04-08-2025
The simple eye trick to fall asleep in seconds if you keep waking up at 3am: 'You've saved my life'
Millions have been left stunned over a bizarre-but-brilliant sleep hack that promises to knock you out in seconds.
And all it involves is moving your eyes around.
Jenna Coak, an American content creator known for testing wellness tips, has gone viral after posting a clip now viewed 2.6 million times.
In the video, she explained how a trick she saw on Instagram helped her fall back asleep in the middle of the night, something she says she normally struggles with every single night.
'I saw this trick on Instagram for falling back asleep after you wake up in the middle of the night,' she told her followers.
'I was like no way does this actually work. But I've tried it a couple of nights in a row and it literally works.'
In the clip, Jenna, who wears an Aura ring to track her sleep, revealed her shocking data showing how often she normally wakes during the night.
'I usually wake up this much. It's insane I know,' she said, flashing a screenshot of her restless stats.
Jenna Coak, an American content creator said the trick is: 'You look to the left, you look to the right, you look up, you look down, then they go round in a circle one way, and then you go the other way. And that's it. You just repeat it until you fall back asleep.'
'This was the first night I tried it. So much more restful. Second night it also worked!'
Her fail-safe hack couldn't be more low-effort.
'This is what you do. I'm going to demonstrate it,' she said, eyes closed.
'You look to the left, you look to the right, you look up, you look down, then they go round in a circle one way, and then you go the other way.
'And that's it. You just repeat it until you fall back asleep.'
To prove her theory, Jenna said she tested the technique multiple nights in a row.
'One night I swear I did it twice and I remember thinking 'no way is this going to work',' Jenna said.
'And the next thing I knew it was 7.30am and my alarm was going off.'
To prove her theory, Jenna said she tested the technique multiple nights in a row and recorded it on her Aura ring (pictured)
Jenna claims there's a science-based reason behind the success of the technique.
'I obviously looked at the science behind it, and it sounds like it activates our parasympathetic nervous system because it tricks your brain into thinking it's in the REM cycle,' she explained.
'It feels like some type of voodoo magic.'
Her followers were blown away by the trick, flooding the comments with praise, personal hacks and pleas for it to work on small children.
'Yes! We do this in therapy and it regulates your nervous system,' one viewer confirmed.
'Can someone tell my baby this hack?' another joked.
'You've saved my life,' a third wrote.
And others who tried it were instantly convinced.
'I am chronically up every night, and I tried this last night,' wrote one fan.
'I am sold! It was the weirdest thing. I was very aware of how I was moving my eyes around, and then that would be the last thing I remembered. Thanks for sharing!'
Another user added: 'I close my eyes, and say 'nothing, nothing, nothing,' over and over again in my mind.
'It keeps all the intrusive thoughts away. Works every time.'
