If you suffer from insomnia or a milder sleeping problem, you are not alone. There are millions of people experiencing difficulties falling and staying asleep. Today’s stressful and hectic lifestyle, combined with declining eating habits and less relaxation time, are some of the biggest reasons why so many people are finding it hard to rest deeply at night.
However, there’s good news! There are easy and natural ways to get rid of insomnia. Follow these tips to create a healthy routine in your life that will ensure you enjoy countless nights of restful sleep.
1. Make it a habit to drink a cup of chamomile tea before going to bed. Chamomile is a mild and safe sedative that promotes restful sleep. It has been used for many years as a remedy for stress, anxiety and insomnia.
2. If you would like to vary chamomile from night to night, there are other herbs that help you achieve a good night’s sleep: California poppy, passionflower and valerian are known for their calming effect before bedtime. Another one you may want to research more about, if your insomnia is due to stress or anxiety, is kava kava.
3. Your teatime is more effective if combined with a hot bath an hour before going to bed. Make sure you enhance the water with some drops of soothing essential oils. If a bath is not an option, apply lavender lotion to your body just before bedtime. More and more, we are hearing about the relaxing effects of aromatherapy, especially English lavender, which is known to calm the mind and induce deeper sleep.
4. Along with this delicious bath, take five milligrams of melatonin one hour before lying down to sleep. It is one of the best remedies for insomnia, as it is the natural hormone produced by the pineal gland inside the brain that regulates the body’s natural sleep-wake cycle. As we get older, the production of melatonin in our bodies diminishes.
5. Have a night snack composed of yogurt, a banana, a date or a fig. These contain tryptophan, one of the best sleep promoters.
6. Most importantly, plan your nighttime routine as you do your daytime one. Take some time, at least an hour, to relax and calm down before sleep. Get worries out of your mind; instead, think of a nice event and recreate it in your mind; or read an inspiring book.
7. Make a monthly appointment with an Ottawa chiropractor to align your body, and learn to walk and sit in the proper way to help your body relax even while active and, in this way, reduce tension and stress during the day.
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