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Falling Back to Sleep

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Clinical Psychologists Wellbeing Experts
Falling back to sleep when we wake in the night can be difficult. Allow this meditation to help you let go of your thoughts and easily drift back to sleep.
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Christina
I really need this one!
What a great idea to make a meditation for falling back to sleep! That is exactly my problem as a sleeper: not going to sleep, but staying asleep. I will use this often!
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Katrina
Sliding into Sleep
Something about her voice was just really, really helpful. It helped me to let go and before I knew it, I was felt my arms physically sliding off my body and I felt as though I could melt into the bed. Definitely relaxing
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Jungeun
Falling back to sleep
Feeling sleepy again. To make my body sink and feel heavy on the bed were helpful.
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Brenda
Rest in the Process
Rushes of anxiety can really cause me to feel panic and impatience. It's sometimes very difficult to rest in the process of my destiny unfolding. This reminded me to breathe and let go, feel supported and held, and allow overstimulating thoughts to roll by like clouds.
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Leonor
Power of deep breathing
Deep breathing allows me to rest my mind and relieve the tension in my shoulders so I can fall asleep.
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Julian
Letting go of sorrows
Things appear more dreadful shortly before bed when you're tired and easy and unimportant in the morning when you're awake and your mind is fresh.
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Patty
Sleeping
Lately I have been even more restless with hot flashes at night and it has thrown me into a more anxious state. In turn it has encouraged me to delve back into meditation, yoga, and exercise to relieve years and years of anxiety due to over work, excessive pressure, and too many imposed and created by me expectations. For 2018 I am going to slow down, as a resolution to reestablish normalcy. Despite my physiological change, I do not have to be taken down the anxiety rode. Peace, quiet and calm are a beautiful thing, and if sleep happens I feel incredibly blessed and grateful.
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Everett
Climate
Tengo and tensión giving good vibes a home that lasts and rock star attuned
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Pam
Falling back to sleep
Close my eyes, get comfortable, focus on the breaths in and out. Thoughts of tomorrow should be acknowledged as things I’ll have that day to address. Arising thoughts are passing clouds; return focus to breathing. Into a deep state of relaxation; into a deep state of sleep. Lord help me remember this one at 3:45am next time.
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Hannah
4am
Right now it is 4am and I am just attempting to sleep. Why do I do this every night! Every night I go to bed later and later. I don't understand this self sabotaging behavior.
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Bailey
I felt relaxed
I learned how to put my anxiety away for the evening and how to relax for bed.
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Bree
I felt at ease
I learned that the worries of tomorrow can wait by simply letting go
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Jess
Feel relaxed
It’s great to take a few minutes to breathe. It’s a wonderful reminder not to borrow problems from the future.
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Caroline
Fatigue
Would be a good meditation for the middle of the night! Not so relevant in the middle of the day (free version of Aura), but definitely very relaxing 😌
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Paul
Mind reeling
I am having a tough time relaxing, my mind is going into overtime. Just can't tune out the voices in my head, if I don't it will ruin my new relationship, and I dearly like this person very much.
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Emma
sleeping
the feeling of rocking back and forth to help me fall asleep is amazing . i actually did wake up in the middle of the night and this helped me fall back into my heavy sleep.
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Riley
Amazing
I loved it soooo much I almost fell asleep when I was gonna turn my iPad off
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jess♥️
Sleep
This meditation really helped me to get ready to fall asleep, I nearly fell asleep during it haha.
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Morgan
night time
this helped me so much bc I always wake up in the middle of the night
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Alix
Elusive sleep
I am really bad at calming my head. So I might as well get up and get work done until I get sleepy again, bc my brain won’t stop wandering. So let it wander to a productive place instead of making me crazy.
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Kim
Tired sleep
I felted like after listening to this mediation it was helpful some if it was a bit longer I’ve could of fallen sleep but nothing still tired and sleepy. I’ll try listen to soft melodies music to see if that’ll help.
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Kimber
I learned that it is easy to fall asleep in the middle of the night with this app!🤑🤑🤑
This app is so awesome I love it. it is so mindful🤣🤣🤣😁😁😁😁😁
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Julia
Not sleeping
I get to anxious and don’t fall asleep but if I do I wake up in the middle of the night so yah and this is a cool little meditation for me😄
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Kendall
Sleepy Thought Clouds Drift Away
Tomorrow you will have time to deal with your worries or whatever is on your mind. It was hard for me to focus because I felt so much tension in my body, I tried to be still and let my thoughts go like clouds.
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Kendall
Clouds in the sky.
It was helpful and easy for me to put my thoughts into clouds and imagine them float by. It was easy for me to focus on that and I feel more relaxed and ready for bed.
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Susan
Beck to sleep
Thank you for these wonderful techniques. I really liked the allow the breath to rock you to sleep one.
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Susan
Back to sleep
Thank you.... Tomorrow's worries are for tomorrow. I was able to feel myself bedtime sleepy.