Evening Unwinding
A wind-down practice for restless minds
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A wind-down practice for restless minds
A calm, practical companion for the last hour of the day. Evening Unwinding pairs short readings with body awareness and gentle breath work, designed for the nights when your mind arrives at the bedroom door with a full agenda.
Contents
- 01The hour before sleep
- 02The unfinished day
- 03Dimming the room
- 04Breathing down to the body
- 05A short practice for lying awake
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Free sample · chapter one
Let the day end without your permission.
Sleep is not a switch, though most nights we treat it like one. We close the laptop and expect the mind to close with it, as though the last eleven hours had not happened.
The last hour matters more than the last minute. Begin by turning the lights down earlier than feels necessary. You are not going to bed; you are leaving the day.
Then, lying down, travel slowly through the body from the feet upward, and at each place ask a single question: can this let go of a little weight? Not all of it. A little.
If the mind starts planning, do not argue with it. Say, quietly, 'not now.' Then return to the feet. You will return many times. Each return is the practice.