A Guided Wind-Down Practice for Sleep

About this episode

This episode features a guided practice to help listeners settle their nervous system and prepare for quality sleep.

Today’s episode is a guided practice designed to help your nervous system settle and prepare for quality sleep. We’ll start by moving through a short discharging sequence to process any lingering stress from the day, then move into some gentle breathwork. This first part of the practice can be done standing beside your bed, sitting on the edge of it, or already lying down — whatever feels right for where you are tonight. There's nothing you need to do to prepare, just be here as you are, hit ...

People in this episode

Host: Amanda Armstrong

Topics covered

• sleep
• guided practice
• nervous system
• breathwork
• stress relief

Keywords

• guided wind-down
• sleep practice
• breathwork
• stress processing
• nervous system

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