Yogic science speaks of sleep as a natural condition of deep relaxation.

How to Practice a Body Scan, Step by Step Body scan meditation involves slowing down and tuning into the sensations in your body without judgment. It doesn’t require a lot of time out of your day or ...

How do I prepare? This can be done laying down, sitting, or in any position that you can remain in comfortably for around 10 minutes. How should I feel? Given how sleep deprived many of us seem to be, ...

Oaklander is a senior editor at TIME. Getty Images Meditation has been shown to be an effective way to wind down and get to sleep—something that’s especially useful after a harried day of work.