Trouble Sleeping? My Technique for Falling Asleep



How to Fall Asleep Do you have trouble sleeping? Is there nights where you have a lot on your mind, and you just simply cannot fall asleep? Well, I bet that each and every one of you have had AT LEAST one night where hours passed, but you were still awake. I’ve had a lot of those nights, and I’ve tried different things; some techniques worked, some didn’t. Having done all my research, I have come up with one technique that helps me fall asleep all the time.

Step One – RelaxingThe first thing you want to do is lay down on your bed, comfortable and relaxed. Lay on your back, looking up to the ceiling. Spread all your body parts apart from each other, so that they don’t have any physical contact; legs, arms, and fingers.

Step Two – Erasing the ThoughtsNow that you are relaxed, you want to clear up your mind. To do that, I took different techniques and combined them together. Start by breathing deeply. Take a deep breath, and then breathe out. Now begin to visualize the way the air enters the body when you breathe in, and how it exits your body when you breathe out. So simply, take a deep breath, picture air going into your mouth, into your lungs, then breathe out, and picture the air leave your lungs (Visualize it as detailed as possible). When you get the hang of it, you are ready to add another step to it. At this point, begin to count down from 50 to 0. When you breathe in, while thinking about how the air enters into your lungs, you count one number down. Continue this until you reach zero. And when you do, keep breathing; don’t stop!

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