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🌙 Surrender to Sleep: A Body Scan Meditation for Deep Rest · STOPTIME: Live in the Moment.

• 0:01
  Speaker 1: Welcome.
• 0:01
  Speaker 1: You've made it to the end of your day.
• 0:05
  Speaker 1: There's nothing left to do, nowhere else to be.
• 0:12
  Speaker 1: This is your time now your time to soften, release and allow.
• 0:24
  Speaker 1: Allow your body to gently drift toward rest.
• 0:35
  Speaker 1: Let's begin by taking a few slow, deep breaths.
• 0:40
  Speaker 1: Inhale lightly through your nose and exhale slowly through your mouth, and once again, breathing in deeply and exhaling, letting go of any tension.
• 1:02
  Speaker 1: Feel your body begin to sink a little deeper into the bed with each breath and now allow your breath to settle into its natural rhythm, slow and effortless.
• 1:28
  Speaker 1: Let the rhythm of your breath be your anchor.
• 1:44
  Speaker 1: Let's begin with a body scan.
• 1:46
  Speaker 1: Draw your attention to the top of your head.
• 1:52
  Speaker 1: Notice any sensations there.
• 1:56
  Speaker 1: The scalp, the forehead.
• 2:02
  Speaker 1: Let go of any tension you're holding in your brow.
• 2:08
  Speaker 1: Soften your eyes.
• 2:13
  Speaker 1: Let them rest heavy in their sockets.
• 2:17
  Speaker 1: Unclench your jaw and let your tongue just relax in your mouth.
• 2:28
  Speaker 1: Now bring your awareness to your neck and your shoulders.
• 2:37
  Speaker 1: If you're holding any tension here, imagine it melting away.
• 2:46
  Speaker 1: Feel your shoulders drop as if you're setting down the weight of the day.
• 2:57
  Speaker 1: Nothing to do but relax.
• 3:06
  Speaker 1: Let this softness flow into your arms, down through your biceps and your triceps, your elbows, your forearm, your wrists, hands, fingers.
• 3:56
  Speaker 1: Notice any tingling or warmth or subtle sensations.
• 4:00
  Speaker 1: Let your hands be heavy and still and relaxed.
• 4:24
  Speaker 1: Now let's move your attention to your chest area.
• 4:27
  Speaker 1: Now let's move your attention to your chest area, feel it rise and fall with your breath.
• 4:40
  Speaker 1: No need to change anything, just observe, observe.
• 4:44
  Speaker 1: Let your heart be soft and open.
• 4:56
  Speaker 1: Notice any feelings here and allow them to pass like clouds as you continue to breathe.
• 5:21
  Speaker 1: Bring awareness to your belly.
• 5:25
  Speaker 1: Allow it to rise gently with your breath and then fall just as easily, letting go of any tightness or gripping or grasping.
• 5:54
  Speaker 1: Feel the beautiful weight of your body, relaxed and held gently by the bed.
• 6:02
  Speaker 1: Now scan your lower back and hips.
• 6:11
  Speaker 1: Notice the points of contact with the mattress.
• 6:19
  Speaker 1: Invite these areas to soften and spread.
• 6:28
  Speaker 1: Let gravity do the work.
• 6:39
  Speaker 1: Melting, melting you are fully supported.
• 6:51
  Speaker 1: Melting you are fully supported.
• 6:55
  Speaker 1: Let it go.
• 7:04
  Speaker 1: Draw awareness around your legs, now, your thighs.
• 7:31
  Speaker 1: Around your legs, now your thighs, your hamstrings, your glutes, your knees, your calves and your shins and your ankles.
• 7:45
  Speaker 1: Feel the length of your legs heavy, warm, melting, relaxed, relaxed.
• 8:16
  Speaker 1: Bring your attention to your feet, the tops of your feet, no-transcript.
• 8:51
  Speaker 1: Let any last tension melt out through your feet and feel your entire body as one, connected, whole, completely at ease, completely at ease, fully supported, drifting, drifting, floating, floating.
• 9:42
  Speaker 1: There's nowhere to go, nothing you need to do.
• 9:56
  Speaker 1: You are safe, you are cared for.
• 10:11
  Speaker 1: You can let go now.
• 10:17
  Speaker 1: Cared for.
• 10:18
  Speaker 1: You can let go now.
• 10:26
  Speaker 1: Easy, easy, ah.
• 10:26
  Speaker 1: Allow yourself to float on the rhythm of your breath.
• 10:38
  Speaker 1: If thoughts come, gently, let them drift past like clouds in the night sky, like clouds in the night sky, and then return to the calm sensation of your body, at rest, peaceful, with each breath.
• 11:24
  Speaker 1: Feel yourself drifting further into stillness, peace, deep, nourishing sleep.
• 12:01
  Speaker 1: Sleep, sleep is near.
• 12:02
  Speaker 1: Let it take you and when it does, let go completely Easy.
• 12:45
  Speaker 1: Good night.