Release Sleep Anxiety ✨ Mini Meditation For Insomnia

Sleep Wave: Sleep Meditation & Sleepy Stories

Sleepiest

Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

This mini meditation is here to help you with something so many of us struggle with - worrying about falling asleep. If your mind feels busy, or you’re anxious about whether rest will come, this short practice will help you let go of pressure and trust your body’s natural rhythm. Use it anytime you find yourself overthinking bedtime, to ease your thoughts, settle your breath, and allow sleep to arrive in its own time. Join Sleep Wave Premium ✨ in just two taps! Enjoy 2 bonus episodes a month plus all episodes ad-free and show your support to Karissa. Upgrade via our show page on Apple, or via this link for all other players ➡️ https://sleepwave.supercast.com/ Love the Sleep Wave Podcast? Please hit follow & leave a review ⭐️ How are we doing with Sleep Wave? Click here to let us know 🙌 Let's get social! Follow us on Instagram 💜 How does Sleep Wave work? 💤 This show is for any one who struggles to fall asleep, or wakes up in the night. 😴 Powerful Sleep Meditations and Relaxing Bedtime Stories help you fall asleep easily. 😌 Episodes begin with calming intros to take you away from any anxious thoughts and prepare you for your wind down. Subscribe today, and next time you're ready to get sleepy, jump into bed, press play, and get sleepy, fast. Looking for the brands I mention on the show? You’ll find all the latest sponsor links and offers right here:⁠ https://lnk.to/sleepwave ⁠💜 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey. Hey, Carissa here, and welcome to Sleepwave.
0:27.8	This is a mini meditation to help you through one of life's trickiest moments, worrying about falling asleep.
0:35.1	If you're listening to this because you're worried about whether you'll fall asleep
0:38.8	tonight, you're not alone. Sleep anxiety is common. The harder we try to force sleep, the further away it
0:47.3	can feel. But here's the truth. You don't have to make sleep happen. Your body already knows how to sleep.
0:56.7	All you need to do now is rest and let sleep arrive when it's ready.
1:03.6	So let's take these next few minutes to step out of worry and into calm.
1:11.8	Begin with your breath.
1:14.9	Take a slow inhale through your nose.
1:20.6	And a long exhale through your mouth.
1:26.2	Again, inhale gently. Exhale slowly. Exhale slowly. Notice the rhythm. Notice how the breath moves all on its own.
1:51.0	You don't need to control it. You don't need to get it right.
1:57.0	Just let it flow. Just let it flow. Now, bring your attention to your body.
2:33.3	Feel the surface beneath attention to your body.
2:35.0	Feel the surface beneath you holding your weight.
2:40.0	If you're in bed, notice the softness of the pillow,
2:46.0	the comfort of the blanket, the steadiness of the mattress.
2:57.6	You are supported.
3:03.6	You are safe.
3:15.3	On your next exhale, imagine releasing the pressure to fall asleep. Just for now, let it go.
3:23.3	Even if sleep hasn't arrived yet, Now, let it go.
3:25.8	Even if sleep hasn't arrived yet, you are still resting.
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