From me: Count numbers.
Did you ever see those old black and white TV newsreels, where the numbers zip down from 10 to 1 in a big fuzzy circle? OK, now picture that screen, with a new number from 1 to 300 each time, changing the numbers v-e-r-y s-l-o-w-l-y.
Or just imagine the numbers and no circle, from 1 to 300, excruciatingly s-l-o-w-l-y. Try puffy white clouds or pink, polka dot numbers, if you prefer -- whatever you feel like watching that night.
Contributed tips:
When insomnia raises its ugly head, I just lie there and listen to my cat Miro purr. I get my breathing in sync with his purring and before long I am back to sleep.
-- Pablo Solomon
pablosolomon.com
My husband is an aural kind of buy, very into music. When he can't sleep, he grabs his CD player, which has a Delta sleep CD in it and plays it.
I am a visual woman so I grab my flax and lavender eye pillow and cover my eyes. At the same time, I do a deep breathing yoga/meditation exercise.
-- Jill Nussinow, MS, RD
www.theveggiequeen.com
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