Ayurvedic Tips for a Healthy Night Sleep
Have you ever been in bed for 8 hours but woke up exhausted? Do you find yourself waking up at the same time each night? Thanks to so much research in the area of healthy sleep over the last decades, science now shows what Ayurveda has been sharing with us for thousands of years!
Early to bed, early to rise, makes us happy, wealthy and wise!
In our Inner Circle healthy habit group, we spend a whole year talking about the habits we want to align ourselves with to live at our highest potential in body, mind and spirit. This Month, we are talking about the importance of SLEEP. (If you are new to this channel, check out this Ayurveda in a a Nutshell video.) In fact, sleep is so important to our body and brain functions, getting a good night sleep is our #1 MOST IMPORTANT healthy habit in our ayurvedic group. Because, frankly, without a good night sleep, it’s hard to get anything else done or done well, amiright? Just think about your heart surgeon or your pilot without a good night’s sleep. Uh, no, thank you.
Simply put, sleep goes through predicatable stages and patterns. It is divided into 2 main types: REM sleep and Non REM sleep. We will be talking about what these stages are and how sleep actually works in your brain and in your life.
We will investigate how well rested you feel upon awakening and how well you function throughout your day’s activities. We will discuss how the amount and quality of your sleep is directly correlated to the time you (and your body and brain) spend in each of these different stages and how it affects you in every single aspect of your life from your productivity to your relationships to your weight and heart health to your over reaction time. A good night sleep is crucial to our overall feelings of wellbeing and living our optimal life.
Ready to get started right now?
10 Ayurvedic Tips to improve your night sleep
Make Lunch your biggest meal.
Have an ayurvedic nightcap or cup of a herbal tea in the evenings.
Cut back on your caffeine intake throughout the day.
Build a routine that is predictable before going to bed.
Learn your dosha and align with it.
Unplug and unwind a few hours before bedtime.
Make time for self massage.
Take inventory of your day and how well you feel about how you showed up.
Use some herbal remedies for sleep.
Start a gratitude journal and do it nightly before bed.
Remember: How you feel when you go to sleep is often how you feel when you wake up.
If you are ready to build some healthy habits around your sleep and eating as a daily way of live within a loving community, reach out. We’ll catch you.
With Love,
Kim