Sleep: the struggle is real. You can’t keep your eyes open after lunch at your desk and you definitely can’t keep them closed when you’re lying in bed.

4-7-8 breathing technique, an exercise which is meant to calm your body and your mind as you focus completely on your breathing.

'It is utterly simple, takes almost no time, requires no equipment and can be done anywhere.'

It was last year when I was struggling to sleep due to the stress I got working. Few months where I need to finish one project and achieve the desired target. So.. I was suffering nervous, anxiety, sleepless and tiring daily journeys.
After trying diferents tricks: develop a bedtime routine, Take a warm bath before to go to bed, exercise routine, change sleeping position... and seeing that the situation was not changing, I had the luck to find the 4-7-8 breathing technique one day I was explaining this problem to a friend. I remember he said: "Try this method and your life will change".

The 4-7-8 trick goes like this:

• Breathe in through your nose for four seconds.
• Hold your breath for seven seconds.
• Exhale through your mouth for eight seconds.

The studied combination of numbers has a chemical-like effect on our brains, and would slow my heart rate.

The first time he explained me this, I was thinking... it's going to be impossible! But surprisingly well, it works perfectly. It's true that the first days it take more time to relax as I was concentrated to do it well. But since the first day I tried the method, I was sleeping really fast! I didn't remember even how many times y repeat the process, I would say... less than 5!

NOW I CAN SAY THIS METHOD HAS CHANGED MY LIFE