Guided Meditation Before Sleep: Let Go of the Day

good evening and welcome to depression to expression tonight we'll be doing a guided meditation together one meant before bed so before we really get started I'd like you to get comfortable this can mean puffing up your pillow putting the sheets over top of you having one foot out of the comforter and one in whatever makes you comfortable now it's best for this exercise if you lay on your [Music] back and you can put your hands on your side put your hands on your chest whatever is comfortable for you now let's keep our eyes open for

the time being and let's take a big deep breath together let's start inhaling through the nose and exhaling through the mouth on the count of three [Music] one 2 3 inhale through the nose and exhale through the mouth let's do that one more time inhale through the nose and exhale through the mouth good now now feel free to close your eyes and let's take another deep breath together now with your eyes closed let's inhale through the nose and exhale through the mouth and once more inhale through the nose and exhale through the mouth now what

can sometimes happen when we place our head on the pillow is our thoughts start to rase and we think about our day and what we did right what we did wrong wrong what we could have done better and this is perfectly normal to have these thoughts at the end of the day now whether you had a good day or a bad day whether things were going your way or nothing seemed to go right I want to acknowledge the fact that you made it through the day and if you were in pain you got through it

if you were depressed or anxious at any point in the day or sad or missed someone missed a deadline made a mistake it is now over and you made it through the day and I'd like you to try to smile knowing that you made it through the day knowing that you gave it your all and you did the best you could given your circumstances now let's begin to feel our body on the mattress beginning with our neck how we hold tension in our necks let it soften onto the pillow and same with our heads let's

move down towards our shoulders and let them sink into the mattress notice how it's so soft let's focus on our upper arms and forearms let your arms just become heavy and focus on your back and let it sink into the mattress as we move all the way down the spine vertebrae by vertebrae and let our pelvis sink into the softt mattress as we work our way down our legs our thighs our knees and let them soften and your calves let them soften down to your ankles to the soles of your feet and your toes feel

how relaxed you are you are in a safe place at this moment you are in a safe place at this moment now we may be thinking about our days it's hard not to you've been conscious for many hours and experienced many new things today what I'd like to do is think of three things that happen today but not just any three things three amazing things three things that you can think about that made you happy I walked to work today and I took a longer route but that's because the sun wasn't blocked by any buildings

and I walked to work in complete sunshine and that's my amazing thought I want you to think of three things that made you happy today just three and these can be the smallest things that you may have overlooked in the moment let's think about three things now as long as we focus on these little things in life that bring small Sparks to our days we can feel truly really happy we can feel like we did something right today we can feel as though today did have purpose if there were just three moments today were you

notice something different when you noticed something amazing when you had a small smile on your face that means today was worth it as we enter into sleep let's acknowledge the fact that today was a blessing and we were alive today we were conscious today and we made it through if the day was easy if the day was difficult we made it through and again let's enter into sleep knowing no matter what happens in our lives no matter what happens during the day there are always at least three amazing moments now continue to to breathe through

your nose and enter into the deepest most relaxing welld deserved sleep that you've ever had and know that you lived today and you will live again tomorrow enjoy your sleep good night