Not falling asleep as quickly as you’d like?
These days, there are plenty ofguided meditationsthat promise to help out with that.
Instead, Harris recommends meditating during the day or earlier in the eveningnot in the lead-up to bedtime.
She recommends starting with just one minute a day.
Find something to focus your attention on, and simply observe.
Every time your mind starts to chime in with distracting thoughts (which it inevitably will!
), gently come back to the object.
Her sleep-friendly meditation routine
Ready for an example of what this looks like in practice?
“), she’ll reel it back in and continue just observing.
It’s also just a nice reset every morning.”
Peek around your space to see if you have a window that could serve a similar purpose.
