Military meditation that will allow you to fall asleep even during the bombing

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

Relax your body and mind in just a few minutes.

The essence of this technique, used by the American military, is to gradually relax the body, and then not think about anything for 10 seconds. Proceed in order:

• Relax your facial muscles. This includes the tongue, jaw and muscles around the eyes.
• Drop your shoulders as low as possible. Relax your arms in turn: hands, forearms, shoulders.
• Exhale and relax your chest.
• Now relax your legs. First the thighs, then the legs and feet.

Spend about a minute and a half doing this. Then move on to mental relaxation. The creator of this technique, sports trainer Bud Winter, offers three options for calming:

• Imagine that you are lying in a boat, the water in the lake is calm, there is only blue sky above you.
• Imagine that you are snuggled up in a black velvet hammock in a dark room.
• Repeat "Don't think, don't think, don't think" for 10 seconds.

This advice - to gradually relax the body - is used in almost all meditation techniques. Because it really works.

You don't have to force yourself to do it in two minutes. Listen to your body and find a sleep schedule that suits you. This is perhaps the main tip for getting a good night's sleep.