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Acupressure for better sleep
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By Alison Finney
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I can never get to sleep at night -- can you help?
Acupressure is an ancient Chinese technique that uses finger pressure to stimulate the body's natural healing abilities. It can clear the body's energy channels, release tension and treat disease. There are three places you can gently massage whenever you're having difficulty falling asleep.
Using your fingertips, gently press on the area with a small, circular massage motion for about a minute. After a pause, repeat the massage until you feel a release.
1. Hands
Hold one hand out with the palm facing up, and with the thumb of the other hand, find the point where the wrist meets the hand. Rub just below the first crease of the wrist.
2. Face
Using the tips of your index and third fingers, apply pressure to the spot between your eyebrows, at the juncture of the bridge of your nose and your forehead.
3. Back of head
Gently massage the pressure points at the indentation at the base of the skull on the back of the head; move outward an inch on both sides of the skull, at the hairline.
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Alison Finney is a certified hatha and kundalini yoga teacher in Ottawa. She is registered with the Yoga Alliance and the International Kundalini Yoga Teachers Association and is the founder of PranaShanti, a health and yoga resource. For more information, visit www.pranashanti.com.
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