Coaching practices for Relaxation to Fall Asleep

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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?

• Every time I try to relax I end up trying so hard at it that I get more tense
• I climb into bed exhausted but my body hasn’t gotten the message
• My mind won’t stop spinning when I lie down and "just try to sleep" only makes it worse
• I’m lying in bed tired but still keyed up
• It’s not really my thoughts keeping me up, it’s my body

Practices that may help

1. Guided body scan into deep rest
   Follow attention slowly through the body to drop into a relaxed, conscious state.
   Yoga Nidra & NSDR for Recovery
2. Use relaxation training before bed
   Practice a structured relaxation technique to lower physiological arousal before sleep.
   CBT for Insomnia (CBT-I), Made Practical
3. Yoga nidra as a wind-down
   Use a yoga nidra session to transition from a busy mind into sleep.
   Yoga Nidra & NSDR for Recovery
4. Use 4-7-8 breathing as a sleep-onset ritual
   Four to eight cycles in bed before sleep reduces physiological arousal and supports the transition into sleep.
   4-7-8 Breathing, Made Practical
5. Progressive muscle relaxation to lower physical arousal
   Systematically tense and release muscle groups from feet to head to lower the physiological arousal that blocks sleep onset.
   The Wind-Down Routine: Engineering Your Path to Sleep
6. Anchor the wind-down with a consistent starting cue
   A repeated pre-sleep ritual — a specific tea, a book, a certain playlist — becomes a conditioned cue that induces sleepiness over time.
   The Wind-Down Routine: Engineering Your Path to Sleep
7. Box breathing as a sleep-onset tool
   Use the equal-cadence pattern in bed to lower arousal and shorten the time to sleep.
   Box Breathing, Made Practical
8. Use PMR to wind down for sleep
   Run the sequence lying in bed to lower physical arousal and ease the transition to sleep.
   Progressive Muscle Relaxation, Made Practical
9. Physiological sigh for sleep-onset arousal
   Use two to three sighs in bed when racing thoughts or physical tension are blocking sleep.
   The Physiological Sigh, Made Practical
10. Anchor attention on a repeated focus word
    Silently repeat a single neutral word, sound, or short phrase to give attention one undemanding thing to hold.
    The Relaxation Response, Made Practical

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