Break the Matrix

Was there anything that helped you adjust to sleeping exclusively on your back, or was it just a situation of forcing yourself to do it until it was natural? I practically sleep on my face, and can see how it'd be a huge challenge to lay flat up.

So this is something i've been think a lot about. My first attempts at sleeping on my back failed and that was because my muscles were so used to curling up into a ball. So for those who feel major discomfort i suggest stretching hip flexors before bed. I went to the absolute extreme and released every single trigger point in my body. This was in hopes to fully lengthen any atrophied muscles to assuage back sleeping process. Man lemme tell you, i found trigger points ALL OVER especially in the quadriceps. There was a trigger point i found that swelled to the size of a golf ball. I even stopped goin to the gym because i didnt want to add any excess tension. Anyway the goal is to really loosen up hip flexors and get rid of any anteriror pelvic tilt. Or any pelvic tilt for that matter. I would also focus on pecotralis minor and major as that can greatly affect posture. Like seriously do not over look those. I would refer to this website to tackle the big six areas of your body. This website changed my life seriously. http://www.ptacademy.edu.au/ultimate-six-unlock-your-body/

I find sleep apnea and heavy snoring unavoidable when sleeping on back, even after using pillows to elevate the head and neck.

for those who literally cant sleep on their backs because of airways issues, continue mewing, doing oral posture exercises three times a day. We want that palate to widen and that lower jaw to come forward so that your tongue wont obstruct your airway. In the mean time you will have to elevate your upper body using a wedge pillow as that will alleviate those airway issues. 

It seems that even Native Americans - whose skulls neared perfection - didn't sleep without a pillow. Yet considering the evolution of the modern human it should be reasonable to assume that man spent majority of this lengthy period sleeping without a pillow, especially before becoming self-aware enough to start utilizing complex tools. All animals in the nature have their own proper growth ensuring natural sleeping positions that can be achieved without any extra props. It wouldn't make sense to believe that the modern human would've evolved to need a pillow for sleep either. Instead, it was probably something that was picked up over time to compensate for improper structure and form.

Yes exactly!