Meditate for your soul

Happy Wednesday! Hoping all is well and the day was fab. Tonight, I want to talk a little bit about something that I started doing about 6 months ago. Y’all know that I have a severe issue with insomnia. Sometimes it’s so bad that I’m lucky to get one hour of sleep. Yea I said one. Yes, its completely unhealthy as I am well aware. Lack of sleep will do something to you. Physically and mentally, it will wear you down. I will cause your immune system to tank. Most days I look like some kind electrocuted chicken running around. So if you see me out mind ye business! I don’t sleep!

Months ago I was told by a friend that I should listen to meditation before I go to bed. She talked to me about how much it calmed her and most nights she would fall asleep while she was listening to it. I seriously though she was crazy. I listened to what she was saying because I love her and she’s my friend. Buuuuut in the back of my mind it was thinking “you’ve lost it, you’ve really lost it” lol. Can I say when you go about 7 days with no more than an hour of sleep per night you’ll just try anything.

One night, after tossing and turning for about 4 hours with no luck of sleep, I decided to give it a whirl. Okay! I’m on the crazy train too because it worked! I pulled up sleep meditation/relaxation by Jason Stephenson on you tube. I picked one and just listened. He has breathing exercises and visualizations. And his voice has an Australia accent. It’s so easy to listen to. There’s no subscription so it’s completely free.

No before you go crazy and think I’ve lost it (because well, I thought she had), you need to try it just once. You need to make sure you are ready to sleep. And it needs to be a time when you can devote 30 minutes or so without interruption. Preferably the rest of the nigh because you are going to go to sleep. You’ll thank me later. It has worked so well for me that some nights my husband will say “you need to put on your meditation”. Now I will tell you it doesn’t keep me asleep. If I wake up for any reason, I’m right back to insomnia queen. Then you just try again. It does often work again for me in the middle of the night. Give it a whirl if you can’t sleep. It may help you too. Good luck, good night, and happy dreams.

Always…….Brooke