Rest Pockets

Whether our nights run smooth or ragged, a short rest still calls to nearly everyone, and it is a small school unto itself when it comes to learning how to sleep better. In this session, be won over by the ordinary magic of the afternoon nap. Celebrate how completely fine it is to lie down for twenty minutes. Gather a little encouragement for meeting tiredness outside the usual hours.

Lesson 9

Feeding the Dream

We are built to dream. In this session, follow the practical craft of dreaming as a way of becoming a steadier sleeper. Notice how dream thinking is not confined to the hours after midnight. Learn what dream scarcity costs us, and how to feed and value the strange intelligence that shows up overnight. Invite the part of you that keeps those images to speak up more often.

Lesson 10

Review/Summary: Making Peace with Wakefulness

In this closing session, we gather what we have learned and look at how forgiving a wakeful night can turn into its own quiet medicine. In the end, sleeping well has more to do with subtracting than with adding. Finish the course by rebuilding the self-trust that gives you room to rest. Take a blessing for endings and beginnings as you carry this work forward.