Learning New Sleep Habits!
We all experience the odd sleepless night and everyone knows the drained and tired feeling that permeates the next day.
Sleeping well every night is a dream that eludes a good many of us on a regular basis.
This then becomes the problem as a person gets used to the sleeping pattern and it becomes the normal pattern.
Look back to the conditions in your life when you were sleeping well and see what has changed.
Older perhaps, one does not need as much sleep as a younger person.
Older ages bring with them more responsibilities and interaction with relationships.
The power of the mind is a force to be reckoned with, and should not be underestimated in controlling your sleep.
Some people will go to bed earlier in the belief that it will take them a long time to go to sleep.
This tends to backfire, becoming focus for the bad sleeping that will inevitably follow.
It is better to stay up later until you feel as if you are actually tired.
Take a warm and relaxing bath, half to an hour prior to bedtime.
Sucking a rescue remedy pastille or taking the drops can lead to less anxiety and obviously settling better.
Following a routine is of inestimable value, so achieving an easy transition to bedtime.
Some suggest that having a mantra or affirmation repeated will help in telling your mind that it is time for sleeping.
Yet others will say that clearing the mind of all thoughts and focusing on a pleasant view, i.
e.
a calm lake scene, for example gets rid of the busy thoughts of the day.
Changing the way one works during the day may also; help in making bed time a more pleasant experience.
Mothers today, torn between childcare, working, and keeping house up to the expected standards of a Better Homes magazine are likely to be suffering stress and a sleep disturbance.
Men are likely to be in high stress jobs and may even have two jobs in order to make ends meet.
This leaves little time to help relieve an over worked partner.
Learning to relax in these situations is very important.
Antenatal classes show women how to relax during the birth of the baby.
These techniques transfer easily to others wishing to learn relaxation.
Starting at your feet tense and hold the muscles then allow to go floppy.
Then follow through with the rest of your body, legs, buttocks, arms anywhere that you have control of your muscles.
This can be done right up to the neck and head.
You will be surprised when you realize just how tense your muscles are!
Sleeping well every night is a dream that eludes a good many of us on a regular basis.
This then becomes the problem as a person gets used to the sleeping pattern and it becomes the normal pattern.
Look back to the conditions in your life when you were sleeping well and see what has changed.
Older perhaps, one does not need as much sleep as a younger person.
Older ages bring with them more responsibilities and interaction with relationships.
The power of the mind is a force to be reckoned with, and should not be underestimated in controlling your sleep.
Some people will go to bed earlier in the belief that it will take them a long time to go to sleep.
This tends to backfire, becoming focus for the bad sleeping that will inevitably follow.
It is better to stay up later until you feel as if you are actually tired.
Take a warm and relaxing bath, half to an hour prior to bedtime.
Sucking a rescue remedy pastille or taking the drops can lead to less anxiety and obviously settling better.
Following a routine is of inestimable value, so achieving an easy transition to bedtime.
Some suggest that having a mantra or affirmation repeated will help in telling your mind that it is time for sleeping.
Yet others will say that clearing the mind of all thoughts and focusing on a pleasant view, i.
e.
a calm lake scene, for example gets rid of the busy thoughts of the day.
Changing the way one works during the day may also; help in making bed time a more pleasant experience.
Mothers today, torn between childcare, working, and keeping house up to the expected standards of a Better Homes magazine are likely to be suffering stress and a sleep disturbance.
Men are likely to be in high stress jobs and may even have two jobs in order to make ends meet.
This leaves little time to help relieve an over worked partner.
Learning to relax in these situations is very important.
Antenatal classes show women how to relax during the birth of the baby.
These techniques transfer easily to others wishing to learn relaxation.
Starting at your feet tense and hold the muscles then allow to go floppy.
Then follow through with the rest of your body, legs, buttocks, arms anywhere that you have control of your muscles.
This can be done right up to the neck and head.
You will be surprised when you realize just how tense your muscles are!
