Sleep Better Tonight

Daily Meditation Podcast

Mary Meckley

Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Alternative Health

4.1 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2020

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Does sleep seem to evade you these days? Some health experts consider a lack of sleep to be an international epidemic. As long as there aren't any health reasons that prevent you from a good night's sleep, sleeping well at night is often attributed to healthy lifestyle habits. Yet, there's an often-overlooked reason you may not be sleeping well at night. It has more to do with how you manage your emotions. In this week's series, you'll explore a special Sleep FORMULA to get to help you get too the root cause of what may be keeping you up at night. This is part 1 of a 7-part Sleep Formula meditation series episodes 2089-2095. The best time to prepare for an emergency is before it happens. One of the biggest impacts of the current global pandemic has been on mental health. Throughout this week's series, you'll explore strategies to manage your emotions during COVID-19. You'll discover how to support your mental health throughout the pandemic with simple meditation techniques and mindfulness to see the light at the end of the tunnel. THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE: Keep a Sleep Diary. Each morning, record how well you slept. Each evening, record how you feel emotionally. THIS WEEK'S MEDITATION TECHNIQUES: Affirmation - "I am safe. I am sound." Breathing - Inhale: "I am safe." Exhale: "I am sound." Mudra - Pran Mudra Chakra - 5th - at throat - inner truth Herb - Chamomile - sleep + relaxation Yoga Asana - Adho Mukha Svanasana - Downward Facing Dog

This is part 3 of a 7-part Sleep Formula meditation series episodes 2089-2095.

You'll find additional daily support and a weekly guide with the meditation techniques for each theme at sip.and.om Instagram and sip and om Facebook. You'll find deeper, longer daily 30-minute guided meditations on the Sip and Om meditation app. I invite you to try it for 2-weeks absolutely free! Receive access to 2,000+ fully guided meditations customized around a weekly theme. Select from 300+ series to fit your mood with a Clarity Journal and a Slow Down Guide customized for each theme. Brand new themes are introduced each week. Connect with other meditators on the private Facebook group for app subscribers.

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All meditations are created by Mary Meckley and are her original content. Please request permission to use any of Mary's content by sending an email to Mary@sipandom.com.

Resources: Music by Christopher Lloyd Clarke and Greg Keller.

Transcript

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0:00.0	This is episode 2089 of the Daily Meditation Podcast.
0:06.4	I'm Mary Meckley and I welcome you to a brand new series we are launching into this week.
0:13.5	This is a series about something you may not get enough of these days and that is sleep.
0:23.6	You are going to be guided each day this week exploring a different meditation technique
0:30.6	to help you sleep better. These are techniques you can take right into your day-to-day life, so they're not only for
0:39.4	the time you spend on your meditation, cushion, or chair.
0:44.5	And I created a special sleep formula for you.
0:49.8	And this is a way for you to easily remember what you're discovering this week.
0:56.3	In fact, I am going to guide you through this week's series using a letter each day from
1:05.0	that word formula.
1:07.0	And this is so that you will not forget what you're learning.
1:11.6	So today we begin with the letter F, F for formula, and that stands for freedom.
1:21.6	And the reason why I want to guide you using this formula is because I hope that you will gain some freedom
1:33.3	from what is keeping you up at night.
1:38.3	There are many reasons why we all may need a little extra sleep these days because there's a lot going on in the world.
1:47.0	But that doesn't mean you have to lose your sleep.
1:51.5	Over the years, I've worked with lots of people to help them sleep better because sleep is so powerful
1:57.9	in regard to your performance, in regard to your health, your mental
2:02.8	clarity, and your overall happiness in life. It impacts all areas of your life. What I've noticed
2:11.0	is that there are many different sleep rituals that you can do, such as taking a warm bath before you go to bed or lighting
2:23.1	a candle and meditating or doing yoga or reading a book or turning off your devices two hours
2:32.9	before you go to bed these These are all excellent suggestions, and I will be mentioning some of them.
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