Goodnight sweet cheeks!

Goodnight sweet cheeks! 

I sat down to watch BBC’s documentary on sure-fire ways to fall asleep about a week ago. That’s not to say the documentary is fairly recent or pretty old, I really don’t know - for more information just google the title. The documentary is titled 10 things you need to know about sleep.

I thought to share some of the discoveries made to enrich the quality of you beauties’ sleep. Not only are the tips helpful and easy peasy, but it’s also comforting to know that they’re backed by thorough research done by medical professionals.

♥ Go on a sleep restriction programme. This includes getting up and sleeping at the same time each day, and demarcating areas of your home for that much needed beauty sleep. For example you should not step into your room to chill, read, eat etc. Only go in at night before bed. In the same way Pavlov managed to get his dog to salivate around dinner time for food, you’ll pass out whenever you enter your room. So, form a routine around your sleep!

♥ Do things during the day that will allow you to peacefully doze off at night. If you’re a prick, hateful and dishonest when the sun’s up why and how do you expect to fall asleep at night?

♥ Have a bath. It's the drop in temperature once you step out of one that allows you to shut your eyelids and release some Zzzzs at night. 

♥ Deal with your stressors in a healthy and balanced way.

♥ Lavender. In tea form, in your pillow covers, scent surround, just make sure to have it around.

♥ Watch what you drink before bed. Avoid coffee and alcohol which affect duration and quality of sleep.

♥ Tense and relax muscles to get rid of physical tension that forms balls in different parts of your temple. Do this flexing and relaxing while you’re in bed waiting to get some shut eye. 

♥ Meditate. themeditationpodcast.com has the most extraordinary episodes on falling into deep sleep and helping you wake up refreshed, with that shower to shower feeling in your bones.

♥ Listen to sleep sounds. They trigger theta waves that will help you and your muscles relax into the deepest sleep.

♥ Tire yourself. Exercise during the day & attend to all your tasks with a 100% effort so you don’t have that nagging “you’re a procrastinator” feeling when it’s time to pass out.

♥ The issue of when to take a siesta: it’s about when you do it and for how long. Great between 2-5 in the afternoon for 30mins. Bad between 7-12 in the morning and worst times are 6-8 in the evening.

♥ Once you’ve finally managed to fall asleep on demand each night, here’s a tip on feeling wide awake once you get up from your bed in the morning - have protein.

I’m sure the practice of EFT would work for insomnia. Follow this link here to see how EFT works.