Your Best Sleep Ever...

Sleep...if you're like me it's hard to come by, while rest is like a word out of fairy tales. Though it seems more difficult than ever to enjoy and get enough of, there are certain steps you can take to put you into REM's like you've never experienced before. So get ready to wake up feeling refreshed and rejuvenated, ready to take on the new day ahead which you have been blessed with.

First of all, sleep is a time dependent practice. So even if you've convinced yourself that you only need 4 hours a night, your body knows it's not getting what it needs. Your brain and nervous system needs this time to reorganize and initiate the repair process within your body. If you cut this short it's like sending an airplane up full of passengers without completing the maintenance checks. Your body, like everyone else's, needs at least 6 (8 is best) hours each and every night. It's important to note as well that "making up" sleep doesn't work, you need it every single night to be effective long term.

To improve the quality of this sleep here's a few more tips.

• BLACK OUT your room. There should be zero light in the room to ensure proper melatonin production.
  
• Make sure the air quality in your room is superb to ensure good oxygenation throughout the night. See the Air Oasis purifiers. Ventilation is important as well.
• Make sure you eat NO simple carbs after lunch. These extra sugars will be in your system still during sleep making it more difficult to get to sleep, and even harder getting up the next morning.
• Wind down before sleep with a quick exercise, prayer, or chat with a friend or spouse.
• If you need extra help, Valerian root or Kava Kava tea work well (consult a physician before using if you're on anti-depressants).
• Use a gentle wake alarm. The morning jolt is not good from a neurological standpoint.
  

A great bed is very important as well. I sleep on a Body Responsive mattress and would not trade it for anything. This memory foam mattress is completely enclosed in a zippered pillowtop for a little extra support while maintaining that featherweight feel. My grandfather who suffers with bone cancer and emphysema tried multiple other mattresses before making the switch and now wakes up with little or no pain. If you would like information, maybe for a Christmas gift for yourself, just contact me and we'll get it to you right away.