The last straw of sleep, can you grasp it?

Mr. Zhang, a company executive, is a legendary white-collar worker. His daily schedule is packed, and continuous meetings and frequent business trips are commonplace. On days when he doesn't have to work overtime, he would enjoy delicious food with friends after get off work, and sometimes go running and do aerobic exercise. Every day after I get home, I lie on the sofa, watch TV, surf the Internet, and occasionally drink some beer.

In this way, after killing a few hours, the clock hand had pointed to 12 o'clock. With fatigue and sleepiness coming over him, he went to bed to rest.

Unfortunately, he couldn't fall asleep. His mind kept popping up the meetings he had during the day or the recent personnel changes at work... Even though he was so tired and the night was so quiet, he still couldn't fall asleep.

There are many "urban insomniacs" like Mr. Zhang. During the day, they are the backbone of the company and lead a comfortable life with a good income, but at night they suffer from sleepless nights.

Insomnia is one of the most common sleep disorders, which is caused by difficulty falling asleep, difficulty maintaining sleep, and waking up too early or intermittently, resulting in insufficient sleep. Studies have shown that excessive tension in higher-level brain activities can affect the functions of the autonomic nervous and endocrine systems. Intense and prolonged psychological stimulation that exceeds the limit will cause certain functions of the body to remain continuously elevated, leading to dysfunction of the nervous and endocrine systems, and even brain damage or organ dysfunction. Abnormal regulation of brain functions often leads to insomnia and other symptoms. Therefore, psychological factors are closely related to insomnia.

How can you say goodbye to the annoying insomnia that always follows you and regain a baby-like deep sleep? Ancient yoga gives us many useful inspirations.

To save your sleep, first adjust your work and rest schedule as much as possible, go to bed before 10 o'clock every day, and don't eat two hours before going to bed.

Second, practice yoga poses. Different yoga poses have different effects, so it is best to practice under the guidance of a professional yoga teacher. Hot yoga can better expel toxins from the body, scientifically stretch and massage the muscles and internal organs, and subtly change the practitioner's mentality from impetuous to calm and steady. Practicing yoga regularly every week, alternating between focusing on different yoga poses every other day, can effectively balance the mind and emotions.

Third, daily meditation is more effective than medication.

Fourth, practice deep abdominal breathing to make the body more relaxed and more energetic.

Happy or miserable, fat or thin, strong or weak, enterprising or listless, knowledgeable or ignorant, life or death...sleep affects us in so many ways. Give yourself a good night's sleep and start practicing yoga!