02/11/2019
Turtle Tips 🐢🐢🐢
Sunday, February 10, 2019
Difficulty falling asleep or returning to sleep?
Try some of these suggestions....
1. Have some slow down time the last hour befor going to bed, no exercising.
2. If there is a clock in your eyesight, set the alarm if necessary but turn the face of the clock away from you. There’s no need to know what time it is if you wake up. If it’s still dark, it’s sleep time. If you look at the clock to see what time it is, your mind starts playing negative thoughts like “ Now, I’ve only got so much time to sleep”
3. Take all your problems, things you need to do, things you have to do, regrets, frustration and imagine you are putting them in a box, put a lid on the box and tell yourself..yes, all these things are part of my life but not now. This is my time to rest, to sleep. I give myself permission to let my mind and body sleep.
4. Do muscle tensing and releasing exercises, starting with your head and go to your toes, tightening each muscle and then letting go. This helps reduce tension in our bodies.
5. Practice deep breathing exercises.
6. Listen to relaxing music.
7. Meditate..If money and time were no object, take your mind on a perfect vacation.
8. Do autogenic exercises...I feel calm,
I feel quiet, my breathing is slow and steady, my whole body feels heavy and comfortably warm.
9. Listen to a relaxation CD, an appt on your phone, sound machines.
10. Starting with A and go to Z naming positive things in your life that start with each letter.
