What's a good breathing exercise to help me sleep?
What's a good breathing exercise to help me sleep?
It's often difficult to shut off your brain and drift off to sleep when you get into bed at night. In this video, sleep specialist Michael Breus, PhD, demonstrates a diaphragmatic breathing exercise that can help calm your mind and ease you to sleep.
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