Hello and welcome. We're so grateful you're here. Our meditation will begin shortly after a brief word from our sponsors who make these meditations available for free, for everyone.

Thank you so much for supporting the show. You're going to be here. Close your body and invite your body to relax into your most favorite sleeping position.

Bring your

attention inward,

noticing the weight of your body on your bed.

Feeling the softness of your sheets or blankets,

hearing. or blankets, or blankets. Hearing the soft whispers of your breath

as it enters and exits your nose

observing where your body may be tight

and inviting those areas to relax, relaxing your cheeks and jaw, lowering your shoulders, softening your belly, relaxing your arms and legs.

Surrender to the soothing rhythm of your body and breathe. Breathe. One by one, the thoughts may bubble up to the surface of your consciousness, begging for your attention. They tease you with a false sense of importance,

making you feel like you have to give in to their cries, but you don't.

Their dramas don't need to be played out right now.

Now is your time for sleep.

Your time to restore your mind, body, and soul.

Your time to be embraced by the loving arms of the night.

Nothing needs to be done.

Nothing needs to be figured out.

Just breathe. The thoughts will continue to arise and that's normal. They may be helpful thoughts trying to manage or organize your days.

Or maybe their excited thoughts,

swirling with people, ideas, and experiences that make you smile with hope and

exhilaration. Or maybe their anxious thoughts soaked in worry, fear and stress. Whatever is coming to the surface, see if you can imagine each of these thoughts as a small glowing ball of light floating in the air around

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