Clear and Open Your Third Eye, Ears, and Heart for Better Sleep

Note: the following is an excerpt from Oliver Niño’s latest book Do This Before Bed

Do This Before Bed

If you’re reading this book, I’m willing to bet you’re probably sensitive to other people’s energies, meaning you can feel it when someone else is anxious or overwhelmed, but also when they’re happy and relaxed. It’s likely that the energy centers in your body (also known as the chakras) are open, which is great! But the downside may be that these energy centers are overactive. If so, you could be bringing all that heightened energy into your sleep. That might be okay if you’re mostly hanging out with a lot of enlightened, happy, peaceful, relaxed people! But the truth is, highly sensitive people are usually picking up on both obvious and not-so-obvious vibes. And, given the fact that we don’t exactly live in a generally relaxed society, if you’re highly sensitive, you may be carrying excess negativity and anxiety into your sleep – which you most certainly don’t want to do!

During sleep, you’re supposed to recharge and refuel. But if you’re carrying other people’s energy, you’re more likely to have nightmares, astral travel to dark and heavy places, and wake up feeling drained, overwhelmed, and as if you didn’t get a lick of sleep. So, for starters, right before you go to bed I encourage you to never fixate on people who triggered or hurt you.

This first tool focuses on setting an intention to release any negative energy you might have absorbed throughout the day. By doing so, you’ll be taking back the sacred period of time that constitutes your sleep – a time for healing, recharging, rejuvenating, getting information, and connecting with your higher self. The three steps of this practice will help you to release any negative energy so you can experience the kind of peaceful calm essential to generate miracles.

Step 1: Release the Debris of the Day from Your Third Eye

Your third eye is a powerful energy center that activates your intuition. You don’t want negative, lower-level energies polluting it, so you want to first clear out the influences of the day by releasing toxic energies from it.

Say to yourself, “I’m ready to release whatever is draining my third eye of energy and vitality, and to bring in my intuitive power and highest vision.” Imagine white light (some people may resonate more with a violet or gold light) coming down from the skies, sending all the gunk in your third eye outside of you with a giant whoosh. Now, feel the light filling your third eye, rejuvenating and recharging it, and replacing it with positive, love-based energy.

Step 2: Clear Out Your Ears

A lot of people don’t realize that we also have energy centers in our ears, which, like the third eye, are constantly picking up words, thoughts, beliefs, and vibrations from others. You don’t want this energy to invade your sacred slumber!

After you’ve cleared out your third eye, say to yourself, “I’m ready to release whatever is draining my ears of energy and vitality, and to bring in only the most loving words, thoughts, beliefs, and vibrations.” Visualize that the same light as before is coming through your ears in the form of a little tornado, clearing out any harsh or unkind sentiments that infiltrated your ear chakras throughout the day. Now, imagine this light is brightening your ears, filling them with words and sounds of kindness and positivity.

Step 3: Unblock Your Heart of Toxic Attachments

Finally, it’s time to unblock your heart of any toxic attachments that are making you feel disconnected from yourself and others.

Your heart center is primarily where you store all the negative energy you’ve absorbed throughout the day. Your heart also has the largest and most powerful electromagnetic field in your body—so you want to make sure it’s clear of any negative influences. After you’ve cleared out your ear chakras, say to yourself, “I’m ready to release whatever is draining my heart of energy and vitality, and to bring in love, joy, and rejuvenation.” At this point, feel that same light you imagined whirling around your heart center, pulling out any toxic influences and making your heart shine bright and strong.