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- Caminos Frances (x4), Finisterre, Aragon, Via de la Plata, Portuguese 2011 -2015. Hospitalero 2015
A recent thread about snoring produced some strong opinions, some of which I agreed with, but maybe I can relate my experience.
Some years ago I was staying at a Buddhist monastery in Nepal for a 5 week retreat and sharing a 3 bed room. My companions told me in no uncertain terms that I was a big time snorer, and during some of the meditation sessions my Western monkey brain would jump from thought to thought (not very Buddhist), and I got to thinking about snoring and what I could do about it. In my opinion, it occurred because it happened when I slept on my back, and being asleep my muscles would relax and my tongue would fall to the back of my throat and vibrate as I drew breath. So I decided to try to stop lying on my back, but how to do this while I was asleep?
Because I was travelling through Asia I was carrying a Lonely Planet guide book, which I put in the centre of the bed under the bottom sheet where my back would be when I was asleep, thus making it very uncomfortable to lie on my back. So began my habit of always sleeping on my side, and my snoring stopped. Within a month my body had adjusted and I no longer had to but a book in the bed, and I have not snored for ten years now. And if by chance I attempt to lie on my back in bed it seems so uncomfortable that I wake up.
It's a hassle to start the procedure at first, but well worth it. I am sure there will be cynics out there who don't believe that I have stopped, but I have asked literally hundreds of room sharers if I snore and they assure me I do not snore.
Some years ago I was staying at a Buddhist monastery in Nepal for a 5 week retreat and sharing a 3 bed room. My companions told me in no uncertain terms that I was a big time snorer, and during some of the meditation sessions my Western monkey brain would jump from thought to thought (not very Buddhist), and I got to thinking about snoring and what I could do about it. In my opinion, it occurred because it happened when I slept on my back, and being asleep my muscles would relax and my tongue would fall to the back of my throat and vibrate as I drew breath. So I decided to try to stop lying on my back, but how to do this while I was asleep?
Because I was travelling through Asia I was carrying a Lonely Planet guide book, which I put in the centre of the bed under the bottom sheet where my back would be when I was asleep, thus making it very uncomfortable to lie on my back. So began my habit of always sleeping on my side, and my snoring stopped. Within a month my body had adjusted and I no longer had to but a book in the bed, and I have not snored for ten years now. And if by chance I attempt to lie on my back in bed it seems so uncomfortable that I wake up.
It's a hassle to start the procedure at first, but well worth it. I am sure there will be cynics out there who don't believe that I have stopped, but I have asked literally hundreds of room sharers if I snore and they assure me I do not snore.