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The path back to rest. If your brain can learn insomnia, can it also learn

peace? If sleeplessness is learned, rest can be relearned. The first lesson

is that sleep cannot be forced, it must be invited. The nervous system responds not to

pressure, but to permission. Start by lowering stimulation long before you reach

the pillow. Dim the lights two hours before bed. Cool the room a few degrees.

Trade scrolling for stillness. Each small signal whispers the same message to your

biology, "It's safe now." Breath is the simplest gate. Inhale for four,

exhale for six. Longer exhalations activate the parasympathetic branch, the body's internal