How to "rest your mind" to keep away insomnia?

First of STOP PREDICTING WHEN U WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SLEEP... if the first thing u do when you lay down is say to yourself... "Tonight is gonna be awful i'll never get to sleep" then chances are your gonna stress about that then stress about why you need sleep then start stressing about EVERYTHING... I was hospitalized at one point for being up for days at a time with NO sleep at all and I pretty much had the same problem my mind would be racing and racing and i couldn't clear it enough to go to sleep... My nighttime ritual is pretty much forcing my body to relax... i did yoga and meditation but even then sometimes my mind would wonder so now everynight before i sleep i write... anything... a story, what i'm stressing about, even something like what i want to dream about tonight when i sleep... then i put on relaxing sounds like soft classical music or sounds of the ocean or forest and i just close my eyes and focus on the sounds until i drift off to sleep... also i don't allow myself to get up for ANY reason... It all may sound like to much work just to sleep but believe me u don't want to end up staying awake so long that it is a danger to your health and u have doctors pumping u with sedatives to try and get u to sleep. I hope i'm helping and not just droning on... although who knows maybe u just need a bunch of useless words on a computer screen to help u sleep... good luck.

i suggest a warm bath. they're very helpful for relaxation. i also suggest a noise machine of some sort.although, most of the time i put on music or the tv to lull me to sleep.

I would suggest sleep well, for this have good bath before sleeping and the best thing is to do meditations, which is one of the best thing suggested by all, any how i pray god for you, all the best, take care.