The Importance of Sleep: How to Improve Your Sleep Hygiene & Routine

Do you want to wake up feeling more refreshed and ready for the day? Auditing your sleep hygiene and routine may be the next step to feeling more restored & energised daily.

Sleep is an absolute cornerstone to our wellbeing. It is a vital part of our day that is essential for nurturing and nourishing our body and mind. Sleep influences all areas of our life including our physical health, nervous system health, and cognitive functioning.

As women, we often juggle many roles and responsibilities which can make having quality sleep feel like a luxury. So together, let’s look at ways we can optimise your current sleep hygiene and establish a nighttime routine that support your overall health and wellbeing! 

BENEFITS OF EMBRACING SLEEP HYGIENE PRACTICES

• Balanced nervous system: Quality sleep promotes a balanced nervous system, essential for managing stress, enhancing mood stability, and supporting emotional wellbeing.
• Cognitive clarity: Adequate rest improves cognitive functions such as memory consolidation, problem-solving abilities, and creativity, contributing to daily mental clarity and productivity.
• Physical restoration: During sleep, our bodies repair tissues, regulate hormones, and strengthen our immune system, fostering overall physical recovery.
• Emotional regulation: Quality sleep supports our emotional regulation. Sleep supports processing daily stressors and emotions, leading to increased emotional stability and resilience.

TIPS FOR IMPROVING YOUR SLEEP HYGIENE & ROUTINE

• Practice mindfulness before sleep: Incorporate mindfulness techniques into your bedtime routine to help your mind and body relax. Try journalling, grounding, or listening to a meditation to bring a sense of calm and prepare for sleep.
• Set boundaries around bedtime: Establish clear boundaries around bedtime to create a calming transition from wakefulness to sleep. This might involve limiting screen time an hour before bed, creating a tech-free zone in your bedroom, and avoiding stimulating activities that can interfere with relaxation. 
• Develop a winding down routine: Find what relaxes you before sleep and make it a nightly habit! This could include activities such as gentle stretching exercises, practising gratitude journaling, enjoying a warm bath, reading a book, or sipping on Naked Harvests’s Moon Mylk.
• Create a calming sleep space: Turn your bedroom into your own calm sleep sanctuary. Think warm, soft lighting, a darker room, cool temperature, calming scents like essential oils or incense and comfortable bedding. Make it a screen-free zone at least an hour before to reduce blue light exposure before bed.
• Stick to a schedule: Aim to go to bed and wake up at the same time every day, even on weekends if possible. Maintaining a consistent bedtime helps synchronise our body’s internal clock, leading to more restorative sleep. 
• Support with natural supplements: Include natural supplements into your sleep routine to help ease you into a restful night and support your body’s natural rhythms. Our Moon Mylk range includes a unique blend of herbs, vitamins and minerals like magnesium and ashwagandha which can help bring calm to our nervous system.

NEED SUPPORT TO TRANSFORM YOUR NIGHT ROUTINE?

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