Free Sleep Hypnotherapy Recording
"Sleep doesn't arrive by trying — it arrives by being carried."
A guided hypnotherapy session that teaches your body a tide-pattern to return to, whenever night feels noisy.
Download the Free RecordingWhat Is This Recording?
Most sleep advice asks you to try harder: better habits, stricter schedules, more discipline. But the harder you try to sleep, the further sleep retreats. Hypnotherapy works the opposite way.
This session uses the natural rhythm of tides as a somatic anchor — teaching your nervous system a pattern of relaxation it can access again and again, even when you wake at 3am. You don't need willpower. You just need to let the tide carry you.
It works for first-time listeners and becomes more powerful with repetition, as the pattern embeds itself more deeply each time.
Inside This Session
Breath-paced like the ocean, softening jaw, eyes, and belly. The feeling of settling into warm sand as the body learns it's safe to release.
A gentle 10→1 descent into "the cove" — cozy, quiet layers of rest where the mind finally stops its watch and trusts the water.
A middle-of-the-night anchor is planted: hand to belly, the phrase "back to the waves," five slow breaths. So when you wake, your body already knows the way back — no effort required.
Two endings are woven in: one for drifting into sleep, one for returning to wakefulness. Your subconscious chooses what serves you best.
✦ A note on the two endings: Most sleep recordings force you to choose — listen at bedtime, or listen during the day. This session was designed to remove that barrier entirely. Your subconscious mind is always smarter than the instructions.
Please read the hypnosis guidelines before your first listen. Lights dim, phone off, volume low.
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You don't need a sleep disorder to benefit. You just need nights that feel harder than they should.
Thoughts that won't stop at bedtime, replaying the day or rehearsing tomorrow.
Grief, transition, or change that unsettles sleep — even when nothing is "wrong."
Jet lag, unfamiliar beds, or the anxiety of being in a new place and far from home.
Students and high-performers whose nervous systems need help winding down after intense focus.
If you fall asleep fine but wake in the middle of the night and can't return — this was made for you.
Anyone who wants to end the nightly battle with sleep and replace it with something gentle.
How to Use This Recording
The more consistently you use this session, the more deeply the tide pattern becomes your body's own natural sleep signal.
Dim the lights 20 minutes before listening. Let your environment signal safety.
Phone off or on do-not-disturb. Headphones recommended for the full effect.
Volume low — just audible. Your nervous system doesn't need to work to hear it.
If you wake at 3am — hand to belly, say "back to the waves," five slow breaths. Let the tide take you.
About Your Guide
I'm a licensed MFT and certified hypnotherapist offering virtual sessions for clients in California and Nevada, working from the jungle of Costa Rica.
With over 17 years of clinical experience, I combine psychotherapy, hypnotherapy, and somatic awareness to help high-functioning, self-aware people move beyond understanding their patterns — and actually shift them.
Sleep disturbance is one of the most common things I see in my practice, and one of the most responsive to hypnotherapy. This recording reflects the care I bring to every session.
Read more about Rima →Common Questions
Yes. Hypnotherapy works at the level where sleep problems originate — the nervous system and subconscious mind. Rather than forcing sleep, it teaches your body a new pattern of relaxation that becomes automatic at bedtime and in the middle of the night.
Sleep meditations invite calm presence. Hypnotherapy goes further — it uses therapeutic suggestion to install a specific return cue so your subconscious knows how to guide you back to sleep without effort. The "back to the waves" anchor is something you can use independently, for life.
Absolutely — and that's exactly what this was designed for. The session plants a middle-of-the-night return cue: hand to belly, the phrase "back to the waves," and five slow breaths. You don't need to replay the recording; your nervous system already has the map.
Yes. This recording includes two endings — one for drifting into sleep, one for returning to wakefulness — and your subconscious chooses what's right for you. Please read the hypnosis guidelines before your first listen.
Use it at bedtime as often as you like. Repetition deepens the pattern — eventually your body begins to recognize the opening breath as its own natural sleep cue, even before the recording continues.
Yes. Private hypnotherapy sessions are customized entirely to your history, nervous system, and goals — and recorded so you keep them forever. Learn more about booking a session.
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A private session customized to your sleep history, nervous system, and life. Virtual sessions for clients in California and Nevada.