Reflexology Sleeping Technique to help someone go to sleep

This reflexology sleeping technique is absolutely fantastic in helping someone fall asleep, that works for adults and children!

The best thing is there is only one step and it is incredibly easy!

It is extremely relaxing, and can help at little in do-it-yourself situations but unfortunately it is not as effective do-it-yourself as when one person is doing the reflexology technique to another.

If the reflexology sleeping technique is being performed by one person to another they should be very comfortable with each other for this to work. If the person receiving the technique is not comfortable with the other person being at their feet as they fall asleep they will not be able to relax and the technique won't ever work.

The reflexology technique for this is centred on the Diaphragm area on both feet and the persons breathing as they relax.

Step one is to have the person that is wishing to have help falling asleep to get comfortable on a chair or lying down on their back with their feet relaxed and hanging at the end.

Sit, squat or kneel comfortably at the bottom of the persons feet, facing the bottom of the foot. This may take a few minutes, being comfortable is very important to ensuring the other person stays relaxed.

Hold the feet - one with each hand, thumb on the Diaphragm area and fingers wrapped around the back of the foot, relaxed but holding onto the back of the feet.

See diagram below for the Reflexology Diaphragm Area

Ask the person lying down to take in a deep breath into their stomach, as they do that relax the thumb pressure on the diaphragm, as the person slowly releases the air and breathes out push firmly with the thumb onto the reflexology diaphragm spot, as they take a new breath of air slowly release the pressure on the diaphragm spot and continue repeating over and over.

This reflexology sleeping technique can take a minute of five minutes to help someone drift off to sleep. It is especially effective for people with mild sleeping disorders or as part of a program to overcome insomnia.

The main thing to remember to get this correct is;

The person must be breathing through their stomach, so every time they breathe in their tummy area rises, and when they breathe out the tummy falls. This makes it easy to know when to push in and out on the diaphragm area.

The person receiving the reflexology technique will need to feel comfortable with the other person being at their feet as they fall asleep.

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There is also an extra trick that can be used as a do-it-yourself trick to help fall asleep for those that have issues with 'thinking too much' and not being 'able to switch off' at night and are therefore unable to sleep, although it is not so much reflexology.

Make the brain unable to form cohesive thoughts about topics by thinking about completely unrelated things. This works because the brain is unable to make reasonable connections and thoughts it will be able to relax and allow sleep to come.So, 'thinking about completely unrelated things' is easy, it goes something like this...

chair.. sheep... roof... paper... electricity box.. puppies.. england.. rubber band..

and continue like that.. this takes only a small amount of time to master and is very effective in allowing a busy mind to slow down and get some rest.

This is a perfect technique for people with a sleep disorder or with insomnia.
Foot reflexology is also super relaxing and sleep inducing so check out some more great reflexology sleeping techniques here!!

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