Overcoming Anxiety, Day 4: Sleep Better Tonight Meditation series,
Daily Meditation Podcast
Mary Meckley
4.1 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 6 November 2024
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
"I need to feel peace and let this lie not consume and hurt me anymore." --Gina from Long Island, NY, your fellow meditator
Are you finding it more challenging to fall asleep and stay asleep these days? If so, you are not alone. 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 4 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
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Resources: Music by Christopher Lloyd Clarke and Greg Keller.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is episode 2,232 of the Daily Meditation Podcast. |
| 0:07.0 | I'm Mary Meckley and I welcome you back to day four of our series we're exploring this week. |
| 0:15.0 | This is a week about sleep. |
| 0:18.0 | You may think that sleeping well is an option. Other things might seem more important |
| 0:26.6 | to where you could lose a few hours of sleep and still be fine. But your body knows. And your circadian rhythm depends on you for regularity in your sleep schedule. |
| 0:44.3 | In today's episode, you're going to be guided in a soothing, relaxing water meditation. |
| 0:56.0 | Viewing the ocean or a lake or stream is one of the most relaxing ways to calm your mind |
| 1:06.0 | and body. |
| 1:07.0 | So as you go to sleep at night, for those nights when you find yourself struggling to fall asleep |
| 1:14.6 | or when you wake up in the middle of the night and you can't go back to sleep, this is a great |
| 1:21.7 | meditation that you can do. |
| 1:23.6 | I want to share with you a recent message from your fellow meditator from Long Island, New |
| 1:32.6 | York, Gina. Remember that you can reach out to me any time if you send me a direct message to my |
| 1:40.1 | Instagram at Sipendome or at Mary at Sipanome.com by email. |
| 1:47.8 | I'd love to share your meditation journey. |
| 1:51.5 | Let me know what works for you as you fall asleep at night. |
| 1:56.9 | So Gina reaches out to share with me that she's struggling with an incredible pain. |
| 2:04.8 | These are the kinds of pains that are hard to let go of. |
| 2:10.2 | Some pains create the kind of thoughts that are hard to let go of. |
| 2:17.1 | They're the kind of thoughts that keep you up at night. |
| 2:20.9 | And that is when someone lies about you. Your reputation is precious and people are fragile. Gossip and spreading |
| 2:34.1 | rumors is one of the worst things you can do to someone. |
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