Your Low-Stress Guide to Leveling-Up Your Bedtime Routine
Are You Burnt Out or Depressed?
Ive also incorporated tips from sleep experts, liketaking melatonin, wearing asleep mask, andlistening to white noise.
Despite our best intentions, more is not always better when it comes to sleep.
Why is it important to reduce stress at bedtime?
Our bodies naturally prepare us for sleep each night, thanks to a few key hormone fluctuations.
These natural hormonal processes are necessary for you to fall asleep (and stay asleep!)
and get some much-needed shut-eye.
But when external factors disrupt these natural hormone changes, we end up feeling more awake than wed like.
Similarly, bright light and noise cansuppress your melatonin productionand prevent you from feeling tired.
Fortunately, changing your sleep habits can help lower the risk of these conditions.
And the following low-stress tips may just do the trick.
But its important to not do too much too soonespecially when it comes to sleep.
board-certified physician, certified sleep specialist, sleep coach, and founder ofThe Solution is Sleep
What you’re free to do tonight…
1.
Wear comfy pajamas
A quick, easy tweak you’ve got the option to make tonight?
Changing into comfy PJs a few hours before bed.
This will signal to your brain that its time to wind down.
Whats more important is to find a cool, but comforting temperature thats right for you.
To help you fall asleep easier, its best to break this cycle.
give a shot to read a relaxing book or listen to calming music until you feel tired.
Then, head back to bed.
What you could do next weekend…
Here are some things to try:
5.
Headspace App $34.99
Happier Meditation App $99.99
6.
Warm baths can be especially relaxing when you add an aromatherapy element.
Studies have shown that scents likelavender,eucalyptus, andchamomileare particularly calming and may help you fall asleep faster.
Here are some changes you could slowly implement over the next month (or two).
A message will pop up on your screen, serving as a gentle reminder to stop.
Consider this part of your low-stress bedtime routine as your own personal monthly book club.
Change your sheets
A ticket to a better nights sleep might actually come from changing your sheets.
We like theBrooklinen Cooling Cotton Percale Core Sheet Set(from $118).
Formulated Magnesium Powder($20), orPure Encapsulations Magnesium Powder($30).
A short self-massage can also work wonders.
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