Do you know that a good night of restful sleep is probably one of the single most important this to insure good overall health. The average adult needs 7-8 hours of restful sleep, teens 8-10, and school age children anywhere from 10-14 hours of sleep.
Good Sleep Leads to Many Great Things:
WOW!! That is a lot of amazing benefits from getting good sleep. That being said, good sleep is often very hard to come by for many individuals (including myself). I do not know about you, but January is always one of the worst months for sleep. December is a month of giving. We give in December because we want to. We want time with family and friends to celebrate and come together. This can often lead to boundaries getting broken with more "yeses" than "no's", giving more of ourselves and our time, more eating, more drinking, and less sleep.
Then we dive into January with this feeling of "this a new year, now what am I going to make of it and how am I going to better myself". Well truthfully, I do not want to speak for everyone but in reality I am exhausted yet this new feeling of "needing to achieve" often keeps me from resting or sleeping well.
Sleep is where we rebuild and reboot. Our bodies need this time to recover from the environmental toxins we are exposed to daily, recover from stress, fatigue, and challenges of balancing busy but exciting lifestyles.
I wanted to share with you so great ways to insure a better night's sleep as well as a short video for a easy exercise to do before bed that can help calm the body in preparation for a better night sleep:
Please see the video below of an easy and calming breath activity. I have also included a link to the bolster to help.
Left sidelying breathing for bedtime:
Link to the bolster:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07TWYM933/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1
Happy New Year. Hope to see you soon
Paige, PT, PRC, PCES, CSCS, CKTP
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