Falling asleep techniques

[m2k961]

Does anyone know a good one?

[Jack]

I`d say sex is my favourite one.You can use that technique along with counting your breaths and visualization(that in the case when you dont like what you see:)

[Jabbervock]

I meditate until I fall to sleep .

[ceavou]

Exhaustion. Go for a run or something. Exercise before bed. Party hard.

Although this isn't the best thing for lucid dreaming, you'll get a good nights sleep

~ceavou~

[Kobrakai]

I find it hard to sleep after exercise because it stimulates my body to produce the hormone dopamine (come to think of it - yours probably will too!) which can keep you alert and restless.

[dreamer_girl]

I just read or stare at something like the wall or TV if I'm watching it and it will put me to sleep faster then you can say- well, faster then you can say something. lol

[Pilot]

Jabbervock:

I read somewhere that meditation shouldn't be used for falling asleep, but I don't know anything about real meditation. There has to be some difference between WILD where you concentrate on one single thing, and meditating to reach some sort of higher-self, or to connect with the implicate order.

For me to fall asleep I have to disconnect from the real world and lose myself in my thoughts.

I've been wondering about this a while now: Does it help to 'play dead' if you want to fall asleep quicker?

[ulrik_tr]

I just read a short article about it today in a science magazine. Some researchers let 3 groups of people fall asleep in 3 different ways. The first group should count sheep. The second should imagine a pleasent, quiet scene from a shore, a waterfall or anything relaxing. The third should just fall asleep the way they liked it.
Oh yeah, and everyone from this experiment had some sort of insomnia.
The first groups condition was made WORSE. Counting sheep is so boring you start to think alot, and gets you more awake. But the group that imagined the pleasent scenes at the shore or waterfall fell asleep a lot quicker than the other two groups.

So i think imagination is the best way, and i also agree with that. If you start to wonder about some problems, the meaning of life or anything like that, that'll keep you awake, and i have an awful tendence to do that .

[Meow]

I mentioned my trick on another thread, but it really works!
I just listen to the Oddysey on tape read by this guy w/a great English accent. You never get tired of the story line, and the sentence structure lulls you to sleep; I can't remember my profs technical explanation - but its very effective.
I used to have a lot of insomnia, but now almost never!

[DreamAddict]

[tapir]

Hi
Sometimes it can also help listening to music.
Cake is gooood

Traumgänger

[Jeff]

Well..ehm..lol...sex can be good..it will lower your dopamine system big time.and u also make lots of endorphines in your brain to.....all sugestions are ok here from the others...maybe take a walk before sleeping or read that works good 4 me always..maybe some fresh air to in your room...

(rubber hammer with remote control )

[claudia]

sometimes i count down from 100. actually, i usually fall asleep before i get to 1.. thats nice.. ..

[Hypnodude]

When I can't sleep I try to concentrate on the hypnagogia.
This will get me to sleep in no time!

[A-Jay]