The day is over, and whatever is still unsolved can stay that way tonight. This guided breathing meditation gives you full permission to fix nothing at all, to set the problems down not because they are handled, but because they can wait. Hard feelings are not problems to solve; they are weather to wait out, rising and cresting and passing as you rest.
Best for: anyone whose mind keeps working at problems at bedtime, who cannot relax until everything feels resolved, or who wants a soothing sleep meditation to let go of unfinished worries and rest.
Use it when: you lie awake trying to solve tomorrow's problems, when restlessness or unease keeps you from settling, when an unfinished day will not let you switch off, or when you need permission to leave things undone and simply sleep.
How it helps: by setting down the role of fixer and letting any restlessness pass like rain on a roof, you discover a deep relief in being responsible for nothing tonight. By the end the unsolved rests as easily as you do, and there is nothing to do but sink, and breathe, and drift. Nothing is required of you. Only rest.
A roughly ten-minute guided breathing meditation in a calm voice over gentle ambient sound, from The Silent Ember Sleep collection.