Fall Asleep Fast: 10 Minute Guided Body Scan Meditation with Andy

Now, before you do anything at all, I just like you to take a moment just to get comfortable lying in your bed or wherever it is you want to fall asleep. Make sure you're under the covers in case you do fall asleep during this exercise. And even if you don't usually go to sleep on your back, just like you

to begin the exercise by lying flat, have your knees slightly bent if you like. We're just lying flat on the bed and just enjoying that feeling of the body letting go. just relaxing, sinking into the bed beneath you. And as you lie there, just take one or two nice big deep breaths. Breathing in

through the nose and out through the mouth.

If you find it comforting, you can just gently place your hand on your stomach as you breathe in and out just to feel that movement of breath in the Hey.

And as you lie there, just noticing how the body feels. Whether it feels heavy or light, restless or still?

Does it feel as though the body is ready to sleep or so there's still a little bit of winding down for it to do.

Either way, we're just going to go through this exercise just slowly pointing the body and the mind in the direction of sleep. Now, I'd like you to begin by just thinking back to the very first part of the day. And it's almost as though you're watching a video, fast forwarding through the day, and you're just