Sleep Wave: Sleep Meditation & Sleepy Stories

Sleep Wave is another offering from the Sleepiest network, this one hosted by Karissa Vacker, an award-winning voice and meditation guide. The meditations are written by yoga and meditation teacher Billy Gill, creating a partnership that blends professional meditation instruction with a voice that's been specifically recognized for its calming quality. Each episode delivers either an original sleep meditation or a sleepy story, with new content arriving on Mondays and Wednesdays. The meditations follow a structured approach — grounding exercises, breathing work, body scans — but Karissa's delivery keeps them from feeling clinical or formulaic. She speaks about the meditations as something she genuinely needs in her own life to stay balanced, and that personal connection comes through in how she narrates. The sleepy stories alternate with meditation episodes, giving regular listeners variety across the week. Premium members get access to over 100 bonus episodes plus an ad-free feed through the Sleepiest app. The production is smooth and professional, with ambient textures woven beneath Karissa's voice that enhance the atmosphere without distracting from it. Sleep Wave works particularly well for listeners who want more structure than a pure story podcast provides but find standard meditation apps too impersonal. The combination of Gill's thoughtful meditation scripts and Vacker's warm delivery creates something that feels both professional and genuinely intimate, like a meditation class designed for an audience of one.