Not being able to sleep, fall asleep, stay asleep, or have a restful sleep are very common symptoms when your nervous system is dysregulated — whether from chronic stress, burnout, or trauma.
Your fight-flight mechanism and accompanying hormones are likely to be on overdrive; fatiguing your adrenals and affecting your overall health.
Furthermore, when you suffer, you naturally attempt to get away from it and try to overcome it.
Although this is a natural response, that expectation of wanting to sleep puts more pressure on yourself by creating a dual state of mind.
As sleep is so important for your health and well-being — and a lack of sleep is such a common sign of nervous system dysregulation — I have created a course on working with this particular symptom from the ground up.
In the field since 2002, I have helped hundreds of people, through individual sessions, to make significant change in their personal well being. Additionally, I have reached many thousands more through my writings about nervous system dysregulation, chronic stress, burnout, and trauma — and what can actually be done to heal.
My unique approach focuses on containing, regulating and processing the nervous system — working with the fight-flight-freeze-please responses, dissociation, and re-learning boundaries and vulnerability.
I'll be honored to work with you and help you make real progress towards recovery!
"Sleep was just not happening, and for the first time in almost 2 years, I have begun to have some nights of deep REM sleep, and actually waking up refreshed."
"These meditations have been such a valuable tool when I wake early in the morning and cannot go back to sleep."
"My sleep has improved in the sense that it is deeper and generally longer. At times, when I haven't been able to sleep, I have watched the videos and found them to be soothing."
"The somatic exercises make everything in the previous meditations come together and are changing my physical reality in a helpful way."
"Comforting words that wakes my self-compassion, and brings peace in my whole nervous system, and that makes me sleepy."
"Sleep is such a thing that the more you struggle to get it, the more evasive it becomes. These meditations had the exact same effect on me as a lullaby. I feel incredibly relaxed after listening to them."
Related to Post-Traumatic Stress
I can't stress this enough: These aren't your regular meditations and somatic exercises.
They are the sum total of my many years of working in the field of nervous system regulation, and they are packed with valuable information in addition to the meditative aspect.
These Somatic Meditations on Sleep & Insomnia will help you deal with the various aspects of why you can't sleep, restless sleep, and the difficulties when waking up at night.
They go into describing the processes of how your mind and nervous system work when dysregulated — from chronic stress, burnout, or trauma — and how you can work through these difficulties, while guiding you into a calmer space.
By addressing the root cause of your sleep and insomnia issues at the nervous system level, you will help rebalance your mind and nervous system and improve your immune system and hormonal functioning.
As a by-product, your sleep will improve!