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How To Sleep When Traveling?

January 8, 2020

As travel bloggers, we are coping with a lack of sleep regularly. One time a loud rooster, next time disco club just around the corner or crowds of jolly people taking your precious resting hours. If you wanna live as a traveler, you certainly need to solve your travel insomnia. So, how to sleep when traveling?

Four Seasons KL logo
When you have the pillow menu like at Four Seasons Kl, you don’t need to care how to sleep when traveling. But there are these other situations…

Over time we developed our technique for easier sleep in all circumstances. Actually, this sleeping technique is not ours, but rather adopted. Adopted from the US navy pilots, who need quality sleep in no time. Otherwise, some wrong decisions might happen and people’s lives are in threat. As we found out, some pilots are falling asleep under two minutes, even with loud noises of guns and other weapons in the background. 

guy on a train
Like riding a train with a wooden sits for let’s say 12 hours.

However, we don’t sleep in 120 seconds, but I think it might be less than five minutes. Here is our sleeping protocol for those who are wondering how to sleep when traveling.

sleeping on the street
Make it happen. Sleep everywhere, anytime

1.       Find Your Comfortable Position


Beds while traveling are not that comfy as they are at home. Anyway, try to get the most comfortable position, change your pillow or maybe ditch it, if it feels better without it. Sometimes we even use our clothing to adjust the size of the pillow.

guy sleeping on a car
Comfortable position can be anywhere

2.       Relax Your Facial Muscles


We have 43 muscles on our face and they play a significant role in stress reduction. Our body reads the facial expression and mixes the cocktail of hormones, especially for that occasion. When you fully relax your face, you send the signal to your body that everything is ok. You can sleep safely. To achieve that, close your eyes and relax your whole face, cheeks, forehead and don’t forget about your tongue and jaw. You will notice that your breathing naturally starts to slow down. At this point, relax the last stronghold on your face – six muscles in your eye sockets.

Buddha in a tree
Relax your face. Get rid of all tensions

3.       Drop Your Shoulders


Most people store tension in their shoulders and necks, so make sure this part is going limb. With every deep breath, release the tension in the shoulders. Let them get heavy and fall down with every exhale. Feel the gravity and go with it.

how to sleep when traveling
It’s time for a siesta

Next, are your arms. Feel how heavy they are, and release the tension with every exhale. Sometimes it even helps if you tense the muscles on arms and then let it go slack.

4.       Call Legs To This Party


Isn’t it amazing how your legs are holding you and transporting you every day? When traveling, we usually walk about 10 miles daily, so legs are very tired at the end of the day. Relaxing this part of the body is the easiest. Probably because of all the exhaustion and tension stored in this part. Anyway, relax all muscles, starting with quads, next to your calf, ankle and the least foot. Feel the heaviness of your leg and let them go. Repeat for another leg and prepare for the most difficult task in this how to sleep when traveling journey.

vietnamese sleeping bikers
We are on it!

5.       Clear Your Mind


Your body is fully relaxed, so next is your head. Ok, you don’t need to be living Buddha, nor a monk. Just make sure your mind is clear for at least ten seconds. Maybe it sounds easy, but trust me, for this you will need some practice. Don’t think about the past or the future. If your thoughts are coming to you, observe them and consciously ignore them. Focus on your breathing and count to ten with every exhale.

dizzy tunnel
Clear your mind. Don’t think how to sleep on your travel, rather just observe thoughts and let them go…

6.       Sweet Dreams


Yes my friends, if you come to this step you are probably already sleeping. The main goal is to relax your body and clear your mind. If you happen to have trouble with your thinking mind, try some other techniques. You can imagine yourself in a hammock with a nice breeze and a blue sky above you. Watch that blue and imagine how it changes to the night. The night is dark and all you can see is darkness. With every breath, your mind is more and more comfortable with this darkness. Goodnight.

Dragon at night
And this is how you sleep on your travels. Sweet dreams.

Navy pilots practice this method for six weeks and 96% of them achieve the goal. They can nap and sleep anywhere at any time. Yes, even in Hanoi. I hope this “how to sleep when traveling” method will help you and you will enjoy your travels.


How To Sleep When Traveling – Sum Up

  1. Find Your Comfortable Position

    Get the most comfortable position, change your pillow or maybe ditch it, if it feels better without it

  2. Relax Your Facial Muscles

    Close your eyes and relax your whole face, cheeks, forehead and don’t forget about your tongue and jaw

  3. Drop Your Shoulders

    With every deep breath, release the tension in the shoulders.

  4. Relax Your Legs

    Relax all muscles, starting with quads, next to your calf, ankle and the least foot. Feel the heaviness of your leg and let them go

  5. Clear Your Mind

    Make sure your mind is clear for at least ten seconds. If your thoughts are coming to you, observe them and consciously ignore them. Focus on your breathing and count to ten with every exhale

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