YOU Tip: Chi-Gong Your Way to Sleep

Next time you find yourself squirming like a disgruntled toddler as you're trying to fall asleep, try this relaxation and sleep-promoting move taken from chi-gong (qigong):

1. Rub your hands together to warm them. Place your right palm over your right eye, left palm over left eye.
2. Press the center bone above each eye with your index fingers.
3. Press the outside corner of your eyes at the bone.
4. Press the bottom center of your eyes on the inside of the bone.
5. Press the inside of each eye.
6. Use your thumbs to push where your jaw and cheekbone meet.
7. Move to your ears and pinch along the edge of your ears from top to bottom.
8. End the sequence with a move called "Beating the Heavenly Drum." Tap the back of your head nine times with the palms of your hands and your thumbs resting on your neck.

Get more chi-gong moves to strengthen your mind and body.