01/10/2022
As we get older, our health & ability to stay healthy, becomes more about lifestyle & routine.
SLEEP is one of the 7 pillars to maintaining great health. It helps to:
🔥Boost the immune system so you get sick less often
🔥Regenerate your organs by stimulating lymph to remove waste/byproducts
🔥Lose weight by burning off unhealthy fat
🔥Lowers risk from serious health problems, like diabetes & heart disease
🔥Reduce stress & improve mood
🔥Increase mental clarity
Sleeping is one of my favorite things to do & over the years, I’ve become less capable of getting a restful night’s sleep.
🤷🏻♂️Wake up tired, regardless of how much sleep I get
🤷🏻♂️Hard time falling asleep
🤷🏻♂️Hard time staying asleep & getting up earlier than intended
🤷🏻♂️Hard time falling back to sleep
🤷🏻♂️Getting hot in the middle of the night
Our health is a reflection of how we choose to live. Here are some changes I’ve made:
👉🏻Keep the heat off at night. The colder your room is, the hotter your body gets, the more energy it releases.
👉🏻Sleep naked! Clothing impedes movement during sleep, makes your body hotter & decreases your ability to expel heat.
👉🏻No screen time an hour before sleep. Blue light from electronics will trick your body into thinking it’s still daylight.
👉🏻Finish eating food 2-3 hours before bedtime.
👉🏻Journal, meditate, stretch or do light yoga before bedtime to relax your mind & lower stress.
👉🏻If you have a child/children & they get up early in the morning, go to bed earlier.
👉🏻Get blood work done to see if you are deficient in certain amino acids (tryptophan), neurotransmitters (GABA), minerals (magnesium) & hormones (melatonin).
If you’d like help getting started, making changes, creating new routines, or having blood work done/interpreted for you, DM me to make an appointment in person, or by phone/video.