Fall Asleep Fast

Want to know how to sleep fast? Sleep is essential to good health and too many of us lose hours of sleep each week from lying in bed awake, trying to sleep. These tips will teach you the skills you need to sleep faster and better.

Learning how to fall asleep fast sounds difficult, right? Try these strategies — all you need is your mind and your smartphone.

Some nights falling asleep quickly doesn’t come easy, and tossing, turning and thinking about not sleeping only makes it worse. You probably know the basic ideas like reading a book and turning off your electronics, but when those don’t work what can you do?

Turns out, there are some unconventional tactics that sleep experts have stumbled upon that rely on your own biology and psychology to induce relaxation.

Here are a few creative but simple strategies you can try practically anywhere to snooze faster and sleep better tonight. Of course, these don’t replace medical advice from your doctor, and you should still consult a medical professional if you have serious sleep problems. But bookmark this page and give these tips a try, and you might be surprised to find that they can make a big difference between a restless night and sweet dreams.

1. Breathe with your mind.

Breathing patterns play a role in our autonomic nervous system, which regulates heart rate, muscle tension, motivation, and other aspects of relaxation or excitement. Whereas rapid, shallow breaths can create a sense of anxiety, deep, slow breaths can be calming.

2. Get a mattress of the right firmness.

There is no “one size fits all” for mattress firmness. Different people, depending on sleep position, activity level, body mechanics, age, and other factors will sleep better on different levels of firmness or softness of a mattress. If you want to get the best night’s rest, the best mattress is the one that matches your body type and sleep style.

3. Chill out.

Ever notice how a cold office seems to leave you ready for nap time? Researchers have found that cooler temperatures do indeed appear to help us get deeper sleep, and fall asleep faster. Plus, nothing feels as dreamy as wrapping up in warm blankets in a cold room.

Why does this work? Well, as our circadian rhythms approach the sleep phase, our body temperature naturally drops slightly and stays lower until a couple of hours before you normally wake up.