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Welcome to Falling Asleep By The Sea. I'm Steven Webb and before we begin just make sure you're
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safe, warm and you're able to fall asleep. Do not listen to this while driving or doing anything that
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needs your attention.
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And you can either use headphones or just have this on your phone or whatever you play it on. It
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really doesn't matter.
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Whatever you're most comfortable with. This
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is your time to sink into comfort and let your whole system slow down.
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Let's settle down and start to fall asleep.
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So take a breath that just feels natural, nothing forced, just a gentle
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arrival in this moment.
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And just let your body settle.
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If you're not quite in a comfortable place just wiggle your body a little bit until you're in the place
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where you know you like to fall asleep. No one knows your body like you do.
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And we're going to go through the body and do a tense and release. And this is a way of
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telling the body and the muscles just it's time to relax and go sleep. And very often the body will
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fall asleep before the mind. So
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we do this by just tense up your feet and your toes, tense them and hold them and just let
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them go and let them relax. Let them become really heavy. And
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now we'll do it in both the legs. Just tense up both legs really really tight.
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And just let them both relax into the bed now, just become really heavy.
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And now we'll do the torso and your bum and all that area, just really tense it up in your
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belly.
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Just let it go and you start feeling that rush of relaxation go through your body.
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Now just do your arms and your fingers and your thumb, just tense them all up really tight,
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hold it and just let them go. And
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now we're going to do the shoulders and the neck and the head and the face and just all of
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it in together now just tense it all up, it doesn't matter what you look like and just let it
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all go.
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And we're just going to do that exercise one more time but we're going to do the whole body. So
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just a moment you're going to tense up everything. So
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one two three tense everything from your eyes to your toes to your fingers everything and
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now just let it all go. And now feel it go deeper down into the bed feeling really healthy
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And now your body will just start going sleep by itself.
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Your body knows how to fall asleep, it's just allowing it to happen
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allowing the breath to settle.
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There's nothing you need to do right now,
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There's nothing you need to fix. The
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body knows how to fall asleep.
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It's only when we try to fall asleep or we get involved,
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one of the real key things about falling asleep is allowing it to happen.
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Have you ever noticed when you give up trying to go to sleep, you're suddenly asleep.
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So we're not going to try to go sleep tonight, we're just gonna enjoy the walk along the beach.
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Your body's already started drifting off.
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And as your mind's just going on this story, just become aware of any little last tense areas of your
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body, maybe in your shoulders or legs, just give them permission to relax. Just
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invite them to fall asleep.
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And then thank you, thank your body for fall asleep
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It's just your mind left now.
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And if you do notice a slight discomfort, just move it very gently as not to disturb it.
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And just imagine walking along the beach.
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It could be one of your favourite beaches or just a beach that you've completely made up.
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And you can hear the sea. At the moment the sea is quite close.
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You can feel the sound beneath your feet.
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You can feel the warmth left over from the day.
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You can see the sun just out over the horizon, just about to dip down over.
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And just as the sun's going down, the moon comes up the other side.
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As we continue walking, we're just really appreciative of the sound of the sea.
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And the way the sea doesn't try to be anything other than the sea. It
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just comes in with the tides and it goes back out again.
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Each wave doing what it does.
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Just like your breath.
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Each breath doing what it does.
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You don't have to tell your body how to breathe.
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Your body knows how to breathe. Your
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body knows how to fall asleep.
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And the air is still warm. The
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sky fades into the deep colours of the evening. There's
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no one else around. Just you and this quiet shoreline.
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Just you and the waves. You and the sand.
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And you notice just ahead there's a nice little sand dune.
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You walk over to it and you notice it's perfect for sitting down and watching the tide go out
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And you notice this light coolness in the air.
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Just the perfect temperature for falling asleep.
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Because you know this place is safe. You know no one's around. You
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decide to lie down
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here in the waves.
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The sand is perfectly holding you.
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And you know the sea is going to go out and uncover a lovely open beach.
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All that open space and a gentle breeze.
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And then it's going to come back in for the morning. And
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you know you've got a good night's sleep ahead
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here in the sea in the background.
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Feeling completely safe.
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The air wraps around you.
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There's nothing to worry about. There's
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nothing to think about.
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Your body is already asleep
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It's just your mind
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slowly drifting off.
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Just allow it to happen.
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As the tide drifts out further and further
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gentler and gentler
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Until the waves become almost distant. Almost a memory
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when your body sleeps.
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And your mind is almost asleep.
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Everything is lovely and quiet.
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Leaving all your worries behind.
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Leaving the busyness of the day behind.
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Just the perfect for
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a perfect night's sleep.
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I'm gonna leave you sleep now
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I'm gonna say good night.
