Practice ‘focusing on breathing’ at bed time, lying in the bed, when you need to sleep.  It reduces the flow of thoughts and calms the mind. The muscles all over your body relax. You will sleep quietly. You will enjoy undisturbed and healing sleep for many hours. When you wake up, you will feel fresher than before. This is a powerful maiden step for coming out of the perpetual cycle of stress. When you taste this unique experience for a few days, you will love it. You will spontaneously use it every night, with cumulative benefits for mind and body. How to do it?

Lie down in the bed, in any posture. Cover your body as needed. Close your eyes. Start practicing the ‘Segment mode’ or ‘Triple segment mode’ or ‘Tip mode’  (1). By the time you complete 4 to 6 hands or even before, you may feel sleepy and may not like to move your fingers. Then switch to the ‘Counting mode’ (1). After a while, you may feel more sleepy, and may not like to even count the breaths in the mind. Then switch to the ‘Feeling mode’ (1). You will be surprised how nicely you slide into sleep! Don’t try to change the pattern of breathing. It is OK for the pattern to change on its own.

Whenever your sleep is disturbed, use the same sequence of modes or a shortened sequence, to go back to sleep. See the detailed article at (2).

If you like the impact of this practice, advance to the next basic step of practicing immediately on waking up (3).

Benefits: This is a powerful practice. It frees the mind from stressful and repetitive thoughts which block the onset of sleep. It calms the mind and relaxes the stiff muscles of the body, specially of the hands, legs, neck and face. It helps you smoothly glide into sleep, and enjoy undisturbed healing sleep for many hours. It helps you happily get back to sleep if it is disturbed for any reason. This practice silently works on your mind and body, even when you sleep. People who practiced it only to get sleep, reported remarkable benefits for mind and body. If you take a photo of your face now and after practicing this technique for 4-6 months, you will see a visible change in your face! Seeing is believing.

Related pages
(1) ‘How can I focus on breathing? ‘ for six different modes.
(2) ‘‘How to enjoy quality sleep and conquer insomnia by ‘Focusing on breathing’ Article
(3) On waking up
Secrets of a great night’s sleeep
Shortage of sleep and heart disease – Article
Sleep medicines – Study reports significant adverse effects

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