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Discussion Thread 🍁 Wednesday 13 August 2025 (aussie.zone)

submitted 1 month ago by YarraByte@aussie.zone to c/melbourne@aussie.zone

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[–] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I had a trick to help babies and little children sleep.

I would lay down with them , or hold in my arms, and mimic sleep breathing rhythms, it's natural for humans to copy breathing rates, and pretty soon the kids were asleep. Often I was too as when we do something our brain acts as if it's real.

So maybe actively do sleep breathing, maybe do it for Fluffybutt. ( this is not the same as meditation )

also hugs