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Insomnia affects many people and can have unpleasant health consequences. A stressful lifestyle, poor diet, lack of exercise and a sedentary lifestyle can cause sleep problems that need to be treated.
Doctors may recommend many preparations that will seemingly solve your problem, but taking them can cause dependence. Therefore, the best alternative is natural products that will calm your mind and prepare it for sleep. Herbs, teas, aromatherapy are suitable. If you have already tried everything and nothing worked, try the 4-7-8 method, which has unprecedented results in the fight against insomnia.
Can ordinary breathing help with insomnia?
Andrew Weil, an American researcher working at Harvard, believes that with proper breathing it is possible to rid yourself of insomnia once and for all. The whole method is based on regulating the amount of oxygen in the blood. Stress, anxiety and nervousness increase the level of adrenaline in our body and make it difficult for us to sleep.
However, this method acts like a natural sedative that normalizes heart rate
The author explains that this method, which he successfully uses to treat insomnia and stress, has been practiced in India for centuries. The 4-7-8 method has no contraindications and can be practiced by absolutely anyone.
The 4-7-8 method and how to perform it correctly
The method is very simple: inhale through your nose for 4 seconds, hold your breath for 7 seconds, and exhale through your mouth for 8 seconds.
Before the exercise itself, it’s good to calm down, get into a positive mood and prepare for sleep
Then get comfortably into bed; the best position is on your back, which is also most often recommended for sleep. You can then start with the above-mentioned breathing exercise, which you can repeat as long as it takes until you actually fall asleep. Over time you will need fewer and fewer repetitions, until eventually you will be able to fall asleep without this crutch.
