The 2 Best Tips for Deep Refreshing Sleep

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Deeply refreshing sleep is one of the most helpful and enjoyable things we can do for our health. Think of how GREAT you feel after a night of deep sleep:

  • Rejuvenated

  • Energized

  • Calm

  • Ready to face the day

  • Recently, the New York Times reported that the N.F.L. is not only tracking the weight and the muscle mass of it’s players, it’s tracking their sleep. Sleep may even have helped the Seattle Seahawks win the SuperBowl!

“I’ve always had a belief that sleep is one of the main ways your body recovers,” said Sam Ramsden, the Seahawks’ director of player health and performance. “Some of the best players on the team are the best sleepers.”

THE BAD NEWS:

Without good quality sleep we are more likely to gain weight, and to suffer from chronic diseases like diabetes, hypertension, depression, even cancer.

Without sleep we aren’t as efficient or clear thinking, our health suffers, and we are more prone to accidents. Life just isn’t fun without sleep—we’re not as happy or productive.

Try these 2 easy steps that begin to help you sleep a whole lot better:

  1. Make a Plan. Relaxing Evenings that lead to deep sleep don’t just happen in our 21st Century World.

  2. Decide on a low-tech way you’d love to chill out after dinner. Here are some ideas, choose one or two: take a hot bath, give yourself a foot message with essential oils, read a novel, relax with some restorative yoga, or cuddle with your sweetie.

  3. Start early, to have the lights out by 10pm, start winding down at 8:30pm, to be asleep by 11pm, start relaxing at 9:30. View this daily “down-time” in the evening as a delicious and enjoyable way to leave the activity of the day behind. Try low-tech relaxation one or two nights a week, to begin with. You might find, that over time, you are sleeping more deeply on these nights, and feel much more refreshed in the morning. You may eventually decide to add more relaxing evenings in to your week.

Treating yourself to better sleep a few times a week helps you and your health, but it also benefits all those around you: your family, and your co-workers. Plus, you’ll be looking rested and well, and that makes the world a more beautiful place.

SleepSuzanne LynchComment