
This video is an introduction to the first type of sleep-inducing movements, which is about creating a sleep-inducing effect with your hands.
2022 Updated Lesson
Learn how to calm your brain by reducing hand tension with an easy-to-do gentle exercise.
Beside calming your brain and helping you to move toward sleep, another effect of this exercise is that you get softer and more relaxed hands. This is especially beneficial when your hands get tired from repetitive work like typing a lot.
Sometimes it could be that your "thinking mind" prevents you from getting the sleep you deserve. Follow then this audio guide to experience how a blend of gentle movements and mindful self-empathy can solve this common struggle. In minutes you will learn how to quiet the mental chatter, to release the tension that holds on to planning and worrying. At the same time you will develop and nurture a state of inner calm that naturally leads to deep and refreshing sleep.
This Moving into Sleep lesson teaches how to reduce eye muscle tension in a way that creates a calming feeling and helps you move into sleep. This way of calming the body and brain is a new type of somatic self-care that you can also use as a quick stress release during the day. The following steps are for when you sit, which is most likely your position right now. Later, when you do the movement in bed while lying down use pillows as support if necessary. When your intention is to fall asleep more easily, do this exercise in bed, as part of your bedtime routine.
Calming the Optic Nerve by Reducing Flow of Visual Information
Somatic movement exercise designed to help
To promote relaxation response within the autonomic nervous system.
To make your face and jaw muscles softer.
To promote calmness within the bodybrain system making falling asleep easier and to improve sleep quality.
Sleep-inducing Jaw Movements Lesson 2
Gentle Jaw Movements and Sensory Jaw Joint Area Massage
Helps to promote calmness within the autonomic nervous system
Makes your face and jaw muscles softer
Improves blood and lymph circulation
Improves circulation in the sinuses
Right after the treatment you may notice how your face feels warmer, softer, and more youthful. If you often experience trouble with tension headaches, or TMJ discomforts, this exercise is something that you might like to perform during the day as well.
Somatic Relaxing — Releasing TMJ Tension & Calming the Vagus Nerve for better sleep
With this video you will:
• Learn to release tension in the jaw muscles (also known as TMJ release).
• Learn to release neck muscle tension (muscles that interact with jaw muscle tension).
• Discover a way to evoke calming processes within the Vagus nerve pathways (relaxation response).
• Experience how relaxing jaw movements can help in falling asleep and improving sleep quality.
While the movements are very basic, you will learn to transform them into having therapeutic and relaxing quality. Right after the movement session you may notice how your face feels softer. You may also start to notice changes in the way you use your lower jaw, allowing it to find a slightly lower position than before. This is a sign that your jaw muscles have can let go of unnecessary habitual tension. If you often experience trouble with jaw muscle tension (TMJ), or tension in your neck, this technique is something that you might like to perform more often.
Somatic Relaxing — Releasing TMJ Tension & Calming the Vagus Nerve Part 3 (continuation to part 2)
With this video you will:
• Learn a variation to releasing tension in the jaw muscles (also known as TMJ release).
• Learn to release neck muscle tension (muscles that interact with jaw muscle tension).
• Discover a way to evoke calming processes within the Vagus nerve pathways (relaxation response).
• Experience how relaxing jaw movements can help in falling asleep and improving sleep quality.
While the movements are very basic, you will learn to transform them into having therapeutic and relaxing quality. Right after the movement session you may notice how your face feels softer. You may also start to notice changes in the way you use your lower jaw, allowing it to find a slightly lower position than before. This is a sign that your jaw muscles have can let go of unnecessary habitual tension. If you often experience trouble with jaw muscle tension (TMJ), or tension in your neck, this technique is something that you might like to perform more often.
Somatic Relaxing — Releasing TMJ Tension & Calming the Vagus Nerve Part 4
With this video you will:
• Learn to release tension in the jaw muscles (also known as TMJ release).
• Learn to release neck muscle tension (muscles that interact with jaw muscle tension).
• Discover a way to evoke calming processes within the Vagus nerve pathways (relaxation response).
• Experience how relaxing jaw movements can help in falling asleep and improving sleep quality.
While the movements are very basic, you will learn to transform them into having therapeutic and relaxing quality. Right after the movement session you may notice how your face feels softer. You may also start to notice changes in the way you use your lower jaw, allowing it to find a slightly lower position than before. This is a sign that your jaw muscles have can let go of unnecessary habitual tension. If you often experience trouble with jaw muscle tension (TMJ), or tension in your neck, this technique is something that you might like to perform more often.
Somatic Relaxing — Releasing TMJ Tension & Calming the Vagus Nerve Part 5 (continuation to Part 4)
With this video you will:
• Learn to release tension in the jaw muscles (also known as TMJ release).
• Learn to release neck muscle tension (muscles that interact with jaw muscle tension).
• Discover a way to evoke calming processes within the Vagus nerve pathways (relaxation response).
• Experience how relaxing jaw movements can help in falling asleep and improving sleep quality.
While the movements are very basic, you will learn to transform them into having therapeutic and relaxing quality. Right after the movement session you may notice how your face feels softer. You may also start to notice changes in the way you use your lower jaw, allowing it to find a slightly lower position than before. This is a sign that your jaw muscles have can let go of unnecessary habitual tension. If you often experience trouble with jaw muscle tension (TMJ), or tension in your neck, this technique is something that you might like to perform more often.
Somatic Relaxing — Releasing TMJ Tension & Calming the Vagus Nerve Part 6
With this video you will:
• Learn to release tension in the jaw muscles (also known as TMJ release).
• Learn to release neck muscle tension (muscles that interact with jaw muscle tension).
• Discover a way to evoke calming processes within the Vagus nerve pathways (relaxation response).
• Experience how relaxing jaw movements can help in falling asleep and improving sleep quality.
While the movements are very basic, you will learn to transform them into having therapeutic and relaxing quality. Right after the movement session you may notice how your face feels softer. You may also start to notice changes in the way you use your lower jaw, allowing it to find a slightly lower position than before. This is a sign that your jaw muscles have can let go of unnecessary habitual tension. If you often experience trouble with jaw muscle tension (TMJ), or tension in your neck, this technique is something that you might like to perform more often.
Somatic Relaxing — Releasing TMJ Tension & Calming the Vagus Nerve Part 7
With this video you will:
• Learn to release tension in the jaw muscles (also known as TMJ release).
• Learn to release neck muscle tension (muscles that interact with jaw muscle tension).
• Discover a way to evoke calming processes within the Vagus nerve pathways (relaxation response).
• Experience how relaxing jaw movements can help in falling asleep and improving sleep quality.
While the movements are very basic, you will learn to transform them into having therapeutic and relaxing quality. Right after the movement session you may notice how your face feels softer. You may also start to notice changes in the way you use your lower jaw, allowing it to find a slightly lower position than before. This is a sign that your jaw muscles have can let go of unnecessary habitual tension. If you often experience trouble with jaw muscle tension (TMJ), or tension in your neck, this technique is something that you might like to perform more often.
Talk about the benefits of doing the sleep-promoting movements, explaining why by following the Moving into Sleep Method you learn to:
Fall asleep more easily
Get more deep sleep
Develop your brain, keeping it flexible and young
*Latest content update and new audio guides May 2025*
Welcome to learn how to get amazing sleep!
The Moving into Sleep Method is a breakthrough somatic method of gentle sleep-inducing movements, making it easier to fall asleep and sleep well, starting from tonight.
In minutes, you can learn how to create a calming sensation, relax your body and quieting your mind toward sleep.
Tried, tested, and scientifically sound, there is no need for anything else — better sleep is a gentle movement away.
Hi! I'm Oliver
I understand how frustrating it can be when you need sleep, but for some reason just can’t. Your body feels over-tired, yet your mind is keeping you awake. You might have tried every tip there is — stop drinking coffee, avoiding blue-light screens, or even taking pills — with no avail.
There was a time, during my years as a violin teacher, when I had difficulties in sleeping due to back pain. It was this very situation which led me to study neuroscience-based movement learning and finding out both how to cure my back and, unexpectedly, how gentle movements could make me fall asleep and sleep well. Inspired by my discovery, I developed the Moving into Sleep Method.
Now I can fall asleep any time I need within minutes and get quality sleep even when the conditions are challenging.
The Moving into Sleep Method is a comprehensive, science-based somatic approach that includes gentle movement exercises that induce a calming effect in the body-brain system, including the ventral part of the vagus nerve—the nerve function that is primarily organizing nervous system rest response. Simply do the movements to optimize your sleep quality, to relax your body and to quieten your mind toward sleep. The results are immediate - you can start right away!
Join the course and you will:
Learn gentle movements you can use to soothe yourself into sleep
Discover a neuroscience-based self-treatment that is easy to learn and works anywhere at any time
Understand how gentle movements evoke positive neuroplastic changes, making the Moving into Sleep Method effective
Be confident going to sleep
Feel more refreshed and enjoy life more fully
You can start right away!
Based on years of experience, I believe you can learn to soothe yourself into sleep too.