"Sleep meditation" refers to a practice where you use relaxation techniques to help calm your mind and body before falling asleep. It can involve breathing exercises, visualizations, or guided meditations that focus on soothing and promoting a peaceful sleep.
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I usually never get this far in the meditation because I've already fallen asleep, but your third eye center is important
during sleep meditations.
An excellent series of
guided sleep meditations by Andrew Johnson, a relaxation coach, clinical hypnotherapist, EFT therapist, and Reiki teacher from Scotland.
It can also be helpful to use tools
like sleep meditation, aromatherapy, earplugs, and deep belly breathing techniques to ease into sleep.
The iRest
® sleep meditation program is based on yoga nidra principles (i.e., practices that promote the state between sleep and wakefulness) and provides verbal narration to guide users to a restful state of body and mind (Miller, 2010).
Sleep meditation can help you doze off quickly.
Sleep meditations can be used to help you ease into sleep or to help you get back to sleep if you wake up in the middle of the night.
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this sleep meditation app - meditation studio generally helps me go to sleep.