Try Meditation to Cure Insomnia

Every time we do meditation, we free ourselves from worrying by centering our senses on the object of Meditation. We're not thinking anymore, but we discern and that is a great answer when at night you are tossing and turning and you are having hard time to sleep. Meditating may also give you relief by helping you learn to take advantage of the time that you usually spend tossing and turning in your bed. Meditating assists in bringing about a profound sense of calm and comfort which not only helps you to catch some zzz's quickly but also to awaken very rejuvenated the next morning. Meditating is an ideal and natural cure for insomnia, but you should never do it too long. Meditating for longer than 15 minutes in a sitting posture usually develops in a very lively, active, calm kind of mental order. Take note of this: before you become aware of it, you are fully awake and wouldn't be able to fall asleep any longer. In other words: it is ideal to meditate only for a short moment before hitting the sack. If you meditate on a regular basis, you will perceive that you will feel drowsy more easily, that your sleep is more profoundly, and that you need little sleep.

Meditation may help in surpassing insomnia if done accordingly. Follow these techniques:

1. Mindful breathing - when you are lying in bed, keep your attention centered on the senses of the breathing in your stomach, noticing the up and down movement of the stomach muscles. It’s essential to continue your attention focused on the tummy instead of any other part of the breathing method, since this is the most appeasing place to notice your breathing. The senses in the chest, throat, and head are heavily provoking, thus noticing the breath in those parts would be ineffective.

2. Handling the chatter in your head- At times we can’t fall asleep because we’re speaking to ourselves so much — mentally, of course. There may well be some mental imagery (refer to the method below) but primarly  we’re caught up in hearing inward conversations.

If you've got many inward self-talk, try making the voice or voices in your mind become very s-l-o-o-o-w a-a-a-n-d d-e-e-e-e-e-p, similar to a vinyl record that’s been unplugged. The trick is to obseve the flow of mental chatter and to be in control of the flow, slowing it down. You may need to do this a couple of times, but you’ll recognize that as the voices slow down you’ll almost instantly begin to feel more drowsy.

3. Handling the active mental picture

At times our stories are mainly visual. There will of course be an inward music that goes with the movie we’re seeing ourselves, but it’s the images we’re generally caught up in and that keep us wide awake.

4. Handling the physical uneasiness

Finally, one of the considerations that can keep us awake is physical uneasiness or restlessness. This can sometimes occur to me when I workout very late at night. Although my mind is tired my body is very much active. If you see that you have many of physical activity, then picture that your body is gettign very heavy, and that you’re being pushed down into the bed.