JOURNAL PRACTICE FOR A DEEP NIGHT’S SLEEP

Have you been feeling super tired lately throughout your day?

Are you struggling to have a complete night’s sleep where you wake up refreshed the next day? If so, this journaling practice was created for you.

In this blog post, you’ll learn a powerful tactic for improving your sleep that doesn’t require purchasing sleep apps or making yourself comfortable on the floor for yoga sequences...although we do love a good bedtime yoga flow!

THE NEXT TIME YOU WAKE UP AT 3AM

Do you ever wake up at 3am only to lie there for what seems like hours thinking of the bills you haven’t yet paid, the email from your client that rubbed you the wrong way, or something you should have said but didn’t?

HOW TO WIND DOWN

If you’ve been waking up with your mind running, then the following practice is great to do at night right before bed. It will wind you down. 

Putting pen to paper really puts you in a contemplative, relaxed state so we highly recommend it. 

JOURNAL PRACTICE FOR DEEP SLEEP

1. Close your eyes for a minute and think back to a time when you felt extremely relaxed. Where were you? What were you doing? 

Write down your answers. 

2. What do you think made you so relaxed at that time? 

Write down your answer. 

3. Imagine you are feeling that same relaxation again right now. Describe how you feel and where you feel it in your mind, in your body, all around you. 

Write down your answers. 

4. What are three words that remind you of this relaxed state you are in?

Write down these three words. 

Put down your pen, close your eyes and picture those three words in front of you. 

Say each word softly out loud or silently in your mind. 

Continue picturing and repeating these words slowly while embodying the feelings they bring in the answers on your paper. 

Let these thoughts be your last before you drift off to sleep. 

Ignore any urge to pick up tech afterwards and instead, let this journaling and contemplation be the last thing you do before your head hits the pillow.