Sleep Approach
However confusing or mysterious it may be sleeping is something what most of the we do everyday. Those of us who need ideas to feel better in bed, here are some different approaches for help.Ayurvedic Approach
What is Ayurveda ? Ayurveda is a Sanskrit word It represents system of medicine. It focuses on the idea of reaching & maintaining balance in our bodily systems. It is a system that uses herbal treatments, diet, and yoga breathing techniques to keep our body in perfect balance. Most importantly Ayurveda provides many proven, traditional and time tested solutions important to aid sleep effectiveness.Washing feet with cold water before bed and taking 1/2 rice grain size Asafetida is believed to ease one to sleep.
Taking couple gram mixture of Ginger, Pipal Powder, and Himalaya Black Salt is believed to help over time.
Drinking warm milk with pinch of Nutmeg will bring relaxation which will allow fast and sound sleep. Add pinch of cardamom for flavor. Milk naturally contains substances that induces sleep. In contrast Ayurveda does not favor cold milk.
Gently massaging of scalp and plantar area with Ayurveda ghee.
- Plant: Aswagandha
- Form: Powdered
- Dose: 3 gm
- Take with: Ghee & Sugar before meal.
- Duration: 1 Week
- Plant Jatamansi:
- Form: Powdered
- Dose: <1gm
- Take with: Warm milk after meal.
- Duration: 1 Week
- Plant Mandukparni:
- Form: Powdered
- Dose: <2 gm
- Take with: Warm milk.
- Duration: 1 Week
Yogic Approach
Yoga has been proven to be beneficial for many different things including, sleep being no stranger. Yogic exercises definitely help sleep cycles with peace of mind. Here are a few yoga practices that will aid in reducing sleeplessness. We recommend all to perform following yoga practices under the supervision and guidance of qualified Yoga therapists.
- Practice of Pranayama. Prana – Breath, Yama – Exercise mainly involves breathing exercises. These exercises will make breathing easy when it comes time to sleep. Few sleep exercise to name are: Anuloma-Viloma, Ujjai, Bhramari.
- Meditation along with the practice of Yama and Niyama.
- Yoga practice involving deep relaxation techniques. Example: Yoga Nindra.
Some of the beneficial yoga poses that helps sleep cycle.
- Tadasana,
- Suryanamaskara,
- Padmasana,
- shavasana
- Mandkasana,
- Bhujangasana,
- Matsyasana,
- Paschimottanasana
Conventional Approach To Sleep
Some well practiced and conventional techniques to make sleeping an easy & fun daily activity are:
- Putting phones & other digital devices away from the reach will help reduce sleep distractions.
- Looking around your sleep area & bedroom, trying to find & remove things that might be getting in the way of a good night’s sleep.
- Blocking off excess bright light & moderating temperature to feel comfortable will help sleeping faster.
- Posture is important, be aware of your posture and adjust accordingly to keep overall body straight.
- Babies can sleep comfortably in more postures than adults.
- For expecting moms sleeping on sides is recommended.
- Try to ease your mind, let go of heavy thoughts and concentrate in one happy thought,
- Discovering a get fast to sleep method for those sleepless nights can become very beneficial, for instance, some have found counting down numbers best way to fall sleep faster.
- Dinner time also makes a lot of difference, eating about 3 hours before going to bed is recommended.
- A short evening walk bit after dinner also helps to prepare for long night sleep.
- Balance is the key, trying to eat balanced healthy meal, exercising daily and waking up early will help improving sleep cycle.
We hope that the above techniques would help all readers, most importantly to have a sound relaxing sleep. Please do not forget to comment on techniques that have worked for you so that other readers get the opportunity to use methods that have worked for you.
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