Get into the "Sleep Zone"

Start the week off right -- with a great night's sleep. Here are this week's tips for numbing a racing mind, excerpted from the new killer insomnia book, Why Count Sheep When You Can SLEEP?

(According to the experts, you should get out of bed if you can't sleep after 20 minutes of tossing and turning. These solutions are for those 20 minutes, and were contributed by people around the world.)

Slowly repeat each exercise to a count of 350 or more until your mind is in the "sleep zone."

• Pretend you’re in a rocking chair, swaying forward and backward or side to side. Stay with the rocking motion as you whisper a mantra or count slowly to yourself.
  
  
• Put an earplug in your ear and listen to a guided meditation or delta wave recording on your iPod.
  
  
• Force your eyes to stay open. Eventually, they'll close.

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Makes a cool holiday gift for the insomniac in your life!