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Get Put to Sleep at the Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong

Where: 5 Connaught Road, Central, Hong Kong

Rest easy, insomniacs of the world, for the Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong has heard your prayers; they've just introduced a "Sleep Ritual" treatment to their extensive list of spa offerings, as they believe modern living detracts too much from healthy sleep patterns. We have to agree, especially since Hong Kong thrives on its round-the-clock vivacity.

Head to the Mandarin Oriental, where for $180 you will be soothed with 90 minutes of music, aromatherapy and massage in the hopes of providing a "sedating effect." The treatment even caters to your stomach with a massage to "release negative emotion" and these refreshments to keep you satisfied through a nap: "a soya milk drink (containing the sleep-inducing amino acid tryptophan), oats (to promote relaxing sleep) and nutmeg (an Ayurvedic remedy for restful sleep)."

The seriously restless have the option to add-on a "Shirodhara" treatment for $90. This is the typical ayurvedic move involving warm oil being poured onto the center of your forehead. We highly doubt we'd need this addition since simply being told to go to sleep at the Mandarin Oriental would be enough for us to zonk out. Still, it's comforting to know that someone out there aside from our mother is concerned about our sleep habits.

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