"Use body-based practices to override an overactive mind When the mind races at bedtime, trying harder to think your way into sleep backfires because, as Huberman observes, "it's very hard to control the mind with the mind." Instead, practices like yoga nidra (yoga sleep), meditation, and clinical hypnosis all use exhale-emphasized breathing and deliberate body relaxation to shift the nervous system from sympathetic (alert) to parasympathetic (calm) — and research from a Danish university he cites showed that yoga nidra specifically resets dopamine in the striatum. Adopting even a 10-to-20-minute yoga nidra or meditation session before bed, or upon waking in the night, trains the body's brake mechanism so it becomes easier to disengage thoughts and fall asleep on demand. Source: Andrew Huberman, Huberman Lab, Master Your Sleep & Be More Alert When Awake"