Herod I the Great (c. 72 BCE – c. 4 BCE) was a Roman Jewish client king of the Herodian Kingdom of Judea. He is known for his colossal building projects throughout Judea. Among these works are the rebuilding of the Second Temple in Jerusalem and the expansion of its base—the Western Wall being part of it. In these buildings was a water system integrated that had 3 steps. Step one was physical cleaning with water, step two was mental cleaning with a bath and step three was spirtual cleaning.

If you look through their believes, what is left is the idea of a kind of technique (ritual, system, method) to get peace of mind. What we can learn from this is that having peace of mind to be relaxed is of all times and that it doesn’t requires a lot of rocket science to get into that state. That is exactly the essence of ZEN SLEEP.