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How?       

1. As the breath goes in, you can feel slight coolness inside your nose.      

Close your eyes now. Feel your breaths for about a minute, focusing your mind on the coolness inside the nose, as air enters. Don’t you feel a bit relaxed?                          

2. As the breath goes out, count silently and slowly 

During the First out-breath: Count ‘one, one…  ’  so on.

Second out-breath: Count ‘two, two …’

Third out-breath : Count ‘three, three..’

Could any thoughts bother you during this time? No way! 
                                           

3. Your Mind gets totally engaged during this practice.

First In-breath: Feeling the coolness inside the nose

First Out-breath: Counting ‘one, one …’ so on till it ends 

Second In-breath: Feeling the coolness

Second Out-breath: Counting ‘two, two …’ so on

Continue this practice of feeling the coolness and counting upwards.               

                        
4. After counting some breaths, your mind wanders, forgetting to count the breaths. Whenever you realize this, start immediately from 'one, one ..' so on.

Repeat step 3. 

Try this method for a minute or two. You will feel Relaxed. 

Consider the other options to engage the mind during the out-breath(instead of counting)                                                                                   

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When to Practice?

Every night you lie in bed, tired and needing to sleep. Many thoughts buzz in your mind, not letting you sleep. Practice this simple and easy technique tonight. See the result -   

You will sleep in a shorter time, have a better quality of sleep and feel fresher when you wake up. If you wake up mid sleep for any reason, practice this method again, to get back to sleep with less effort. When you wake up in the morning, but continue lying in the bed, count your breaths for a few minutes, to become fresh and energized. You will be calmer during the busy day. 

                                          
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What Next?                                   

In a month or two, you will develop the habit of counting your breaths. Then, extend this practice into the other periods of daily life. During the active periods, you may, if you like, feel only the coolness           during the in-breaths and stop counting during the out-breaths. You can thus practice at any time, doing anything - 

During boring commercial breaks on the TV, Cleaning, Cooking, Waiting in line, Walking, Exercising, Traveling, …so on.  

Whenever you feel bored, Tired, Frustrated, Impatient, Angry, Mad, Depressed, Bothered by disturbing thoughts …so on.

Use this technique as needed, throughout the day, to calm yourself. You will not accumulate stress. You will become a naturally ‘Relaxed Person’!

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How long to practice?  

Do not adopt any rules for - length of practice, counts of breath or regularity of practice. What matters most, is the slight relaxed feeling during the momentary practice periods. You are now like a parent, who  has adopted a baby habit. You will nurture this baby and grow it, into a self supporting adult habit. Practice happily, whenever you remember the coolness of the in-breath and the feeling of relaxation that you felt. 

In a few months, feeling and counting your breaths becomes spontaneous!’. This is the experience of people of all ages - 8 to 93 years.         

From FAQ page:

I can't practice before sleep. I fall asleep as soon as my body touches the bed.