can watching sheep help you fall asleep?

Sometimes you're tired, but your mind doesn't seem to know it.

So what if you gave it something really boring to watch?

That's where sheep in the tunnel comes in.

why sheep?

Sheep have been associated with sleep for a very long time. You've probably heard the classic advice to count them.

But you don't necessarily have to count them.

You can just watch them.

One sheep walks by. Then another. Then another.

A tunnel gives the sheep somewhere to go.

The sheep slowly walks into the tunnel, disappears from view, and another sheep eventually follows.

There's no surprise waiting at the other end.

Nothing changes.

And that's exactly the idea.

There's no guarantee that watching sheep will make you fall asleep.

And it isn't a treatment for insomnia.

But a slow and repetitive activity can give your attention something simple to follow instead of constantly jumping between thoughts.

You don't have to remember anything.

You don't have to win anything.

You just watch the sheep walk.

That's why we built sheep in the tunnel.

Sheep slowly walk through a quiet evening tunnel and disappear from sight.

No score. No timer. No levels.

Just sheep walking through a tunnel.

Most things on your phone are designed to keep your attention.

Videos keep changing. Feeds keep loading. Notifications keep appearing.

Sheep in the tunnel does the opposite.

The same thing happens again and again.

A sheep walks in.

It walks through.

It disappears.

Another sheep arrives.

maybe boring is exactly what you need tonight.

If you'd rather actively count the sheep instead of watching them, try our original count sheep tool.