Essential Sleep- Guided Meditation

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A gentle, guide sleep meditation by Dr. Janet for LR-lifereimagined.org

Guided Sleep Meditation for LR

Concentration Meditation (23 mins) – Karl Baker: WEEK 2 ONWARDS GUIDED MEDITATION

Guided Meditation for Sleep

This is a led meditation practice, as taught at the City Lit and the West London Buddhist Centre.

I encountered this meditation for the first time when I was finding life a little stressful, and there is no doubt that it has helped me immensely since 2007. I would heartily recommend anyone to have a go.

You could start right now, but you might like to read this introduction that Jinananda once wrote:

The first thing is to find a quality of stillness.  It is possible to move or walk with this quality of stillness, but in this practice, you can start to develop it by being physically still.  You can move during the practice, but the invitation of the practice is not to fidget. 

If you need to, you can lie down to do the practice, but if you can, you should sit up, in a chair or on the floor, either kneeling astride cushions, or if sitting cross-legged, sitting high enough on cushions so that the knees are lower than the hips. 

The aim of the practice is to cultivate a concentrated appreciative attention to our moment-by-moment experience of the breathing process. 

There are four stages, or approaches, to the practice.  Each of these stages represents a slightly different way of being aware of the breath, of being aware of in the breath.  Starting with the easiest, and working towards the stage requiring the most delicate focus of concentration. 

Mindfulness is not about closing down or cutting off our thinking, it is not an exercise in fixing or forcing the attention.  It simply provides our thinking with something to come back to when it becomes aware of what it is doing. 

We are being mindful at the very moment that we realize that our mind has been all over the place.  Coming home to the breath, we are coming home to ourselves.  Without trying to stop the mind doing what it wants to do, we are centring the mind, settling it.

You can find other meditations of Jinananda's on jonfrewin's soundcloud page.

A guided Mindfulness of Breathing meditation for beginners, by Jinananda

J-Piercy-Yoga-Nidra-for-Sleep.mp3

Music track is "Garden Music" by Kevin MacLeod

Garden Music

Garden Music w/ Guided Sleep Meditation

This guided meditation will lead you into a restful, good night sleep. It includes a breathing exercise as well as Progressive Body Relaxation (PBR) technique.

Restful Sleep Guided Meditation

Simple Recorder

Guided Meditation for Deep Sleep

Short guided meditation for sleep relaxation. 
(also on youtube: https://youtu.be/8YQx-8-AL3E)
"This guided sleep relaxation will help you to fall into a deep, restful sleep.

Begin by lying on your back with your hands on your thighs or at your sides. You can change positions any time you need to in order to be more comfortable, but start by lying on your back for now.
Mentally scan your body for areas of tension. Make note of how your body feels. During this sleep relaxation session, you will focus on releasing any tension in your body, and on quieting the mind. Once the mind is calm and peaceful, you will easily drift into pleasant, restful sleep.

Breathe in, drawing in life-giving air and relaxation.

Exhale slowly, expelling any tension.

You might have thoughts about things you did today, or things you need to do tomorrow.

Perhaps you are worried about something or someone.

Now is the time to clear your mind for sleep, so tomorrow you will be refreshed and strong and can handle your duties and roles.....


Read By Emma Henderson from the Healing Room,
Music by Youtube; The_House_Glows_With_Almost_No_Help, Pictures from Pexels, 
Script from www.innerhealthstudio.com

Guided Meditation for Deep Sleep

Claire Shannon Therapy