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Article #325: Sleep Meditation

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Many people suffer with insomnia, or have anything else that may be bothering you.
a hard time sleeping at night. They feel In doing so, you are preparing your body
that their mind is just too active to for sleep meditation, and are giving
fall asleep, and when they do sleep, it yourself a better chance for restful
seems to be restless sleep. There are sleep.
various opinions and theories about how Next, before you begin sleep meditation,
much sleep a person needs to function examine your eating habits. If you tend
properly, however, it can vary depending to eat shortly before you go to bed, you
on factors such as: may be hindering restful sleep without
* health even knowing it. When you eat directly
* physical activity before bedtime, your body will be busy
* other circumstances with digestion, thus, it can be hard to
One thing everyone can agree on in sleep deeply. If you feel you need to eat
regards to sleep. The more peaceful the close to bedtime, try to eat foods that
sleep, the better and more rested we feel are easily digested. This will help
in the morning. prepare your body for sleep meditation,
Sleep meditation is a form of regular as well as help promote deep, restful
meditation that can help relax the mind sleep.
before sleeping, as well as relieve Finally, before you start sleep
stress. This can result in more peaceful meditation, you should practice left
and deep sleep. There are many forms of nostril breathing. Our two nostrils are
sleep meditation. No matter which type often associated with two different types
you choose, there are some steps you of energy. It is said that when we
should take before you begin the breathe through our right nostrils, we
meditation process. This will help are energized and stimulated. When we
prepare your body for deeper, more breathe through our left nostrils, we are
restful sleep. relaxed and calm. During most hours of
Before you begin sleep meditation, it is the day, approximately every two ours our
important for you to slow down your dominant nostril changes. After we eat,
activities. Do not engage in heavy mental our dominant nostril will most often
activity, and do not plan for the next change to the left one, in order to give
day. If you wish, you can write down a our bodies the energy needed to digest
to-do list before sleep meditation, but food. This is why we commonly feel sleepy
leave it in the other room. You should after we eat. To practice left nostril
try to feel good about the day that is dominance before bed, we can sit quietly,
ending. It is best to acknowledge all blocking off the right nostril, while
that has been accomplished, and all the breathing long and deep through our left
lessons that have been learned. Also, nostril. Doing this can actually help
learn to forgive yourself for anything facilitate sleep.
that may not have gotten done, or






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