How To Get A Good Night’s Sleep

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Tuesday, October 28th, 2008 Subscribe To Our Feed

If you’re not currently getting a good night’s sleep, what can you do about it?

Because everyone needs at least some sleep to help keep their body in good working order.

Your local pharmacist will have a wide range of pills to help you sleep. But whilst they are maybe OK for short term use, they’re not a good option for the longer term. If you’re unsure about that statement, take the time to read the tiny print that comes in the packets.

So what are the natural options available to help you get a good night’s sleep, even if you’re stressed or otherwise wound up?

Start by making your bed time a routine. If your bedtime is about the same time every night, even if you don’t fall asleep, your body will start to get the idea that maybe that’s the time you go to sleep.

Make sure your bedroom temperature isn’t too hot or too cold. Generally, most people sleep better if it’s cooler. Climate change seems to have upset the seasons recently, so there can be quite a change from day to day and it’s very easy for your bedroom temperature to be “wrong” - get into the habit of checking it long enough before you think you’re going to go to sleep so that you can make any adjustments needed.

If you can’t get to sleep easily, don’t panic. Sometimes, the more we focus on not being able to sleep, the more of a self fullfilling prophecy it becomes. Do something to take your mind off going to sleep. If you’re able to sleep with noise in the background, play a relaxation track quietly. Maybe the television - but nothing too “heavy” or thought provoking. Or read a book for a while.

Don’t do anything too brain intensive for the hour or so before you go to sleep. Your brain doesn’t have an on/off switch like a DVD. It needs time to slow down. So it’s not realistic to expect your mind to make the dramatic change from being active to going to sleep as though you’re flicking a switch.

Use a hypnosis track to help you slowly and naturally drift off to sleep.

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