Top 10 Tips To Help You Fight Insomnia
20 Jan 2012
Drinking Warm Milk. Drinking warm milk 15 minutes before bed has been known to soothe your nervous system.
Why You Should Take a Warm Bath. Taking a warm bath can be a great way to relax your body. However, you shouldn’t exhaust it. Your body can be drained of vitality if you stay too long in hot water. By throwing in a cup of baking soda or bath salts, you can drive the toxins out of your body.
Try Eating a Bedtime Snack. Foods with large amounts of the amino acid L-tryptophan helps us sleep better, according to a study. Such food would include eggs, cottage cheese, chicken, turkey, cashews and warm milk as I talked about before.
Avoid Caffeine, Alcohol and Tobacco in General. Most people think coffee is the only beverage which contains caffeine. This is wrong. Such food that are high in caffeine would include chocolate, non-herbal tea such as black tea, and Cola beverages. Research has shown that alcohol upsets sleep. You can say the same thing about Tobacco.
Sleeping on Your Back. What some people do is sleep the opposite way. Causing pressure on all of your internal organs is sleeping on your stomach. Also, this can cause a stiff neck. Sleeping on your back is therefore a must. This sleeping position is the best in order to allow your internal organs to rest properly. But if you are used to sleeping on your side, then sleep on your right side and not on your left.
Why You Should Sleep in a Well Ventilated Room. A room temperature between 60-65 degrees in Fahrenheit is the optimum temperature for sleeping. More or fewer blankets should be used in order to adjust your body to the room temperature.
Drinking Herbal Tea. Try a cup of herb tea (chamomile, catnip, anise or fennel tea) if you have t avoid drinking warm milk or any other dairy products. You will sleep better if you drink this.
During the Day, Try to Get Some Exercise. Office worker or non-manual workers, also known as white collar workers, are more known to have insomnia than blue-collar workers, who get physical exercise during their work. 15 Minutes of exercise or at least 30 minutes before going to bed will give your body work and oxygen it needs to get your body to relax and sleep better.
Don’t Take Naps. A good idea would be to skip naps. Naps will stop you from sleeping properly if you can’t get yourself to sleep at night. If you skip naps, then your body will be tired to fall asleep at night.
A Reflexology Technique. Toe Wiggling is an Example. Lie on your back, and wiggle your toes up and down for about 12 times. Doing this will help you relax your body inside and out. “Meridians” are channels of energy treated by acupuncture. Connecting with every organ and every part of your body are the meridians in your feet. Toe wiggling helps to bring about a relaxing energy within your body.
Now there they are, 10 ways to fight insomnia. Hope you have a good night’s sleep!
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