Nothing is worse than lying awake at night especially when you have to wake u early in the morning but sleep doesn’t come.
A new breathing technique called ‘4-7-8’ was discovered by Andrew Weill from Arizona, who describes the yoga-inspired method as “utterly simple, takes almost no time, requires no equipment and can be done anywhere.
Dr.Weill claims that 4-7-8 breathing can help people fall asleep in just 60 seconds by acting as a “natural tranquilizer for the nervous system” that reduces stress and tension in the body.
Here are the simple steps to perform this exercise:
”1.Exhale completely through your mouth, making a whoosh sound.
2. Close your mouth and inhale quietly through your nose to a mental count of four.
3. Hold your breath for a count of seven.
4. Exhale completely through your mouth, making a whoosh sound to a count of eight.
5. This is one breath. Now inhale again and repeat the cycle three more times for a total of four breaths.”
According to Yahoo, here is how it does help:
”It takes on more oxygen relaxes the parasympathetic nervous system and promotes a state of calmness.
It helps re-balance the nervous system which can become over stimulated during times of stress.”
It helps you connect with your body and your breathing and distract you from everyday thoughts that can prevent you from sleeping.”
Tumblr users were astonished by such claims and they decided to try the technique themselves. Some claimed the technique helped them fall asleep while others said it had minimum impact.
One user wrote: Re-blogging for later reference after I tried it earlier today to try to calm down. It actually does help a lot, not just for sleep but if you have problems with anxiety.
My default mental setting is “vibrating intensely in the background.point 327 |
” After doing this, I felt noticeably calm and relaxed – I wasn’t as fixated on my breathing, I wasn’t tense, my movements weren’t jerky and I didn’t feel like I had to be as tense as possible to be under control.point 208 |
10/10 would recommend.point 20 | point 22 | 1
Another claimed: I’ve literally been doing this for years every time I’m about to go onstage and I didn’t even know it was literally designed for me. It turns my nervous energy into useful energy and helps me recenter so I can get into character and focus on doing my best rather than what the audience thinks of me.
”It doesn’t work for me… But some people might find it useful,” one user said.
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