You Can't Sleep, If You Count Sheep!?

It is often said that when we can't sleep easily, it become easy to sleep by counting sheep. I don't know whether this story is said in foreign country... But in Japan, this story very famous. Do you know the origin of this story? This is because just word's similarity. Sheep similar to sleep vaguely. It it just wit or gag. Whoever told us that?? In the past, when I couldn't sleep easily by tension, I counted sheep to about 200. But I didn't become to feel like sleeping.....

How about you? Do you have a experience to sleep easily by counting sheep? Is it difference among individuals?

It is bad to think something or counting number when we sleep. We can't relax because our brain work. I suggest you that you teach your brain that it is OK to sleep with relaxing mind and body.

The Way of Breath

Today, I'll introduce the way of breath for relaxing.

1. You get in futon, lie on your back, and relax without thinking.

2. You inhale the air from nose with taking time slowly.

Please image the feeling which you breathe clean the air in body.

3. After you inhale to limit, you stop breathing for 3 seconds.

4. You expire breath with taking time slowly.

Please image the feeling which you take out the air from toe.

You can lose power of body with breath.If you try this way of breath over and over again, you can relax mind and body, and sleepiness tempt you.

By the way, this picture is picture in the book about yoga. I can relax to look such a picture surrounded by nature.