Do you know the “House Tour” this ultra effective falling asleep technique?

Getting to sleep can sometimes be a real challenge, especially when our minds are flooded with restless thoughts. While methods like counting sheep are well known, a new technique, popularized on TikTok, is taking hold.

The “House Tour”. This visualization method suggests imagining every corner of a familiar house to calm thoughts and promote rapid falling asleep.

Visualize a familiar place

The “House Tour” is based on a simple but effective idea: visualizing a familiar and reassuring place, other than your own home, paying attention to the smallest details. Emily Kessler, coach and meditation specialist, shared this tip on TikTok.

The technique involves remembering a home that evokes positive memories, like your grandparents’ childhood home. Once this image is in mind, it is a matter of mentally “visiting” each room, observing the colors, textures, light, smells and even small noises, like the creaking of a parquet floor.

Calm the mind

According to Kessler, this detailed immersion helps calm the mind. She says that since she imagines the inside of her grandmother’s house, she falls asleep much more quickly.

She even adds that she has never managed to complete her “House Tour” without dozing off before reaching the upper floor of the house. This technique would therefore be particularly effective in eliminating intrusive thoughts and refocusing on calming images.

Benefits of visualization

Several experts confirm the benefits of visualization to help you fall asleep. Shelby Harris, a psychologist specializing in sleep health, explains that this focus on the details of a home calms the mind and prevents it from wandering into anxious thoughts.

By connecting to pleasant sensations, our attention remains anchored in the present, which promotes relaxation and sleep.

Benefits comparable to real walking

In addition, according to psychotherapist Tania Taylor, this mental walk provides benefits comparable to a real walk, because it activates the areas of the brain responsible for relaxation.

By focusing on calming memories, we stimulate the release of relaxation hormones, calming the mind and body. This “House Tour” helps to create a bubble of serenity conducive to falling asleep.