That’s me exactly - I fall asleep almost as soon as my head hits the pillow, then when I wake up later, I can’t fall back asleep for hours and I’m dragging the next day. I used a bunch of different sleep meditations with varying degrees of success. Some worked well, but my current solution isn’t actually meditation, it’s sleep stories. It’s just relaxing happy stories that distract your mind and you fall asleep. For years, I used the same technique to fall asleep except I created the stories myself in my head (daydreams, but at night) and would drop off quickly and pick up where I left off the next time I woke up, or rewind and change things around if I felt like it. Post-stroke I can’t do it anymore (or perhaps I should say YET, as I haven’t given up. I’m planning a creative writing class soon to try to get that part of my brain firing full throttle again).
Anyway, there’s a woman that does a great podcast, also available on her webpage and YouTube, called Nothing Much Happens.
Option one is her webpage:
[S14 : E1 Ladybugs and New Leaves — Nothing Much Happens]
(S14 : E1 Ladybugs and New Leaves — Nothing Much Happens)
Option two is via YouTube:
Option three is via Podcast:
Nothing much happens: bedtime stories to help you sleep Podcast Series - Apple Podcasts
Give them a try for about a week and see how you make out. If it’s not working for you, I have some others that I used in the past I can share.