When I try meditation to help my anxiety it makes me fall asleep. Do you have any tips?

Anxiety Slayer™ with Shann and Ananga

Shann Vander Leek & Ananga Sivyer

Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness:mental Health, Education

4.4 • 858 Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2017

⏱️ 8 minutes

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In this week's podcast were responding to this question from our inbox: When I try meditation to help my anxiety it makes me fall asleep. Do you have any tips? "Often when we feel sleepy during meditation it's because we're stepping down from the high adrenaline state of fight or flight. Meditation is very relaxing and sometimes, the body will take the time to shut down for a while when it gets the chance."

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Anxiety Slayer series. Our mission is to assist you with creating more peace and tranquility in your life
0:15.1	through anxiety release exercises and supportive tools created to slay your anxiety.
0:27.0	Today's Anxiety Slayer Podcast is brought to you by the Anxiety Slayer Academy.
0:33.2	Anaga and I have been offering a free podcast now for more than seven years to help
0:38.0	anyone suffering with anxiety find relief.
0:40.4	Now we can help you go deeper by providing step-by-step support on how to get the best experience you can from our favorite tools and techniques for overcoming anxiety.
0:50.0	Our newest course, New Beginnings, steps for self-acceptance and peace of mind
0:56.7	includes supportive lessons to help you make peace with your past, it invites you to
1:01.3	enter into the present moment feeling safe and calm.
1:05.0	Learn more about new beginnings at anxietyslayer.teachable.com.
1:20.0	Welcome back to Anxiety Slayer. I'm Shan Vandrelieke here today with my wonderful friend and business partner, Ananga Severe. We come together weekly on Skype to share anxiety slayer sessions with you and enjoy
1:26.5	answering listener questions from our inbox and Facebook page. Together, Ananga and I share
1:31.8	a powerful collection of techniques to reduce anxiety.
1:35.0	Today we're going to be talking about meditation and anxiety and how oftentimes people who try meditation fall asleep.
1:45.0	And so we've been asked about that question.
1:48.0	The question specifically is,
1:50.0	when I try meditation to help my anxiety,
1:52.7	it makes me fall asleep.
1:54.2	Do you have any tips?
1:56.0	Welcome back, Ananga.
1:57.8	Hi, Shen.
1:58.8	I know I've fallen asleep during meditation before.
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