Hi everyone, I'm Jessica Porter and welcome back to Sleep Magic, a podcast where I help you find the magic of your own mind, helping you to sleep better and live better. Thank you everyone for being here. I hope you're all enjoying the beginning of this new year. And I want to give some shout outs to a few people who have written to us recently. Someone named Ultraviolet says that they love the show. I ultraviolet. Britney appreciates the care we put into every show. Thank you Britney. I really appreciate you're saying that. Thanks for listening. It doesn't much matter how much care we put in if no one hears it. And CG, who's a waitress and has a hard time winding down after a shift, she says the first time she used sleep magic and did the eyelid wiggle, she spooked herself a bit because it worked. But then she realized that it's actually just pretending and now she tells her friends who tried. It's just pretending. Don't worry about it. And she listens all the time. So thank you, CG. Imagination is powerful. Very powerful. Thank you everybody for your feedback and suggestions. You can reach out to us through sleepiest or on the podcast platforms or on my website or on the socials. Thank you also for subscribing if you're a subscriber and if you want to try the show without ads, because it sounds really good without ads. You can get a free trial on the sleepiest app. No commitment, but you get behind the scenes with the bonus episodes and extended mailbags and did I mention no ads? So yeah, thank you everybody. Thanks for spreading the word. And most of all, just being here, relaxing with all of us. We need this. We all need this. Okay, tonight. Hypnosis for sleeping during the day. I'll listen her name, Caitlin, wrote to me recently and she works the third shift or night shift. And she asked if I would consider creating an episode that would help her fall asleep during the day. And I thought that was a great idea. But before we go on, understand that everyone can use this episode even at night because your subconscious mind understands will simply go with the flow of the relaxation regardless of the time of day. But this episode is perfect for taking naps or sleeping when you travel or for coming home after the night shift. I've been helping some vulnerable family members in the last couple of years and it's meant I've spent a lot of time in hospitals and those experiences have left me with profound respect for the focus and energy that nurses and doctors can bring to a patient in the middle of the night. In fact, millions of people flip their lives upside down in order to bring focused, generous and ample energy to their work in the middle of the night. So whether you're a truck driver or a police officer, a flight attendant, or an overnight concierge at a hotel, a nurse, a doctor, thank you for everything you do to help the rest of us. And thanks Caitlin for the idea. This is for you. 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We only offer this extended trial a few times a year. So if this feels like your moment, tap try free in Apple podcasts or use the link in the show notes. There's no better week to choose rest. And I'll be right here when you're ready. Now get yourself into a safe and comfortable position. And let's begin. Allow your eyes to close easily and gently. Good. Now I'd like you to bring your awareness to the back of your head or the side of your head, whichever part of your head is making contact with your pillow or your bed. And just bring your awareness to those points of contact. Did you feel your head getting heavier and heavier? Beautiful. Now I'd like you to bring your awareness up into your eyelids. And imagine that your eyelids are feeling loose and limp and relaxed. Allow your eyelids to feel heavy. And now I'd like you to accept the suggestion that your eyelids are so relaxed, they simply will not open. And now I'd like you to test your eyelids by wiggling your eyebrows while your eyes remain shut. Just give them a little tug. Good. You can stop wiggling now. As this lovely, heavy feeling you've experienced in your eyes is moving down into your face. Like a warm blanket of relaxation, moving down over the muscles of your cheeks. The muscles around your nose, around your lips, the muscles of your jaw and your chin, all letting go. Good. And now as you bring your awareness back to those points of contact between your head and the pillow, just allowing them to feel heavy, allowing those points of contact to feel with heaviness. Now you trace your awareness down to your shoulders. And any places where your shoulders are touching the bed, just bring your awareness very precisely to those points. As your mind slows down, becomes focused. Now I'd like you to bring your awareness to the points of contact between your back and the bed. And if you're lying on your side, those points of contact will be along the side of your torso. That's okay. Okay. Just bring your awareness down your torso. In those points of contact, one inch or centimeter at a time. As you go down, down, down your body. And as I count backwards, from 10 to 1, with every number that I say, you'll move your awareness down your torso, feeling into those places where it's touching the bed. And when I get down to 1, your awareness will be at the bottom of your torso. 10, 9, 8, 8, going deeper and deeper into relaxation. 7, 6, mind focusing, going deeper. 5, 4, 5, 3, moving down, down, down, 2, and 1. Your whole torso, heavy, on the bed. As you bring your awareness now, to your breathing. And as you inhale, feel the gentle, spaciousness within your ribcage. And as you exhale, your body is releasing its weight down, into the mattress, down into peace. 10, Even if the world outside is bright, even if people are moving and talking, living their daytime lives, you are drifting inward now. Into this space that belongs to you. 10, Little by little, your nervous system is receiving this signal, that no matter what the clock says, this is your nighttime. 10, and you notice that, darkness is blooming behind your eyelids. And you are creating your own night sky. 10, deep and velvety. Like the quiet moments, after sunset. 10, you are creating your own, dusk, your own private evening. 10, and as a soft blanket of darkness, you are stretching out inside your brain, from temple to temple. Your inner world is growing dimmer, quieter. 10, more peaceful. As your shoulders grow heavier, 10, and the muscles, among the back of your neck, are loosening. You feel your arms resting, quiet and warm, like they're settling into the sand. 10, you may be aware of the sounds going on around you. Maybe there's a passing car, or a neighbor's voice. 10, but every sound that's reaching you, is becoming a note in your personal lullaby, rocking you, deeper, and deeper. Every sound, reminding you, it's time, to rest. 10, I am sinking into rest. I am sinking into rest. 10, I am sinking into rest. I'm letting go. I'm letting go. It feels good, to let go. 10, as you bring your awareness now down to the palms of your hands, perhaps they're feeling a little warm, or tingling. 10, Your breathing is beginning to slow down, in that way, their body remembers, from every night of your life. 10, Even if the world outside is still moving, your biology knows how to settle, and turn inward. 10, As you drift, and float. And dream. As you bring your awareness down now, into your legs, and they are releasing, any tension they gathered today. Going deeper, and deeper. Your legs are on vacation now. No more standing, no more walking, just soft and heavy. As your awareness moves down to the soles of your feet. And perhaps the soles of your feet are feeling, slightly warm, or they tingle a little. 10, I am sinking into rest. 10, I am sinking into rest. 10, I am sinking into rest. 10, I am letting go. 10, I am letting go. It feels good to let go. 10, As you imagine now, they were being held by a cocoon. 10, It may be open, like a sweeping bag, or it may enclose you entirely. Whatever feels more comfortable to you, you choose. 10, This cocoon is your private, nighttime den. Hidden away from the activity of the world. Here in your cocoon, you are being held, and you are safe. Safe to let go, and relax. 10, I am sinking into rest. 10, I am sinking into rest. 10, I am sinking into rest. 10, I am letting go. I am letting go. 10, It feels good to let go. As your awareness moves deeper, inside your cocoon, you notice that it's made of thick, soft, cottony fibers, swaddling your body. 10, These fibers act as filters, and they are letting in only, soothing energy. And it's coming into the cocoon, in waves, in waves, of love, peace, and contentment. In all the colors of the rainbow. 10, And you are feeling with love, and peace, as you are nourished. Every cell of your body is receiving, being nourished. And just as you have given today, now you are receiving. Inside, your lovely cocoon, as you go deeper, and deeper. I am sinking into rest. I am sinking into rest. I am sinking into rest. I'm letting go. I'm letting go. It feels good to let go. 10, And as you rest in your cocoon, you are honoring your inner being. 10, You are caring for your body. And you are connecting with yourself. 10, What message do you need to hear from yourself, tonight? 10, As your jaw is softening, 10, And your eyelids are getting even heavier, And your belly relaxes. If any thought arises, if isolation arises, Currents of rest. And those currents are pulling you inward, carrying you gently. Into a whirlpool of slumber, as you go deeper and deeper. Your inner sky is dark now. Your cocoon so cozy. Your breath soft. And steady. I am sinking into rest. I am letting go. And as you go deeper and deeper, you are letting go. Your inner being is expanding. Like a butterfly. You are safe and relaxed in your cocoon. As your inner being expands. And you feel wonderful. And you drift. And float. And dream. And you are letting go. And you are letting go. And you are letting go. And you are letting go. And you are letting go. And you are letting go. And you are letting go. And you are letting go. And you are letting go. And you are letting go. 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