![]() ![]() The audio instructed me to choose a color that embodied relaxation, then picture it enveloping my body (all between repetitive instructions to “let go”). I opted for the “Relaxing Color” meditation this time. Related: You Might Not Feel Tired, But Your Brain Needs More Sleep It was 8:00 p.m., and despite my entire body being tired and yearning for rest, I was full of anxiety about getting sick–which I soon found would be an impediment to the hypnosis. ![]() As soon as I got home and ate dinner, I went to bed. I wasn’t feeling great, and some body aches made me think that the fall flu was about to hit me. On Monday evening, I wasn’t so successful. I went back quickly to sleep and woke up pretty refreshed on Monday morning at 6 a.m. due to some banging from the neighbors upstairs and realized I’d fallen asleep during the hypnosis. I don’t remember how far into the hypnosis I was before I drifted to sleep, but I did. (I opted for “raindrops,” since rainy days always make me much sleepier.) I tried “Tension Release” on the first night, where a calm-sounding woman’s voice told me repeatedly to “let go” and tense every part of my body from my feet to my forehead, before slowly “relaxing” them. There were two options for the “type” of hypnosis I could listen to: “Tension Release” induction or “Relaxing Color.” I also had a choice of background music or natural sounds. I aimed for 9:40 p.m., but ended up under the covers at 10:04 p.m. Sleep Well’s hypnosis was 21 minutes long, so I had to force myself to be in bed 21 minutes earlier. I enjoy my job, but I still get Sunday-night anxieties about being able to get all my work done in the week ahead. I started my experiment on a Sunday night because that tends to be the night that I have trouble falling asleep. All of them make pretty bold claims to “cure insomnia” and improve sleep quality within a week or two. There are a lot of options to choose from: a search for “sleep hypnosis” on the iOS App store rendered more than 40 options. Instead I started small with a hypnosis app. I wasn’t ready to have a hypnotherapist hypnotize me to sleep for a week every day. This seemed like an easy routine to add to my bedtime, so I decided to give it a go. After lengthy research, I came across a study–conducted by the University of Zurich–that found that women who listened to audio hypnosis before bed experienced 80% more time in deep sleep compared to those who didn’t. I didn’t want to experiment with an elaborate bedtime routine I would never maintain. But I wanted to start with a small habit that I could maintain. So after years of neglect, I decided it was time I gave sleep the attention it deserves. ![]() I’ve found that when I consistently get even just 15 to 30 minutes less than I need, my focus suffers. And I can’t ignore the research-backed evidence that indicates a small level of sleep deprivation can affect your cognitive performance. *All our products are either in the public domain and/or covered under the “Berne Act”, or we have collected and compiled them ourselves and therefore are the copyright holders and master-sellers or we own the resell or PLR rights to them.But I’ve been hearing more and more anecdotally from friends that when they prioritized sleep, they saw a noticeable difference in their energy levels and focus–even more so than eating a better diet and exercising. In such a state people are said to be susceptible to the hypnotist’s suggestions – in this case regarding behavior and thoughts around sleep. In fact, sleep hypnosis involves being led by a hypnotist into a state of relaxation by way of so-called ‘hypnotic induction’. Hypnosis for sleep is sometimes thought to describe self-hypnosis, where you learn to hypnotize yourself to sleep. Hypnotherapy is designed to tap into the fight-flight cycle that activates the sympathetic nervous system **HYPNOSIS - SLEEP RELIEF WITH SELF HYPNOSIS AUDIO. ![]()
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