Tips to Improve Your Quality of Sleep

It has been said that the average person spends almost 26 years of your life sleeping. That may be strange to think about, but this statistic shows the importance of sleep to our daily lives. Having quality sleep can help improve your mood, energy levels, and overall health. However, ensuring you have quality sleep may be at the bottom of your to do list.

Once a year World Sleep Day is here to remind us of the benefits of quality sleep and how it can have lasting impacts on our mental health. This year, World Sleep Day is on March 18th, 2022, and is “intended to be a celebration of sleep, [while also being] a call to action on important issues related to sleep, including medicine, education, social aspects and driving. It is organized by the World Sleep Day Committee of World Sleep Society and aims to lessen the burden of sleep problems on society through better prevention and management of sleep disorders.”

Below are a few tips to try daily to help improve your quality of sleep:

• Exercise daily – It doesn’t have to lifting weights at a gym every day, it could be riding a bike, yoga or even a walk at a park. Finding a way to spend thirty to forty-five minutes a day burning energy can help you fall asleep faster when you finally hit the hay.

• Have a consistent sleep schedule – Going to bed and waking up at the same time each day sets the body’s “internal clock” to expect sleep at a certain time night after night. This will help your body more naturally drift into sleep.

• Before bed try to avoid naps, large meals and lights. Naps and lights can throw off your internal clock, keeping your brain awake while you’re ready to catch some Zs. Large or heavily seasoned meals will take a few hours to digest, which can upset your stomach later in deep sleep.

One tip that may not be obvious, is get a massage! Massage is a win-win when it comes to keeping healthy, not only will it boost your immune system, help increase circulation, but it will also reduce stress and help you get quality sleep at night.

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