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Marie Claire
Marie Claire
Lifestyle
Amy Sedghi

"Moon breathing" has taken over TikTok - how it promises to help you get the best night's sleep ever

Moon breathing: A side profile of a woman breathing.

Sleep is essential for our general health and wellbeing - that said, it's often easier said than done getting the right amount, especially if you're stressed or busy. Case in point: new data from Headspace found that nearly half of UK adults struggle to get a good night’s sleep. Feeling too stressed was up there as the top cause for a bad night's sleep, which is where moon breathing comes in.

The trending technique joins the likes of the 4-7-8 method in promising to help you get the best night's sleep. Wondering what it actually entails? The term, recently described in Sarah Harvey's book Kaizen: The Japanese Method for Transforming Habits, One Small Step at a Time, is a Japanese alternate nostril breathing technique often used in yoga practices.

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