Guide Me To Sleep
April 3, 2023 11:16 AM Subscribe
I like listening to guided meditations while falling asleep and am looking for recommendations for more. Can you recommend online or app-based guided meditations?
I'm looking for guided meditations that
— are free
— are 10 to 20 minutes or so
— don’t have any ads (I’ve run into YouTube meditations for sleep that end with an incredibly loud ad which is, to say the least, counterproductive)
— aren’t heavy on things like “manifesting” or religion
— are about falling asleep specifically or any other meditation topic (relaxing, being present, breathing, being gentle with oneself, etc.)
— sound relaxing with calm voice and pleasant calm music/sound effects but aren’t just music (it’s the spoken part that I find helps puts me to sleep)
I'm looking for guided meditations that
— are free
— are 10 to 20 minutes or so
— don’t have any ads (I’ve run into YouTube meditations for sleep that end with an incredibly loud ad which is, to say the least, counterproductive)
— aren’t heavy on things like “manifesting” or religion
— are about falling asleep specifically or any other meditation topic (relaxing, being present, breathing, being gentle with oneself, etc.)
— sound relaxing with calm voice and pleasant calm music/sound effects but aren’t just music (it’s the spoken part that I find helps puts me to sleep)
Best answer: The Insight Timer app has a bunch of great sleep meditations. My favourite is Yoga Nidra For Sleep by Jennifer Piercy.
posted by third word on a random page at 1:53 PM on April 3, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by third word on a random page at 1:53 PM on April 3, 2023 [2 favorites]
I like this Insight Timer sleep meditation. Her mispronounciation of bicep as bicept always jerks me out of my snooziness a little but not enough to ruin it.
posted by penguin pie at 4:10 PM on April 3, 2023
posted by penguin pie at 4:10 PM on April 3, 2023
On Insight Timer, my 'Scottish Man' Andrew Johnson.
His popular Deep sleep and deeper sleep are 30 mins so longer than you'd like, but he has heaps of meditations and most can send me to sleep.
'Back to Sleep' at 15 minutes says it is for if you wake up in the middle of the night (which I use it for), but the wording is fine for going to sleep.
All free with no ads on Insight Timer.
posted by Elysum at 4:56 PM on April 3, 2023
His popular Deep sleep and deeper sleep are 30 mins so longer than you'd like, but he has heaps of meditations and most can send me to sleep.
'Back to Sleep' at 15 minutes says it is for if you wake up in the middle of the night (which I use it for), but the wording is fine for going to sleep.
All free with no ads on Insight Timer.
posted by Elysum at 4:56 PM on April 3, 2023
I like The Honest Guys, and I believe they have several compilations on YT that specify no internal ads -- so you might hit an ad at the start on non-premium, but if you turn off autoplay, I think that's it.
Not quite guided mediatationy, but I also like Sleep With Me podcast for feeling unlonely and occupying my brain in just the right way when trying to get to sleep or get back to it after midnight awakenings.
posted by LadyInWaiting at 5:44 PM on April 3, 2023 [1 favorite]
Not quite guided mediatationy, but I also like Sleep With Me podcast for feeling unlonely and occupying my brain in just the right way when trying to get to sleep or get back to it after midnight awakenings.
posted by LadyInWaiting at 5:44 PM on April 3, 2023 [1 favorite]
I use the Better Sleep app. Lots of great sleep-oriented meditations. You can also mix and create the exact background noise you want—crackling fire, various water sounds, music, animals, color noises, these brainwave frequencies.
posted by emkelley at 8:09 PM on April 4, 2023
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