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This sleep countdown is a guided relaxationexercise that will help you fall asleep.
Focusing the mind allows you to decreasethe thoughts that could interfere with falling asleep,
and teach you how to allow thoughtsto pass rather than dwelling on them
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and remaining alert. Find a comfortablesleeping position. You can change positions if
needed, but trying not to movearound very much. Take a deep breath
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in, pause and breathe out Whereveryour body is tense. Focus on relaxing
the muscles. Feel your shoulders relaxand sink into the bed. Allow your
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jaw to drop slightly. Wiggle yourtoes once or toys and feel your feet
and legs relaxing. Gently. Openand close your hands once and again,
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and then relax your hands and arms. Take a deep breath in, feeling
the tension in your chest and stomachas you hold that breath, and allow
your chest and stomach to relax asthe breath escape. Slowly, Notice any
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areas of tension in your body andrelax those areas. Now, your body
will continue to relax. The sleepcountdown will start in a moment. Each
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number you count can allow you tofeel more and more relaxed, and drift
towards sleep. Count very slowly.Breathe with each count, and concentrate your
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mind on the numbers. As thoughtscome up, you can disregard them and
turn your attention back to the numbers. Starting with fifty, breathe in and
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silently count fifty. Picture the numberfifty. Breathe out to the number fifty.
Picture now the number forty nine.Breathe in, noticing your eyelids.
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They might be feeling very heavy andcomfortable. Exhale Counting forty nine forty eight,
See the number forty eight in yourmind's eye. Focusing all your attention
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on forty eight. Forty seven,you might be feeling more relaxed, even
sleepy. Concentrating on forty seven.Forty six, pleasant and calm, breathing
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slowly and deeply. Forty five.Your attention drifts slowly, randomly. You
can focus back on the numbers.Forty four. You might be feeling very
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sleepy, now pleasantly drifting off intosleep. Forty three calm, relaxed,
peaceful, safe, forty two,focusing only on the numbers, allowing other
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thoughts to slip away. Forty onedeeply relaxed, deeper and deeper. See
the numbers in your mind, slowlycounting down to sleep forty. Continue the
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sleep countdown on your own, now, concentrating just on the numbers. Continue
to count down now as your attentionwanders, allow your mind to drift back
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to focus just on the numbers asyou count down to sleep, pleasantly drifting
no direction except for down deeper witheach number you count. Gently focus back
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on the counting as each number bringsyou closer and closer to sleep. Come
relaxed, peaceful, and relaxed.Continue to count down all the way down
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down to zero, down to sleep. Dthis