Podcasts for Relaxation and Sleep
Podcasts have become an increasingly popular medium for entertainment, education, and information sharing. But did you know that podcasts can also be a powerful tool for relaxation and promoting better sleep? With a wide variety of options available, including guided meditations, soothing nature sounds, and bedtime stories, podcasts can offer a unique and personalized way to unwind and calm the mind before bed. Whether you struggle with insomnia or simply want to improve the quality of your sleep, tuning into a relaxing podcast can help you achieve a more peaceful state of mind and prepare for a restful night’s sleep – and here are a few you can check out before bedtime tonight.
Sleep With MeInsomnia? Mind racing at night? Worries keeping you up? Tune in for a bedtime story that lets you forget your problems and progressively gets more boring until you fall to sleep. So get in bed, press play, close your eyes, and drift off into dreamland.
Nothing Much Happens; Bedtime Stories to Help You Sleep
Having trouble sleeping? Join Yoga and meditation teacher Kathryn Nicolai for bedtime stories where nothing much happens to help you relax and sleep peacefully. The stories are a soft landing spot for your mind. Rather than letting your brain race through the same thoughts you’ve been chasing all day, we are taking a detour to a calm and comfy place. We tell the story twice and go a bit slower the second time.
Whispered readings and ramblings for relaxation and sleeping. Includes soothing meditations, interesting stories, tranquil poems, educational Wikipedia articles, and listener feedback.
Sleep better, reduce stress and anxiety, and feel happier about your life. If you yearn for simpler calmer days, settle yourself down to explore the rich tradition of meditation for your modern life. Journey through a weekly theme to gain insight and understanding of the biggest stressors of our time. Be guided in a brief mini-meditation using a time-proven meditation technique in each episode to sleep better, manage anxiety, and improve mental focus. Described by listeners as a daily therapy session with certified meditation and yoga teacher, Mary Meckley.
The Game of Thrones Podcast to Help You Sleep | Game of Drones is a GoT podcast that’s part bedtime story and part high school class you can’t stay awake for. Don’t watch “Game of Thrones”, don’t worry, this will put you to sleep anyway.
Deep Energy Podcast is a podcast of ambient and new-age music for Sleep, Meditation, Relaxation, Massage, Yoga, Reiki, and Therapy.
Short guided meditations to calm your anxiety, overcome negative thinking, increase your confidence, and more. Don’t think you have the time, or mental focus, to meditate? Most of these mind-shifting meditations are 10 minutes or less. Soothe your stress away and feel better fast with this award-winning guided meditation podcast by Hypnotherapist Chel Hamilton today.
Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep
Boring Books for Bedtime is a weekly sleep podcast in which we calmly, quietly read something rather boring to silence the brain chatter keeping you awake. Think Aristotle, Thoreau, and whoever wrote the 1897 Sears Catalog—mostly nonfiction, mostly old, a perfect blend of vaguely-but-not-too interesting. If you’re on Team Sleepless, lie back, take a deep breath, and let us read you to rest.
Sleep, relax, and unwind with our original sleepy soundscapes. Featuring nature soundscapes, binaural sleep music, and calming white noise.
Are you ready to end your day feeling more relaxed and ready to fall asleep soundly? From guided meditations to soothing bedtime stories, these podcasts offer a convenient and accessible way to de-stress and fall asleep.
***All podcast descriptions courtesy of Apple Podcasts
