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Ten minutes of breathing at midnight doesn't do much because it's the first ten minutes you've done all day, at the hardest hour. Move it earlier and make it smaller.
You're good at things: apply effort, get results. Sleep belongs to a small category of things that effort actively damages — and here's why, plus what to do instead of trying harder.
The two-minute version leaves you at your head with nothing changed. A body scan done properly is slower, less about relaxing than it sounds, and far better at giving a busy head somewhere to go.
"Clear your mind" is the wrong instruction, and nobody can follow it. Here's what mindfulness really is, why the popular version sets you up to fail, and what it can reasonably do at midnight.
You were tired an hour ago; now your brain has started the meeting. Nine free, do-it-tonight techniques for the nights your mind will not switch off.