What the Heck is Sleep Hygiene-Creating a Sleep Conducive Environment and Banishing Sleep guilt Part 3

I don’t know who came up with the term “Sleep Hygiene” but it sounds like, cleaning your sheets, or a showering before bed kind of thing. That is obviously not what it means. I believe the term does not accurately represent what it is trying to portray which is what I call, creating a Sleep Conducive Space (SCS).

Some sleep experts claim to restrict your bedroom, (assuming you sleep in a traditional bedroom) to sleep and sex only. But this is simply not realistic.

But what is doable is to create the most conducive environment for yourself as possible. This process begins outside and into your bed. General useful considerations are:

Watch your caffeine intake, alcohol intake or medications.

Do something that lowers the temperature of your room to the cooler side.

Gentle stretching and certain gentle yoga poses.

Darken your environment (whether or not you are a day or night person).

Quiet a restless mind by having note pad and pen and list quickly all that’s on your mind to deal with another time then RELEASE it.

Try to use soft and pleasant scents like lavender sleep sprays.

Try soft nature sounds, or you respond to silence and there is a lot of noise around you use a white sound machine to block out unpleasant noise.

Ask a doctor or other professional about supplements like Melatonin, or Valerian root etc.

In the end, the way you choose to create a sleep conducive space, will again, be unique and customized to you. If you do the research, reacquaint yourself with your natural biological clock, and trust your intuition, you will no longer succumb to the myth the less sleep is better. You can count on being on your way to better overall health. For a healthier, youthful and more beautiful you, go ahead, slumber Away.