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This is Marie T. Russell, co-publisher of InnerSelf.com, wishing you a day of receiving the gifts that the night brings you (today and every day).

Comment from Marie: If you're having trouble sleeping, your body and your mind and possibly your Self want you to be doing something else. Perhaps you need to do some relaxing stretches to get your body to slow down its hyper speed. Perhaps you need to meditate or do some visualizations. Remembering things you are grateful for is also a good way to reset your mind and bring it to a more relaxed place. When your body is ready, it will fall asleep. For more on this topic, be sure to read the article from which the Daily Inspiration is taken. 

InnerSelf's Daily Inspiration

October 9, 2024

The focus for today is:

I trust that the night holds a gift for me.

Today's inspiration was written by Philip Carr-Gomm:

Sleep, and the time we spend preparing for it and slipping in and out of it, can become a daily embodied spiritual practice. Remind yourself of this key idea: trusting that the night holds a gift for you.

At the heart of this lies the belief that the issue is not about whether or not you’re sleeping, but about whether or not you’re getting rest and making use of this special time as a retreat, “me time”, during which you can recharge and restore yourself.

Every time you catch a negative thought about not being asleep, flip it around and tell yourself that this is your time to do whatever you want to do with your consciousness: meditating, listening to podcasts, poetry, music. Lying down, just let those negative thoughts drift away . . . 
 
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Today's inspiration was adapted from the InnerSelf.com article:

How to Optimize Your Sleep Based on Your Sleep Personality

by Philip Carr-Gomm.

Read the complete article here.

The focus for today: I trust that the night holds a gift for me.

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RELATED BOOK: The Gift of the Night

The Gift of the Night: A Six-Step Program for Better Sleep
by Philip Carr-Gomm.

A fast and easy-to-follow six-step program to help you sleep better, The Gift of the Night combines knowledge from sleep science and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) with techniques drawn from spiritual traditions and insights from the emerging field of psychedelic therapy. This guide presents a myriad of suggestions for creating the best mindset, emotional state, and physical conditions to optimize the environment for sleep, including advice on nutrition and supplements.

Based on the success of his sleep clinic, Philip Carr-Gomm offers thirteen natural ways we can drift into a deep and restorative sleep. In addition, a comprehensive sleep troubleshooting guide tackles topics such as sleep phobia, sleep hacking, and lucid dreaming. Helping you get a better night’s rest, this concise and simple guide shows you how to truly benefit from everything the night offers to body and soul.

Click here for more info and/or to order this paperback book. Also available as an Audiobook and as a Kindle edition.

About the Author

Philip Carr-Gomm is an author and psychotherapist, trained in psychology, sophrology, and psychosynthesis psycho therapy. The founder of the Sophrology Institute, he also works in the emerging field of psychedelic psychotherapy. Philip runs a sleep clinic that offers online sleep therapy and is the author of more than twenty books.