If you are currently taking sleep medication: Continue taking your medication during at least the first week of the Sleep Easily treatment. Sleep Easily then gives you a way to gradually reduce and even eliminate the need for sleep medication—without withdrawal.

If you wuld like your spouse to join you in the session, she or he is most welcome. This may help you feel even more comfortable, and having your spouse understand what you are doing can feel supportive. Even if your spouse sleeps well, this method can help him or her sleep even better, even in the midst of stress.

Session One

• You learn how to breathe your Sleep Breath (the way you breathe when you are deeply asleep), very different from regular relaxation breathing. Your body relaxes by itself, your mind becomes quiet by itself, and you ease into sleep.
• You learn a simple way to deeply calm your heart and abdomen, which signal your brain to become calmer, easing you into deepersleep.
• You learn this through small, simple steps. If any step is not as easy or effective as you would like, I make changes so the step becomes easy and effective.
• You receive a Sleep Easily CD of Dr. Shane's voice guiding you through the simple steps that create your natural "inner pathway" to sleep. This recording is acknowledged by many to be the most effective recording in the field of sleep medicine. The method is so simple, you will soon be able to use it without the recording.
• You receive a comprehensive SleepGuide Manual full of information that will help you sleep.
• Sleep better your very first night!
• You gain a stress reduction method so simple you can use it during the day with your eyes open while you are in the midst of activities.

Sessions Two and Three (approximately one week after Session One, and one week after that)

• Based on what you experienced during the previous week, we refine the steps to be as easy and effective as possible for you.
• You learn a variety of simple ways to reduce physical pain or discomfort. You use just the steps that feel easiest and most effective.
• You learn a simple way to rest in the deepest level of calmness within your body and mind, which makes sleep easy and gives you a simple way to feel wellbeing in your life. This then happens by itself without you having to do anything.
• We make further refinements to address your specific needs, so you sleep well in the midst of your particular life conditions and stressors.

Session One is sometimes slightly longer than one hours. Sessions Two and three are sometimes slightly less than one hour.

CD or mp3 player: Initially, you listen to the sleep recording while falling asleep or back to sleep, so please have a CD player by your bedside to use the night after our first session. The method is so natural you soon are able to sleep well without the CD.

Meterials Fee: In addition to the sleep CD, you will receive other materials that will support your good sleep. There is a one-time fee of $25 for all of these materials.

Cancellations or missed appointments: You are responsible for 50% of the session fee for any missed appointment or any cancellations of less than 24 hours notice. Extreme emergencies or weather are exempt.

Contact information: My office phone number is 303-449-0778. On the day of our appointment, call my cell phone, 303-304-9933. If an emergency should arise when I am unavailable, call your local Mental Health Center Emergency Psychiatric Service or call 911.

Please do not drink caffeinated beverages for a few hours before our session. This will make it easier for you to experience the method more easily and deeply.

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