A SIMPLE METHOD.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 30 September 1907, Page 1

A SIMPLE METHOD.

\V« may lay it down that, the insomnia caused by preoccupation, obsessions, worries, strains and stresses is primarily psychical, and ought to yield to psychical! remctl-ic-ts. All that is necessary to a complete euro is perseverance in the use of tlie inuthoil prescribed. And that tnuthoci is, at bottom, nulo-si'Bg.s-tion.

Mnn is a su'jg'C.sf ivo animal, and rtrawHero dKos lii; s-how his suggestidilify more than in this mutter of sleep. The way in which the stiller er from lack of slissp should, apply suggestion to himself I- will now flescr'ibe, promising only Ifhat he .has already attended to th<J hygie- ■ nic measures necessary, the 111031 I importan-tof which is lhat the lu-cl-'rottni Phould jbc well vontilat.-U, iwith the temperature at 58 Fahrenheit, the pillow ntyt too high, nnd , the lower extremities of thu body Ikvpt warm. After a warm hath y>t quickly to bed, drlrik a (glass of milk, relax .the. body, ami assume tho mental in a preceding paragraph. Then , take a long easy breath, gradually opening your pvpr as you tlrv so and 'rolling them upward so- that when , tho breath Is fully tinkeu mV thu i eyes ni'e wield open. Then slowly

and gradually exhale, letting l he eyelids 'gradually fall so that the cud of Uie BXlialation the eyes aro closed. See to it that these movements are made easily, not with any sense of strain. Hepeat the inhalation with the opening of .the eyt.s, the expiration with the shutting of them, fifteen times. Then close- the eyes- for a space of ten breaths, and then repeat the process above described. At some moment during tie process you willi fall asleep. At first nervous and excitable persons will have a difficulty in obeying uhis rule; yet it must bo carried ouU to the letter if its berueficia, intlUL-ncu is to ho axperienced. The sufferer is not to be discouraged by preliminary failure. With practice will come ease, and with ease will come the delightful sensation of sinking deeper and deeper into, the. realm, of the unconscious where Nature stores her health-giv-ing ami recuperative forces. This rule has worked successfully with others; why should it not work well in your case? Try: it— S McComt), in' "Good Housekeeping."