Lying down in bed with the residue of work deadlines and screen glare keeps the autonomic nervous system trapped in sympathetic readiness. Grounded in Edmund Jacobson’s supine Progressive Muscle Relaxation and clinical CBT for Insomnia (CBT-I) protocols by Dr. Jack Edinger and Colleen Carney, releasing physical tension while lying flat signals deep safety directly to the brainstem. The In-Bed Tension Release Tool offers a guided night-mode somatic player: pairing extended exhalations (Jerath et al., 2006) with sequential muscle softening, helping the body surrender its daily weight into sleep.
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