When Your Mind Feels Like a Storm... Buddhist Teachings & Zen Stories for Deep Sleep

Hi everyone, we are now live on Spotify here🌛✨: https://open.spotify.com/show/033EUu4lqsZ8N44nRHO8Ar Tonight we explore what to do when your mind feels like a storm: racing thoughts, a worry that won't loosen, a restless body, or a sadness with no clear cause. Our first instinct is often to fight these feelings, and the fighting usually wears us out even more. The Buddha offered another approach. Hard emotions can be met with steady, kind attention, and allowed to move through in their own time. This long-form Buddhism for sleep episode brings together Zen stories, Buddhist teachings and simple guided reflections for anxious, overthinking and restless nights. Along the way we look at self-criticism, craving and aversion, impermanence, and the Buddhist teaching of non-self. There are also a few easy mindfulness practices you can try right where you are lying. No experience with meditation or Buddhism is needed. Made for deep rest, relaxation and sleep, or for any night when your thoughts won't slow down. Settle in with tonight's Zen stories for sleep and Buddhist wisdom for inner peace. If this helped you feel a little calmer, you are welcome to subscribe for more, and to share it with someone going through a hard time. Inspired by the teachings of the Buddha and stories from the Zen and Buddhist traditions. Original script written and produced by Midnight Monk. 🧘🌙✨