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What happens right before you fall asleep
A quieting idea from Charlie Morley for the nights when rest feels far away.
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There is a moment just before you fall sleep, Friend. Your eyes are closed. You can feel the weight of your body in the bed. But you haven’t quite gone to sleep yet. Sleep researchers call this transitional space between wakefulness and sleep the hypnagogic state. And according to Charlie Morley, author of Wake Up to Sleep, most of us pass through it without realizing what it can offer. As he describes it, this state is a doorway into sleep. It is accompanied by the same brain states associated with deep relaxation and hypnosis—making it one of the most receptive states your mind enters all day. But here’s what many of us do instead: we fill it. With the phone. With replaying a conversation. With trying to solve something. With forcing ourselves to “clear the mind,” which, as anyone who has ever tried it knows, usually makes the thoughts louder. What if, instead of rushing through that threshold, you rested there...and you stopped chasing sleep and learned to meet it? Try this Mindfulness practice from Charlie’s book on the nights when rest doesn't come easily on its own. • Put down whatever you’re holding and lie still. • Close your eyes. Breathe in for a count of four, then out for a count of four. Do this a few times, until the counting feels easy. • Then let the counting go. Now, just notice. • Feel where your body meets the surface beneath you. Feel its weight. Hear the room around you without needing to respond to any of it. • Rest here as long as you can (set a timer if it helps). You don’t need to fall asleep or try to clear your mind. You simply need to stay present at the edge: aware, relaxed, unhurried. If your nights have felt restless or harder to settle than they used to be, Wake Up to Sleep offers a practical guide that uses breathwork, body-based practices, and deep relaxation techniques. It's part of the Rest & Release Collection — a curated set of books and audios chosen to support anyone whose sleep has been disrupted by stress, tension, or an overactive mind. Click here to explore the full collection. The right support can make a real difference, Friend. We hope you find it here. Wishing you a good night’s sleep, Your Friends at Hay House |
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