Abdominal Breathing Exercises

Most of us breathe shallow and weak when we try to relax and deal with our insomnia. In my experience, if you take long, deep, slow breathes using your whole upper body, including your nose, then exhale as slow as you can, then you feel much better and the maximum sense of relaxtion comes over you. In fact, doing so actually helps your parasympathetic nervous system, which controls relaxation. Try that and see how that feels.

Another strategy I have used: take a deep breath and hold it in tight. While holding it in, tense all your muscles and hold for 20-30 seconds. Exhale slow and deep, then relax. Do this several times.

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