Sleep preparation

Preparing yourself for sleep – some quick reminders

I thought it would be useful to remind you of a few simple things that it might be worth trying to hopefully give yourself some releief from insomnia. A number of the things have been discussed in previous blogs in more detail, but sometimes it’s useful to look back and review some of the information.

There are a few different techniques here or things that you can alter which you never know might just provide that elusive cure for insomnia or help some relief for your sleep depravation.

Clear your mind. Do not watch TV, or read a book or go on the internet right before sleeping. Your brain can feel overwhelmed with all the information it has just heard that it will all linger on for a few more hrs and thus deprive you of sleeping right away. A clear mind can fall asleep quite easier.

Breathing technique. Lay down on your back, comfortably, and breathe in and out, slowly, but deeply. Do this over and over again. This breathing ritual will help relax you and cleanse your being, thus making it ripe for a good night of sleep.

Visualization. Close your eyes, and imagine the most beautiful, and peaceful place you know. Picture yourself there, and submerge yourself into the amazing feeling it's giving you. This will give you something relaxing and soothing to focus on, which will help calm you down and make you ready to fall asleep.

Sleep at regular hours. If you're awake until 3am and wake up in the afternoon, then you'll never overcome this problem. You need a normal sleeping schedule, which is waking up early in the morning, and going to bed not too late into the evening. Try it, and you'll notice immediate improvement.

Get rid of any addictions. The thing with addictions, is that they are constantly bugging you, and this even translates to the time when you're supposed to sleep. Therefore, if you have a caffeine, smoking, alcohol, or drug addiction, your best bet is to overcome the addiction first (which will help you not only for insomnia but for a lot more reasons) and then tackle your insomnia problem, which should already be much better with the loss of the addiction problem.

Listen to relaxing music. Music can guide our entire being into its tempo and mood. Same with relaxation music, and it can greatly help you feel at ease and stress free, which will help you fall asleep. You can also take it a step further and use self hypnosis or subliminal courses, which will help guide you mentally to overcome your insomnia, while also providing a relaxing music.

I particularly found that the listening to chilled out music helped me as one of the things that helped me gains some insomnia relief. I can particularly recommend a band called Lemon Jelly who are particularly chilled our even some of the Ibiza Chill out stuff - you can find from café del Mar on Amazon.



Dan Kennedy has written a free ebook on how to Cure Your Insomnia. To download it visit www.cure-your-insomnia.com