The Effortless Sleep Method

For once your intelligence is not going to be an asset. Close down that intelligent, questioning mind and trust like an ignorant, innocent child. Remember: ignorant, innocent children sleep effortlessly without questioning how or why. Just

Your safety thought could simply be: I have stuck to the programme, I am getting better! Unlike the affirmations previously mentioned, your safety thought must be a fact. You can lie down at night knowing that it is a fact that you

problem. This is compounded by the fact that a natural early response to a bout of insomnia is either to go to bed earlier, before you are even sleepy, or to try to ‘catch up’ by lying in bed for as long as possible. A very common mistake is to lounge around in bed in the morning even when you aren’t sleeping, creating a mental association of being

will show that while good sleep hygiene is not always enough to cure an established problem, without it it can be near-impossible to overcome insomnia. The mechanism by

These behaviours are the most harmful and make the negative beliefs very difficult to change independently. This programme

Not when you consider this: the unconscious belief in the ability to sleep effortlessly is the safety net that every normal sleeper relies upon and relaxes into every night. A safety net is just something that you trust

beliefs are enough to override the falling asleep response. The truth is that falling asleep is not about doing something, like taking a pill. It’s about not doing something. Take away those