Have you tried healing meditation before? Many people find healing meditations helpful right before sleep. Let’s explore what you need to know about healing meditations so that you can choose the best relaxation meditation for your needs the next time you get ready for bed.

What Is a Healing Meditation?

Healing meditations are designed to help people struggling with an ailment of the body, mind, or spirit. The words and phrases used in the meditation are carefully chosen to guide the listener using the power of their consciousness (or subconscious mind).

Some examples of healing meditation may include:

• Grounding meditations to help PTSD survivors feel safe
• Meditations designed to soothe the symptoms of anxiety
• Chakra realignment meditations
• Meditations to overcome grief
• Meditations for trauma
• Meditations for chronic pain

These are just a few of the many ways in which healing meditations can help.

Choosing a Healing Meditation For Sleep

Combining a healing meditation with meditation for sleep can help you sleep better and find slumber with more peace of mind. Here’s how to choose the best meditation option for you.

1. Think About The Length of the Meditation

Healing meditations aren’t one-size-fits-all. Some people feel overwhelmed by hour-long meditation sessions, even before bed. Others need longer sessions to help them fall asleep.

If you’re not sure what meditation length will work best for you, consider trying several different lengths to see what you prefer.

2. Consider What You’d Like to Work On

You’ll need to look inward to know what you want to work on. Perhaps you struggle with self-acceptance, or maybe you’re trying to overcome trauma. Whatever it may be that you’re struggling with, it’s important to become aware of it so that you can pick the right theme for your healing meditation.

Remember that you don’t have to choose a meditation that fits exactly with what you’re struggling with. For example, if you’ve been through a divorce, a meditation for emotional pain and healing may work well for you.

3. Prepare a soundscape

Did you know that you can choose your own sound mix to pair with your healing meditation when you use BetterSleep? Before bedtime, go through the hundreds of sleep sounds, music tracks, and sound waves to customize your ambience.

For instance, you can use the sound of rain falling on a tent combined with a rushing river if you’d like to imagine yourself falling asleep on a camping trip. Or, you could choose your favourite deep sleep music paired with the sound of the wind blowing through trees.

Save your mix when you’re satisfied. When you choose your healing meditation, you can pick that mix to go with it.

4. Try One Out and Rate Your Experience

Now that you have your meditation and your sound mix, pair them together next time you go to sleep. In the morning, take a minute to rate your experience.

Rating your experience will help you remember:

• Which meditations and sounds you like
• Which ones made you feel better
• Which ones helped you sleep best

Later, you can look through your notes to see what your favourite meditations and sounds have in common. Did they use visualization? Affirmations? Were they longer or shorter? Did water sounds soothe you better than ASMR sounds? These details will help you choose the best healing meditation for sleep in the future.

You’ll find a wide variety of healing meditations for sleep on the BetterSleep App. Try it for free today and implement healing meditations in your bedtime routine starting tonight.