Aaptiv Sleep Better

by Aaptiv, Jade Alexis (Narrator)

7 audio-guided sessions.

By now you know that getting enough sleep is one of the fundamental keys to overall health and well-being. But, achieving optimal shuteye and truly winding down at night are skills that few seem to have mastered.

Aaptiv’s Sleep Better program includes seven classes led by meditation and mindfulness expert Jade Alexis. On day one of the program you’ll begin with ten minutes of relaxation and focus on your breath. As the week progresses you’ll graduate to a 30-minute session and incorporate techniques that train your body to release tension and prepare for deep sleep including breathwork, body scans, and yoga nidra - a type of meditative state achieved before sleep.

This program is designed to be taken as many times through as you wish and can be referred back to as often as you need.

Genres: Audiobook, Nonfiction, Meditation, Personal Development, Self Help

3 pages, Audible Audio

First published September 5, 2018

Reviews

[C Joy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really helped me to be calm and focused compared with the times I didn't listen to it. Highly effective!

[Catherine Puma · Rating 2 out of 5]

This "Sleep Better" program is a series of 7 sessions ranging in 15-25 min each on average, which adds up to a little over 2 hours run-time total. This is kind of like meditation sessions from Aaptiv with voice-overs accompanying calming background music. However, these focus on getting settled and soothing the mind in order to aid falling asleep. Most of the time I fell asleep while listening to a session, but I cannot necessarily attest to whether this helped me to sleep BETTER (aka: deeper, more REM sleep, etc.) since I don't have the right monitoring technology to track those potential changes.

Overall, this was fine, and some were calming. But I found the narrator really annoying, so the music was a lot more effective for me than the instructor's over-pronunciation. So I can't recommend this to people with sleep issues as a way to fix their problems, but if you are that desperate, the I guess this couldn't hurt? Of course, if you actually have sleeping issues consult a medical professional instead of meditation nonsense.

[lauraღ · Rating 3 out of 5]

The thing is, I still haven't listened to any of the episodes in their entirety, because I just fall asleep in the middle of the breathing exercises, so... that's a pretty good review in itself, right? Then again, this week I haven't had as much trouble getting sleepy as I sometimes do so... shrug?

[Sharn · Rating 1 out of 5]

Blah blah poor meditation technique. The constant "third eye" and "is still" references had zero meaning. Like how is a listener supose to know what is means long term or for them personally? Explain yourself Aaptiv!

[Jana · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oh yes! I fall right asleep whenever I listen to this audio, so what's not to love?!

[🌸🦋 María 🦋🌸 · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars

[Rebecca Brenner Graham · Rating 3 out of 5]

solid. 😊 😴 💤

[Assortedtrashprincess · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great Narrator, terrible writing, did not help me sleep.

[Nancie Lafferty · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good stuff here.

[Naja Murphy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was great for relaxing and really helped me sleep deeper without waking up at night.

[X · Rating 3 out of 5]

I wish it would give you like two minutes to get comfortable before it would start the exercises.

[Hayley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Helps me fall asleep every night. I love Jade and her voice. Free and my favourite!