Affirmations for sleep

These are not commands. They are invitations: small permissions to let the day go, a little at a time. There is nothing to get right.

Read them slowly, or pick one and stay with it for a few breaths. Say them in your head or out loud. If a line does not fit, skip it. The ones that land are the ones to keep.

Let this be the part of the day where nothing more is asked of you.
Let your shoulders sink a little further into the bed.
Let the worry wait outside the door tonight. It knows where to find you in the morning.
Allow each breath out to be a little slower than the last.
Let your thoughts drift past like lights on a faraway road.
Give tomorrow permission to wait until tomorrow.
Notice how heavy your hands can become when they stop holding anything.
Let the pillow take the whole weight of your head.
Allow the quiet in the room to grow a little wider.
Let whatever was left undone today rest, unfinished, for now.
Let your jaw soften, and your forehead after it.
Invite the night to be long and unhurried.
Let sleep come when it is ready. There is no need to chase it.
Let your body remember all the nights it has drifted off before.
Let every sound outside become part of the stillness.
Let go of the need to figure anything out tonight.
Allow your breathing to find its own slow rhythm, without help.
Let the blanket be heavy and warm, and let that be enough for now.
Let the last thought of the day be a kind one.
Let yourself drift, and trust the morning to be there.