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How to Train Your Brain to Fall Asleep in 60 Seconds



Is it too difficult for you to fall asleep at night? You should try the 4-7-8 breathing technique that claims to help you nod off in 60 seconds! It sounds great, right?

This method has been pioneered by Harvard-trained Dr. Andrew Weil, and it involves regulating your breathing to various counts of 4, 7, and 8. It’s very interesting that it lets the oxygen fill the lungs better, and it calms your mind.

Some people have a hard time sleeping. We can chalk it up to bad food late at night, too many screens before bed, and stress. It is incredibly difficult to shut your brain down and give it a break at night.

The question is, what is the method 4, 7 and 8?

The method was developed by a wellness practitioner, Harvard-educated Dr. Andrew Weil, who studies meditation, breathing, and how it can be used to counteract stress. It’s very easy and simple. You breathe through your nose for four second, hold it for seven seconds, and exhale through your mouth for eight seconds. It slows down your heart rate, and it also releases chemicals in our brain that soothe you.

If you are skeptical like me, you should try it! I tried it, and trust me it works! It ended up working like a total charm. I was out before I reached my fourth repetition and it tends to knock me out easily in less than a minute.

This method is great for more than just falling asleep though. In the moment when we are stressed, our endocrine system releases adrenaline through our adrenal glands. This elevates your heart rate, and can make you feel jittery and unwell. It makes you breathe rapid and shallow. But, using this breathing method, you counteract the natural effects of adrenaline and your body is forced to slow down your heart rate. It doesn’t have a choice! At the beginning, you may feel a tad uncomfortable. After a while, you really do feel your heart rate slow and your mind clear. So, why don’t you try this tonight and tell us what you think?

Top 10 Most Beautiful Libraries on Earth

PEOPLE LOVE THEIR libraries. And when their governments put money toward them, they even love to visit them. A 2012 report by the Institute of Museum and Library Services found that when investment in libraries drops, as it has in the US since 2009, usage typically falls with it. But the inverse was also true; the more public funds libraries receive, the more people tend to use them.
Perhaps that’s because a good library is more than a repository for books—it’s a community resource. It may also explain the recent spate of high-design libraries (and bookstores) popping up around the globe. Many of them function not just as singular temples to the written word, but community centers, auditoria, concert halls, and public gardens. All of them are works of art in themselves. Here are ten of note.

01.
Dokk1 Library, Schmidt Hammer Larsen 

The Dokk1 library recently won the prize for best public library of 2016, and it’s easy to see why. The 323,000 square-foot library, the largest in Scandinavia, is situated next to the river in Aarhus, Denmark. The building is made from a stack of polygons, giving it a hard, geometric facade. While inside, the space is airy, with windows that overlook the city’s harbor. An unexpected, artistic bonus: The bell that hangs above the central staircase is connected to the local hospital—it rings every time a child is born.

02
Lawrence Public Library, by Gould Evans.
Lawrence’s new library has the bones of its old. Originally built in 1972, architects at Gould Evans recently gutted the library and renovated it to be more modern and tech-forward. While observing visitors, the architects realized people naturally gathered in the locations with the most natural lighting. This led to them to create reading room with floor-to-ceiling windows.

03
Yangzhou Zhangshuge, by XL-Muse  
Walking into the Yangzhou Zhangshuge bookstore in Zhen Yuan, China is like walking through a river filled with books. The architects say that’s intentional; the building is supposed to evoke the feeling of water, a nod to its riverside location. Hard and paperback tomes line the curved, backlit shelves, which reflect onto the dark mirrored floor, creating a tunnel effect. It’s just the right amount of trippy.

04
Beyazit Library, by Tabanlioglu Architects          



The Beyazit State Library in Istanbul isn’t a new building. In fact, it was originally built in 1506, and served as a soup kitchen and inn before it became the state library in the late 19th century. Turkish architecture studio Tabanlioglu Architects recently renovated the space, preserving its bones while adding minimalist modern touches, like tinted glass boxes that hold rare manuscripts. It’s a stunning mix of old and new.


05

Vennesla Library, by Helen & Hard Architects 

       Norway’s Vennesla library looks like a portal to outer space. A series of 27 arching ribs hugs the ceiling, creating a skeleton for the building. Each rib has an integrated light that lends the cream interior and ethereal glow, while the base of the beam flows into a reading nook. Each rib contains sound absorbing materials to ensure the space is extra quiet.



06

Bodø Library, by DRDH                                               

The new Bodø Public Library in Norway is also a cultural center, featuring a three-auditorium concert hall in addition to its 68,000-square feet of dedicated reading space. The white concrete building sits on the plot of a former bus station, and a row of floor-to-ceiling windows look out onto the city’s harbor.


07

Chicago Public Library, by SOM .                                    Chicago’s new Chinatown library branch has no sharp edges. The pebble-shaped building is wrapped in glass and marked by solar-shading fins that are meant to reduce heat and glare. The library’s curvy, three-sided shape is built around feng shui principles and designed to align with the avenues outside the building. Inside, the two-story structure is centered around a light-filled atrium.


08

irmingham Library, by Mecanoo                                      From the outside, the Birmingham library in England looks like a brutalist structure wrapped in metal lace. But the building’s vast interior—it’s 312,000 square feet—is filled with bright primary colors and clean lines. The building is home to more than 400,000 books housed on multiple floors, each of which features a cantilevered balcony overlooking a “book rotunda.”

09
Halifax Library, by Schmidt Hammer Lassen                       
Halifax’s flagship library (there are 13 others) is 156,000-square feet of imposingly piled glass. Situated in the city’s downtown, the building’s four glass boxes stack, twist, and cantilever to create a stunning building block effect. On top of the building is a rooftop garden for enjoying warm Nova Scotia summers. Inside, the library’s reading room converts to a concert hall.

 10
Conarte Library, by Anagrama 
    Mexican design studio Anagrama designed a cozy reading nook inside this Monterrey bookstore to encourage visitors to linger and read. The sea foam blue walls shine through a latticed wood bookshelf that turns the space into a brightly colored cocoon. Stairs cut through the middle of the dome, while padded seats on either side afford comfortable reading spots. It’s visually striking, and clever, use of space.

7 strange inventions that could exist in 10 years

The predictions for a world undergoing rapid change have interesting    developments in store for us. Here's to the future.
  

       Predicting the future is hard. Not only do you have to imagine what problems we'll be trying to solve; you have to imagine which still-uninvented products will help solve them.
The Institute for the Future, a research organisation devoted to providing foresight about the world ahead, thinks it's up to the task. Mark Frauenfelder, one of the IFTF's top research directors, shares a sense of the kinds of products people will use in 2026 that we can't imagine yet.

1. A new currency in the online-education economy

Similar to Bitcoin , Edublocks might serve as a new virtual currency exclusive to online education. If you watch an hour long physics lecture on MIT OpenCourseWare on YouTube, you'd receive a set quantity of Edublocks 1 to match t he time you invested. “The lessons are recorded on an immutable database that other people can access to see what you've learned,“ Frauenfelder says. “And you can use these education skills to buy more training.“


2. Brain implants that allow people to read each other's minds

By 2026, couples could have the option to get brain implants that allow them to read one another's minds. Rather than rely on self-reports about emotional states and well-being, they can just know. The IFTF imagines that the company supplying this service will be ca l led Amethyst.“One little device lets you truly be together, even when you're apart,“ the IFTF states in a 2015 report.

3. Augmented reality that helps anyone conquer public speaking

Public speaking could get a whole lot easier with Winning Friends, the augmented-reality software that would give you real-time updates about your audience and tips to make your presentation the best it can be. “Whether you're talking to a single person or a whole stadium, Winning Friends is your guide to mastering persuasion,“ an IFTF report states.

4. Pills that let you change genders tem porarily -or forever

Gender identity has become a national issue, and Frauenfelder says it'll only get more scientific as times goes on. With Gender XY-Change, a pill that could instantly change your hormone levels so you can experience life as the opposite sex. The effects would last until the other pill is taken, the IFTF says.

5. Microbial Mood Rings that give people unprecedented access to their health.

Scientists are finding that people's microbiome -the bacteria in their gut -is essentially a second brain. The Microbial Mood Ring would contain a perfect replica of the wearer's microbiome. When you encounter an environment that might negatively affect that bacteria, the ring would change colours, prompting you to leave or perhaps just wash your hands.

6. An augmented reality app that makes exercise a transparent and measurable facet of daily life.

The EZ Lift would encourage people to take the stairs instead of the elevator or escalator. Each person would start the day with a certain number of `lift' credits; as they exhaust them, an augmented-reality display would let everyone know they're running low. People can earn credits by taking the stairs.

7. Water that gives people a shot at immortality, at a high cost.

Research about aging suggests the first person who will live forever might already be alive. Aguavida, a futuristic water that grants people immortality, would give everyone that chance. But since populations are growing rapidly, Aguavida would try to avoid the overcrowding problem by containing an ingredient that permanently sterilises all who drink it.
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