Today we show you the military method to fall asleep in 120 seconds thanks to four very simple steps. It has a 96% success rate and was developed by the US military to help them fall asleep. In Spain, the consumption of anxiolytics and sleeping pills has increased in recent years. Many people manage to fall asleep within a few seconds of lying down in bed, while others find it very difficult to fall asleep. Not getting enough rest can affect our mood with mood swings, anxiety and sadness. It is estimated that due to the pandemic and COVID-19, approximately 50% to 70% of people have changed their sleep patterns. Insomnia is the same for all people, it does not understand age, therefore it can affect us all. “Sleep is not something that can be regulated with an on and off key, but is something more complex where different variants affect and, above all, each individual has a different relationship with the world of sleep and rest,” says Rebecca Robbins, of the Harvard Division of Sleep Medicine. The steps to get to sleep in 2 minutes thanks to the military method are:
1.- Relax the muscles of the face, including the jaw, the tongue and those around the eyes.
2.- Drop your shoulders and relax both sides of the upper and lower arms.
3.- Exhale keeping the chest relaxed.
4.- Relax both the upper and lower legs.
These 4 steps should be done in approximately 1 minute while lying relaxed on the mattress.
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In addition, after having performed them, we must free the mind of tensions or thoughts. In order to achieve this, we must imagine ourselves in one of these 3 situations. 1.- Inside a canoe on a lake totally calm and surrounded by a blue sky. 2.- Lying on a black velvet hammock which is rocking in a dark room. 3.- In this case it is not necessary to imagine, but to say constantly and during 10 seconds “don’t think, don’t think”.
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A simple sleep technique that works. According to published data, the military’s 120-second sleep method has a 96% success rate after six weeks of practice.
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If you have trouble sleeping or falling asleep, we encourage you to try it 🙂