Sleep Now - 5.5 - How Did You Sleep

So, Rick, how did you sleep last night?

I don't know how to answer that. Honestly. I don't know how to answer that, and I never know how to answer that. It is a question that usually leads me into my mode of how didn't I sleep well? And as you're going through this program, that can be a question that you ask yourself too. Well, how did I sleep?

Yeah, we want to see if we're making progress. What's coming up. It's really not. There's nothing wrong with it.

There's nothing wrong with it. And I want to acknowledge that there's a part of our brain, our body, mind that is looking for improvements. That's why we do courses like this. This is why we want to upgrade our sleep and to be able to recharge better. But that part of us also tends to look for the pockmarks, the hair that's out of place, so to speak. And I want you to just feel into this question. How did you sleep last night? What happens in your body? This is a really good example where going into the body sensations is useful. And so, like, there's this feeling in my throat. What is it for you if I ask you, how did you sleep last night?

On days when I feel rested and I've kind of transitioned nicely, it's like, oh, really great. Like, I like being asked, like, you know, like, I feel happy, but on days when I feel kind of ashamed because I didn't give myself enough hours to sleep or I didn't sleep well, I feel kind of like a heaviness in my shoulders and my heart. Like, I did a bad job and someone's asking me about it, like, how did you do on that test? Not so good. So it doesn't feel great.

Right. And thank you for bringing that up. That sense of I did a bad job. I want to acknowledge, too, that sometimes I put a cap on how enthusiastic I might express how well I slept. Especially if you're with someone or you have friends or co workers that are not sleeping well and they look tired and you just know that they didn't sleep well and they're asking you how you slept, you may have a hard time saying it was yummy, delicious. I had great dreams. I woke up a couple of times to just the most beautiful images and feeling connected to heart and soul and earth and sky and heavens and boy, I love my imagination. I love my bed and my pillow. Shut up. I hate you. Okay, so this is how did you sleep? Like, a lot of questions can carry Baggage for your body. So right now, my throat is. You might be able to hear it. My throat's constricting a little bit. There's an energy conflict. That's what it feels like to me. For some people, it just can be a helplessness or hopelessness in your gut. There's no right or wrong here. What we're doing is we're honoring that. We have energies around this question. Let's do some tapping. See if you can feel your body, and if there's an emotion in that area or word that it has, just note that you can incorporate that in the tapping. Even though I don't know how to respond to how I slept, Even though.

I don't know how to respond to.

How I slept, there is definitely a stress in my body.

There's definitely a stress in my body.

And it's okay to let that part of me relax.

And it's okay to let that part of me relax.

I'm not a bad person if I didn't sleep the way I wanted.

I'm not a bad person if I didn't sleep the way I wanted.

Top of the head. I'm not a bad person if I slept the way I wanted.

I'm not a bad person if I slept the way I wanted.

Eyebrow. I'm not a bad person if I didn't sleep the way I wanted.

I'm not a bad person if I didn't sleep the way I wanted.

Side of the eye. It seems like a trick question.

Seems like a trick question.

It's definitely a stressful question at times.

It's definitely a stressful question at times.

Under the nose. And I'm open to being surprisingly neutral about it.

And I'm open to being surprisingly neutral about it.

Chin. It may not even be the best question.

It may not even be the best question.

Collarbone. And I'm resolving this conflict within my body.

And I'm resolving this conflict within my body.

Under the arm. How did you sleep last night?

How did you sleep last night? And I think it's a Caring people do that all the time. Like, how are you doing? Like, it's just a way of kind of connecting in a mini way. But it can bring up some pretty intense feeling, like, how are you doing? Well, some bad things just happened, and you asking makes me feel icky. But it's not a bad question per se. It's just, like. It can bring up the feelings of, like, not so good. And it is. When we can celebrate that's beautiful. We can say, you know, just beautiful. I just. Amazing. I'm doing so great. That feels good. So just feeling more neutral, not feeling the shame and, like, sense of I should have done better. That can make that question and the way of approaching people a lot easier.

Yeah. If you have distress around it, bring it to neutral. If you're neutral about it, be open to the possibility of asking a different question, like, well, what is something I'm grateful for about last night or how I slept? What am I carrying with me energetically from that experience into the next?

Yeah. And we can receive the care someone's asking because they're kind of curious how we're doing.

Yeah.

It's a little mini check in.

Thank you for caring.

Thank you for caring.

Thank you for caring.

Thank you for caring.

Thank you for caring.

Thank you for caring.

How I slept last night. How I slept last night and all that that question means to me and.

All that that question means to me.

Call about how I slept last night.

How I slept last night and all.

That that question means to me.

And all that that question means to me.

Tabit. And I am taking some good things forward.

And I am taking some good things forward. Nice job. Come back for the next video. We're going to be talking about conflicting needs, and I think that's a big one for a lot of people.

It is.

Thanks, Rick.