Somatic Aliveness

   Listen to this guided meditation, Love the Earth Welcome to this meditation with the intention of loving the Earth. The Earth is alive and in need of love. You can relate to it as a living being with a soul. Allow your relationship with the Earth to reflect love, compassion, and kindness. One way to love the Earth is by keeping it in your heart during the meditation. By practicing meditation with the soul of the planet in your heart, you can trigger a healing energy that can love the Earth back to health. To start, find a comfortable position. Sitting or lying down. And do your best to make sure you won’t be disturbed. When you are ready, gently close your eyes, and let yourself take a full deep breath. Give yourself permission to relax and witness your breath coming in and coming out.   Notice how your belly rises and falls. Next, as your breath deepens, let’s imagine a person, a memory, or any situations that helps you bring forth feelings of love a...

  Click  to watch this video on improving sleep Sleep Better (Part One) by Payam Ghassemlou Ph.D. Having trouble sleeping is common. You are not alone. Let’s stay hopeful and overcome this challenge. Your body is designed to welcome sleep. It needs sleep to rejuvenate and get you ready to have a productive day when you wake up in the morning. You can start by reminding yourself the simple fact that sleep is a natural part of life, and you deserve a restful sleep. Normalizing this process can reduce the anxiety you might have about sleep. When you are trying to sleep, by focusing on not being able to sleep or reasons behind having trouble sleeping, you probably are not going to fall sleep. When you focus on problems with sleeping, or any upsetting thoughts , you won’t feel relaxed. Such thinking can activate your nervous system and make it harder for you to go to sleep. Instead of worrying about sleep, let’s create a supportive bedtime ritual. I am going to describe an ex...