[Stolendance]

I take Trazadone to help me sleep but tonight it's not doing anything. I don't feel anxious just can't fall asleep. I love sleep but the past year its been so hard to sleep most nights. Either I can't fall asleep or I wake up so many times for no reason that I feel like I haven't slept. I know lack of sleep isn't good for my anxiety at all.

[Skeezyks]

Hope tonight brings more restful sleep. When I can't sleep, or if I wake up in the middle of the night & can't get back to sleep, I will get up & do walking meditation. We live in a one-level townhome. So I'll walk from front to back around-&-around our dark & quiet unit, sometimes for an hour or more. I focus light attention on each foot as it makes contact with the floor. I hear the sounds of the city in the distance.

Thoughts come-&-go. I just let them arise-&-fade at their own pace. (If a troublesome thought arises & won't leave, I'll breathe into it & smile to it. I may even place a hand over my heart as a sign of lovingkindness & compassion for it.) Typically, once I do go back to bed, I'm able to go back to sleep. I like this so much that when I haven't done it for a while I start to miss it.