>If your at home and have the option to sleep what I find works for me is lying flat on my back. Then relax, in sequence, your forehead, shoulders, upper arms,

>If your at home and have the option to sleep what I find works for me is lying flat on my back. Then relax, in sequence, your forehead, shoulders, upper arms, lower arms, fingers, chest, stomach, groin, upper legs, lower legs, toes. Take around 1 minute to relax your whole body. If you can't relax something tense it up, then release it. This sounds like shavasana, a yoga asana (pose) normally done at the end of a yoga session, after various other yoga asanas (including active and passive) have been done - at least in Hatha Yoga. >I've noticed recently that this is meditation, except without the sleep part. About the rest of your comment, yes, it is similar to a meditation technique. Interestingly, the Wikipedia article about shavasana: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shavasana https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shavasana says: [ After so much time being bound to the actions of the body, the practitioner's awareness is hopefully turned inwards and purified of sensory distraction. Shavasana then becomes the beginning of deeper, meditative yogic practices. In a state of sensory withdrawal, it becomes easier to be aware of the breath and the state of the mind itself. Though not the best position for prolonged meditative contemplation, Shavasana dulls the mind enough that the discernment necessary to achieve deeper meditative states becomes more difficult. This reclination can be a successful introductory practice for those practitioners who are not yet ready for formal meditation. ]