So Let’s Begin…
SOOTHE RESTLESS ANXIETY SLEEP MEDITATION SCRIPT
Settle your body
into the quiet promise of your bed.
PAUSE..
Let the covers find your shape,
tucking around you like gentle hands
that know how to hold a weary soul.
PAUSE..
Close your eyes.
Take a slow, forgiving breath —
one that asks for nothing but presence.
PAUSE..
Just breath,
moving in and out.
PAUSE…
Tonight is not for fighting thoughts.
Not for outthinking the worry.
Tonight is for laying it all down,
the tangled knots of what-ifs
and not-yets
and never-agains.
PAUSE..
Let the chest rise softly.
Let the belly expand gently.
Let the air remind you —
this moment is safe.
This moment is soft.
This moment holds no demands.
PAUSE…
Anxiety has a way
of convincing you to run
even as you stand still.
Of making your heart race
while your body lies quiet.
PAUSE..
So let the rush slow down now.
Feel the pulse in your throat
settle back into rhythm.
LONG LONG PAUSE..
Let the thoughts swirl like leaves in the wind —
you don’t have to chase them tonight.
LONG PAUSE…
In this bed,
nothing must be done.
Nothing must be planned.
Nothing must be perfected.
PAUSE..
You have permission
to stop holding it all together.
To stop bracing for what might come.
To simply be —
here,
as you are,
soft and human.
PAUSE…
If worry flickers up —
let it.
See it arrive like a small ripple
on a still pond.
And watch how quickly
it smooths itself back to calm
when you do not stir the water.
PAUSE…
Your breath is your anchor.
Your bed is your sanctuary.
Your heart, even restless,
knows how to find its quiet.
PAUSE..
Let the shoulders drop.
Let the brow soften.
Let the hands grow heavy by your sides.
PAUSE…
There is nowhere else you must go.
Nothing else you must figure out tonight.
Rest does not ask you to be perfect —
only willing.
PAUSE..
So breathe again.
And feel sleep
begin to open its arms around you,
ready to carry you
where anxiety cannot follow.
LONG LONG PAUSE…
Let the mind drift.
Let the body sink deeper.
Let the soft hush of sleep
gather you home.
LONG LONG PAUSE
Sweet Dreams, Beautiful
