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Additional Sleep Resources

These print and audio downloads can help you overcome insomnia, reduce stress, and improve sleep quality.

In your web browser, you can right-click or control-click any of the below links and choose "Save as…" to save the file to your desktop.

Insomnia and sleep problem resources

Improve sleep quality

  • Quick Tips for Better Sleep and Getting Up in the Morning
  • Sleep tips (MP3, 5:31) — 5 techniques for better sleep
  • Free white noise website

Bedtime: Fall asleep more easily

  • Bedtime relaxation (15:21)
  • Unwind (4:07)
  • Rest (4:00)

Daytime: Try yoga nidra (“yogic sleep”), a refreshing form of relaxation and an alternative to the 20-minute power nap.

  • Yoga nidra (21:19)

Mindfulness meditation tools:

  • Body Scan (20:25)
  • Gentle Stretching Meditation (28:08)
  • Mindfulness of Breathing (16:09)
  • Mindful Yoga (23:40)

Sleep resources for new parents

Many of the sleep resources listed above will be helpful to new parents. These additional resources specifically address issues of interest to parents:

  • New Parents in Need of Sleep (New York Times)
  • New parents: Getting the sleep you need (Mayo Clinic)
  • What other cultures can teach us about managing postpartum sleep deprivation (Stanford Medicine) 
  • Resources for children’s sleep problems (Boston Children’s Hospital Pediatric Sleep Disorders Center) 

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Relaxation Tip Line: For a guided three-minute relaxation exercise you can use anytime, call our Relaxation Tip Line at 617-253-CALM (2256), available 24 hours a day.

  • Relax: Guided Meditation (6:26)
  • Music for Relaxation: Naive (2:06)
  • Music for Relaxation: Clouds (2:39)
  • Guided Visualization for Relaxation (9:01)
  • Guided Visualization to Reduce Test Anxiety (5:32)
  • Guided Visualization to Enhance Athletic Performance (3:57)

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