Some of us really struggle to switch our brains off. I’m certainly one of those people, my attempts at meditation have not been too successful, but there is one thing that actually works for me. A good flogging. This may sound crazy, but it’s BDSM when doesn’t it sound just a little bit crazy? But it’s only when I’ve got my partner behind me and flogging me I can shut out all outside influence and exist purely in the moment. I find that it works better than a trance induction, something designed to switch my brain off, at getting my conscious mind to clock out and my subconscious mind to…