This might be something to try during your next sleepless night
Everybody needs sleep whether they like it or not, but various circumstances and bodily conditions mean that it’s not always as easy as simply shutting your eyes and drifting off into a dream.
Doctors recommend that everyone gets around eight hours of sleep every single night, but that’s not always possible due to a wide range of reasons from noisy neighbors to stress throughout the day.
It’s often actually hardest to get back to sleep once you’ve been woken up during the night than any other point, and it can typically feel helpless as you’re lying there in the dark having exhausted thousands of sheep and counted backwards more times than you’d ever expect.
Thankfully there is seemingly a scientific trick that you can activate within your body that acts as a ‘hidden snooze button’ of sorts, helping you get to sleep at night in those circumstances where it feels otherwise impossible.
Getting to sleep is, for many, a lot easier said than done (Getty Stock)
As shared by the Indian Express, one acupuncture practitioner has shared what they believe to be this ‘snooze button’ hidden inside your body, and it might be worth giving it a try next time you’re feeling restless.
“In order to have deep sleep, you need to have a calm and quiet mind. But did you know you have a snooze button right behind your ears that helps you fall asleep at night?
“It’s called anmian, which literally means peaceful sleep,” Radoslav Detchev explains, sharing the exact point to press in a video on his Instagram page.
The exact point is located right behind your ear lobes, and you’ll want to press on that while lying on your back with your arms and shoulders wide, and it shouldn’t be too long until you’re able to drift off into your dreams.
In reply to a comment asking how long you’re supposed to do this for, Radoslav clarified that you hold this pose for around two to five minutes in total, and by the end you should be sufficiently sleepy, or at least in the process of getting there.
It also opens up the pericardium, which is a double-layered sac enclosing the heart and many major blood vessels, and doing so is supposedly peaceful, contributing to an easier time getting to sleep.
Many of the comments underneath the video have expressed their desire to give it a try, with some also sharing the success of this method after they tested it out.
It might be a bit difficult for side sleepers though as it forces you to lie directly on your back, potentially opening up further issues with getting to sleep, but it’s definitely worth giving this a try still because you never know what might solve the issue.
