Inclusion Criteria:

• * self-identified Black women
• * English speaking
• * meet ICSD3 diagnostic criteria for insomnia disorders, defined as difficulty initiating or maintaining sleep that occurs despite adequate opportunity to sleep with at least one associated daytime impairment symptom (ISI \> 7)
• * additional quantitative insomnia criteria based on research recommendations and the new ICSD3: (a) severity of sleep onset latency or wake time after sleep onset of ≥31 min, (b) occurring ≥3 nights a week, and (c) for ≥ 3 months.

Exclusion Criteria:

• * Psychosis or unstable/significant depression, anxiety, or substance abuse under active care (more than 1 monthly mental healthcare visit or requiring more than 1 psychotropic medicine daily)
• * significant current practice of any form of meditation (\>15min per day)
• * obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), restless legs syndrome (RLS), or circadian rhythm related condition (shift worker, use of medication that influence circadian rhythm, e.g., Parkinson's disease)
• * active or terminal cancer.