The Slow Descent Staircase: Ten steps down into sleep

June Alderwood

You will follow Serena Sherwin down ten steps, each one softer than the last. June Alderwood begins with the permission you already carry inside you, the quiet yes your body has been waiting for. You will learn what "wired" actually feels like in your shoulders and jaw, how the carryover habit of daytime tension slips into your pillow, and why a screen's blue stare keeps your nervous system alert long after you look away. Between chapters, Sherwin's voice opens a door between here and there, a threshold where your breath slows and your thoughts loosen. The twenty minute unwind waits at the bottom, a simple practice you can return to each night. Let the staircase hold you.