow. |
1:47.5 | Continuing with this relaxed breathing, begin scanning through your body, sensing what |
1:54.2 | wants to let go right now. |
2:00.7 | Notice if with the out breath you can release any tension you might be carrying. |
2:13.7 | You might bring a slight smile to the lips. |
2:19.0 | Let your eyes be soft, your brow smooth, all the micro muscles of the face relaxed. |
2:29.3 | Allowing your shoulders to fall away from your neck, and feel them from the inside |
2:38.0 | out. |
2:40.3 | You might sense a dissolving of ice to water, ice to water, and then water to gas. |
2:56.5 | Let your hands rest in an easy way, and soften them. |
3:03.8 | And soften again, feeling from the inside out, the tingling, and vibrating that's there. |
3:15.2 | Let your chest be open, and you might visualize and feel the curve of a smile spreading through |
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