![]() ![]() On top of that, if you aren’t sleeping properly, you are inviting a host of diseases and abnormalities as well. Your body tends to feel tired all day long and your brain doesn’t work at its peak potential either. WANT MORE SLEEP? Sign up here for weekly reminders featuring smart sleeping tips and guided, 10-minute meditations to help ensure a better night’s rest.Different scientific communities have different theories as to why we sleep, but one thing which all of them agree upon is - lack of sleep is extremely harmful to your system. Though I won’t prompt you to think positive thoughts during the actual meditation, I will encourage you to turn your attention to something you’re grateful for or happy about should you find your mind wandering in the moments before you fall asleep. Positive thoughts not only impact your ability to reach deep sleep, but also the entire following day. Since people normally wake up in the morning with the same thoughts they had when they fell sleep, this is even more crucial. Lastly, it’s important to always have some happy thoughts or memories before you doze off to help counterbalance anything stressful that happened during the day. You’ll start by checking your body: Where are you holding tension? Where can that tension be released? Then, you’ll check your mind: What is your state of mind? Are you carrying any mental burdens at this given moment? Next, you’ll check your breath: Is it in your throat, chest, or belly? You’ll learn to run through a mental checklist to assess whether you’re really truly relaxed and ready to go to bed. ![]() In this meditation, we’ll achieve these three requirements together. These types of thoughts encourage your mind to stay at a surface level during sleep because they’re keeping you in a stimulated, agitated state rather than a calm one. That means when you’re falling asleep, and in the hours before bedtime, you’re not having any stressful, worrying, or negative thoughts. Second, your mind also needs to be free of thoughts, which naturally happens when you’re asleep. First, your body needs to be at total rest. To go into deep sleep, a few things need to happen. This meditation’s mission is to maximize your duration in this state. ![]() Reaching deep sleep is optimal for feeling recharged. The first two phases, preceding deep sleep, are waking and dreaming. Have you ever gotten seven to eight hours a night and woken up feeling like you haven’t slept a wink? Most likely it’s because you didn’t spend much time in a deep sleep state-the third phase of sleep. Next up, we’re focusing on improving the quality of your shuteye to help you feel more rested. If you haven’t, check out the first 10-minute meditation in our spring Better Sleep Series here. ![]() By now, you’ve hopefully gotten accustomed to preparing your body and mind for sleep by using breathing and counting exercises to clear your head. ![]()
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