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Do you have specific rituals/actions aimed at 'brushing off' the day and it's stresses before bed? I fiind that the dream life is so receptive to our attentiveness. . .
1. Turn off all devices (unless you use phone for alarm, but better yet, get an old fashioned alarm clock and turn off the phone - she needs a rest too. :-)
2. Sweep and/or dust and/or wipe down or energetically night-bless your home. 1-10 minutes or so
3. Bathe or shower. 2-5 minutes.
4. Make sure sleeping clothes are clean and change 'em out if you had a stressful night in them the night before.
5. Do a body 'brush-off'. There are lots of ways to do this. Simplest is to use your hands. If you do not already have your own way of doing this, here are some steps to try out:
Close your eyes. Imagine the golden fire of the Earth rising up through you, filling your feet, legs, groin, belly heart, and then spilling from heart and chest down arms into hands. Also this energy rises up through top of head.
Next see silver-white light of the Sky pouring down through you, again, filling you but this time from top to bottom. When Earth and Sky lights have merged and you are in a funnel of love that overflows your heart and radiates out from your hands, DO THE BRUSH OFF:
Using your hands - yet not 'your' energy (the Earth's and Sky's - they love to assist!) - simply brush yourself off from head to toe! Remember to do the bottoms of your feet and each arm and hand. As you do this, say - and mean - I release the energies of the day. All energies I no longer need on my path of growth and healing, and all energies that are not in alignment with deep and restful sleep, be gone NOW.
You will know when you are done.
Get in bed. Don't read or think about stressful things. Do NOT do 'one last check' of email and social media!
Make a prayer for all energies aligned with deep and restful sleep to be with you. Make only prayers or offerings of GRATITUDE as you close your eyes and breathe, visualizing pure light flowing through your body, heart, mind and spirit, carrying away any remaining ailments - deep into the Earth for purification and to be turned to love, and/or far into the sky to be zapped into healing light for the world.
It took a lot of words to type all this, but in fact it does not have to take a lot of time to carry it out. 2-3 minutes for the brush off, and another however many for a sleep and gratitude prayer. My experience is that this works really nicely for pretty much everyone who tries it. And if you don't actually sleep, at least you are in a restful place.
Use the mantra: I AM ALLOWING WELL BEING. Keep breathing deep into the sparkling darkness within. Treasures lie there, and the Dream Time has much to reveal to those who travel there.
Wishing you each peace within, a gathering of strength and Trust, and solidarity for All in the great march forward.
With Love,
Maya, Keo (& Zaba)
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