It has been 1 o’clock in the night… you are completely tired… but the mind is not stopping running. Tomorrow’s meeting, children’s fees, house ration… Thousands of thoughts are going on together. You just want to sleep somehow, but it is sleepy that you are angry.

If this is your every night story, then believe me, you are not alone. Good sleep is becoming a luxury in today’s stressful life. But eating sleeping pill is no solution.

Then what should we do? The answer is hidden in your kitchen and your breath! A famous neutritionist has recently described 2 such infallible and effective hacks, which can calm your restless minds in just a few minutes and take you into a deep sleep world.

Hack No. 1: Grandma-Nani recipe, with the seal of science-‘Banana Tea’

Yes, you read it right! Banana is not to eat, but to make tea and drink. It may sound strange to hear, but it is a tried to sleep and scientifically proven.

• How does this work?
  Bananas, especially their peels, are rich in magnesium and potassium. Both these minerals act as ‘comfort button’ for our nervous system. They reduce muscle tension and calm the mind, which makes it easier to sleep.
• How to make?
  1. Take a small, well washed banana (including peels) and cut both its ends.
  2. Now cut it into 2-3 pieces including peels.
  3. Take a cup of water in a small pot and put bananas pieces in it.
  4. Let it boil on low flame for 5-7 minutes. If you want, you can also add a pinch of cinnamon to it.
  5. Now filter it in a cup and drink it like tea.
• When to drink
  Drink this tea about an hour before bedtime.

Hack No. 2: ‘Switch off’ the brain ‘4-7-8 breath trick’ in just 60 seconds

It is not an ordinary breathing exercise, but is a very powerful technique to immediately calm the mind, which was popularized by Dr. Andrew Weel. This is a kind of ‘reset button’ for your brain.

• How to do this work?
  This technique increases the flow of oxygen in your body and closes the ‘fight or run’ mode of the nervous system and bring it to ‘relax and digest’ mode. This slows down the heartbeat and the brain indicates that “everything is fine, it is time to rest.”
• How to do?
  1. Sit comfortably or lie down. Rest the tip of your tongue on the palate just behind the teeth above.
  2. Take out all the air of the lungs while making a sound of ‘wash’ from the mouth.
  3. Now, close the mouth, take breath in by counting it to 4 from the nose slowly.
  4. Now keep your breath to 7 and stop inside.
  5. After this, while counting the sound of ‘wash’ from the mouth, take out the entire breath by counting it to 8.
  6. This was a cycle. Repeat this process 3 to 4 times.

You will find that by doing this 3-4 times, your mind and body have become completely calm.