[Prince58]

Hello,
I’m new in this forum.
Since I remember myself, sleep wasn’t good for me. The hardest thing is falling back to sleep after waking up at night. And this happens al least twice every night. I wake up and then thoughts start running through my mind, then I get angry at myself, so more thoughts are created – which lowers the chances of falling back to sleep.
lately I tried yoga-nidra, and it helps. sometimes.
hope to get some insights here at the forum 🙂

[Scott]

Hi @Prince58,

It’s not uncommon for everyone to wake during the night, usually when you’re transitioning from one sleep phase to another. What is it about wakefulness that gives you anxiety? You’re absolutely right though – worrying about sleep and troubling thoughts about being awake makes sleep even more difficult. Have you thought about stopping the struggle with those unhelpful thoughts and creating space for them to exist instead? Thoughts don’t make sleep impossible for us, it’s our belief in them that does though. Thoughts are not truths and are mostly unhelpful but they love attention and the more we try to avoid or struggle with them, the more frequent and stronger they usually become.

Sleep doesn’t reward hard work and effort so any effort we make to sleep heightens our awareness of our sleep issue. Although it’s very relaxing, I wonder if the yoga nidra could be a sleep effort instead of a relaxation method simply to relax?

Hope that helps.
Scott J

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[Prince58]

Thanks Scott.
You’re absolutely right.
Lately, I have tried a different approach and started to surrender to the cycle of thoughts instead of resisting them.
It’s, of course, a whole theory 🙂
Thanks for reminding me to try and stick to this method 🙂

[Scott]

I’m looking forward to hearing your progress!

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