I can't fall asleep easily, what should I do

　The best way to fall asleep is to live a regular lifestyle. At the temple where I practiced training, I went to bed at 22:30 at night and woke up at 3:30 in the morning. When I wake up, things are decided in order, so it's already nonstop until night. This is the ascetic life I experienced. If you have a fixed time to sleep, you can't say that you have trouble falling asleep. Sleeping is also an ascetic practice, and sleeping during ascetic practice is called “sleep (damin),” and it is written that one devotes oneself to sleeping, but there are also manners for sleeping. I don't dare write it here, but sleeping that much is precious. Waking up at 4:30 a few times a month or waking up at 5:30 several times a year makes me feel like I've slept well. In the world, this time is one of those who wake up early...
I don't understand medical matters, so if Yuyu doesn't have a regular lifestyle, it is also necessary to review her lifestyle. After that, I don't understand the cause from this sentence, so if you're really worried, you should go see a hospital that gives you an appropriate prescription. Take good care of yourself.

I'll give you the easiest and best answer.

Please go to bed early and get up early.

“I'm in trouble because I can't go to bed early!”

You might get scolded. That's right.
If you can't go to bed early, start by waking up early. Please do your best for the first time, set the alarm, and wake up. Whichever comes first, chicken or egg, is fine. Please adjust the rhythm of going to bed early and getting up early so that the life relay called chicken and egg is carried out.

The earlier you wake up, the longer your body will get tired, and you will be able to sleep earlier. It's obvious, isn't it? If you set the rhythm for going to bed early and getting up early in this way, you will naturally fall asleep better.

Well, I've been told to go to bed early and get up early since I was in elementary school, so if you can do that, you won't have a hard time in the first place. Especially when you become an adult, you have relationships such as drinking parties, etc., and it's not easy to go to bed as you would like, it just gets late at night, and you can't go to bed early.

Going to bed early and getting up early can never be achieved by looking only at the “going to bed early and getting up early.”
Let's say you take a bath at 8 o'clock and go to bed at 9 o'clock. To do that, I have to leave the office at 7 o'clock. How long should I work during the day to finish work at 7 o'clock? What time should we schedule a meeting? How long will it take to put together a report? Everything is connected.
You can only go to bed early and get up early if you have built up a good flow of the day. You may feel that the hurdles are somehow extremely high. However, the human body is well-formed, and if you get up early and your body gets tired quickly, you will work hard to finish your work properly before the limit is reached. If you're at the last minute of submission, you'll do your best to finish your homework, right? It's the same as that.
If you continue to go to bed early and get up early, your environment will improve over time. Of course, you'll be able to create your own rhythm, and other people will also see it as “because she gets up early.” If people look at you that way, you won't be able to back down. Go to bed early and wake up early. The ideal lifestyle naturally comes from beyond.

If you get up early, you can get a treasure called “morning time” as a by-product. Speaking of why morning hours are a treasure, it's because no one interferes with that time. It's my own time without being interrupted by phone calls or emails, so it's really free, and it's a treasure.

Hello Yuyu.
I'm going to meditate a bit. This is also a method that doesn't cost money.

Why can't I fall asleep?
I'm sure that's... because all kinds of thoughts are going round and round in my head...
Even when I close my eyes, I can't calm down.

If that's the case, try meditating for a bit.
I will secure a quiet place and time alone. Did you set your phone to vibrate or airplane mode?
Wear loose clothing. It might be nice to get out of the bath.
Place a cushion under your butt and cross your legs so you can cross them. Let's stand up properly. If it's winter, the room is warm. If it's summer, be cool.
Breathe slowly. You can do it with your mouth, but you can breathe through your nose.
Let's take a few deep breaths.
Meditation feels good. Please enjoy your breathing slowly and just relaxing time. Only now will no one be bothered.
Let's count the numbers in our head while breathing.
Breathe in through your nose and then exhale. just one... two...

An image that makes the inside of your head empty. Even when thoughts come to mind, they come out with breathing.
If it's itchy, please scratch it. If you're sleepy, please go sleep.

Zazen dispels thoughts in your head. I'll stop them all. If you do that, your head will be clear. It seems like you'll fall asleep better, right?

“I want to sleep myself vs. myself I can't sleep”
In this battle, it's a good idea to give up on who you want to sleep and choose complete defeat. (^◇^)
Normally, when you can't sleep,
I'm impatient with things like “I have to sleep,” “I have to sleep,” and “I should sleep,” and I push myself, and stress and impatience occur in the gap between myself who can't sleep and the self I want to sleep.
As a result, I can't sleep even more.
“OK OK okay if I can't sleep hehe (^^ ♪ I'm lightly impatient though)”
In order to be stress-free and to use that time meaningfully, do not resist or repel that situation by reciting self-mantras in your heart.
You probably don't mean to be rebelling, but it's exhausting to rebel against your own situation where you can't sleep unknowingly, and to “try to change” or “try to make something different” by rebelling against that situation.
So don't try to force yourself to sleep.
When I can't sleep, it's when I don't work much during the day or use my head.
If you live a fuel-efficient lifestyle, you'll probably run out of energy.
At such times, I use that time for reading, creative activities, etc.
I'm sleepy the next day, but I just put up with it until night and wait for my body to naturally become sleepy.
Our true protagonist is not our own consciousness, but the “life sama” of this body.
That's because when “Omisama” becomes sleepy, they fall asleep even if they want to wake up naturally.

But really, I think there's some problem that I really want to solve.
Isn't it in a state where you can't solve it even if you want to solve it?
That's why I'm worried because of my deep psychology and I can't sleep...?
If you can't sleep the next time, try facing yourself.
If you understand anything, please post again. (^^ ♪
♪ Sleepless nights are a good opportunity to face yourself ♪

Hello, my name is Hirokazu Inoue.

I'm also suffering from insomnia.

Wanting to sleep but not being able to sleep is harder than saying, isn't it?

In my case, I was examined and hospitalized for about a week to search for the cause of insomnia in January of this year, but I didn't know the cause, and I have reached today.

Well, after that, I don't think it will meet your expectations as an answer as a monk...

In my case, I made a slight improvement by being prescribed a sleep-inducing agent from a reliable internist.

At first, I was quite reluctant to take medicine, but I chose “sleeping” over “not being able to sleep.”

If, like me, you are suffering from insomnia no matter what, why not consult an appropriate medical institution?

To Yuyu-sama

In my case, I was able to sleep almost immediately.

After all, set a regular rhythm
It's a phrase often said when I was in elementary school
It seems important.

When you can't fall asleep
I think it's probably a state of excitement or arousal
As Mukai-sama says, we meditate in our denomination
Wouldn't it be nice to try to calm your mind?
Everyone has their own method, so be sure to look for it. Gassho