Bedtime Meditation for Reducing Anxiety

He invites you to notice everything: the people you met, problems solved or still open, mistakes, regrets and grievances. The point is not to analyse them but to see them clearly and let them be there. He reminds you that even your best day holds a little anxiety and tension, so there is nothing wrong with you for having some.

Instead of fighting the anxious energy, you smile at it as something every day contains. Then you give it permission to be present. Jeffrey says that as you allow it, it gets smaller already. You might even find you don't have much of it today.

You turn to the positive parts of the day: joy, relaxation, even stretches of nothingness. You breathe that energy in and notice how nice it is. It gives you something warm to settle into, rather than just removing the unwanted feelings.

You connect with the people who love and support you, your spirit guides who are always taking care of you, and the steady vibration of Mother Earth. You then let that energy pour into the places holding pain, anxiety or tension. From there, you lift those energies up and out of the body.

Near the end you picture yourself waking tomorrow in the same relaxed, peaceful state, supported and free of stress. You smile as you look forward to that morning after a rejuvenating night. It leaves you falling asleep with a hopeful picture of what comes next.

An hour of meditation music follows. Jeffrey says it helps carry you into sleep, so you can leave the track playing. It also suits waking in the night, when you can start again and let the music settle you.