Sleep often slips further away when it becomes something to achieve. Effort Trap explores paradoxical effort: the way trying hard to sleep can switch on the very alertness that keeps you awake. A calm practice in allowing breath, thoughts, body and wakefulness to be as they are, so the fight around sleep can loosen.

Warm and clear, with an unhurried steadiness — a voice that settles a busy mind without ever rushing it.
Effort Trap is a guided audio session from Salūs Rooms — part of the 21-day sleep collection, narrated by Becky Lane.
Salūs Rooms is an ad-free sleep and meditation app for iOS, Android and web — hundreds of guided sessions, long bedtime stories for adults and 325 free sleep sounds. Hear the full session with a 7-day free trial.