Did you know we spend 1/3 of our lives sleeping?  Sleeping gives the neurons in our brain time to repair and rejuvenate themselves.  Exercise?  What’s the connection there?  Actually a good workout does help you feel energized throughout the day.  Make an exercise appointment with yourself.  The best time for that workout?  You might be surprised to learn the best time is early afternoons.  Your energy will peak  at the right time to avoid those afternoon drowsies and it will deepen your sleep that night.   So – how do you exercise in the early afternoon?  If you are lucky enough to have your own office, you might invest in the Resistance Chair Exercise System.

Resistance Chair with Mini-bike and Shoulder Stretcher

It’s convenient (folds up and rolls away), affordable (less than a gym membership) and uses resistance bands to optimize your exercise experience.  You can check this out at www.resistancechairsystem.com.

If you do not have your own office, you can still invest in this chair and use it when you get home from work.  Exercise right before bedtime is a no-no.  Our body does need a few hours of rest to calm down after working out.  Your body will feel tired at the end of the day.  And when it’s time to nestle into your bed, be sure you are using a buckwheat pillow (www.buckwheatpillowsonline.com) for the ultimate sleeping comfort.   Exercising – Oh Yes :0)!  Tikki

Twin Size Buckwheat Pillow

Trouble Sleeping?  Are you able to go to sleep but then wake up during the night and can’t get back to sleep?  Or do you have trouble just getting to sleep to begin with?  Whether you have trouble with onset of sleep or interrupted sleep, there are things you can do to improve the quality and quantity of your sleep.  For example:  If you watch a scary movie right before bed you may have restless sleep and even nightmares or if you are drinking lots of caffeinated beverages in the evening, you may have trouble getting to sleep.  An uncomfortable pillow may also keep you up.  Or it you are having night sweats (Hot Flashes), your pillow may be damp or even sopping wet.  A buckwheat pillow absorbs the heat from your head and you will have a drier pillow.  You may find a buckwheat pillow to your liking at www.buckwheatpillowsonline.com.

Sleeping Tip #1

Go to bed and get up at the same time

If you have a family and both parents work outside of the home, you will be challenged by this.  It may be easier to do the wake up at the same time because of school and jobs.  And then the weekend arrives and everyone wants to sleep in.  These are things you can do to make sure you wake up at the same time every day.  Put your alarm across the room so you have to get out of bed to shut it off.  Get an old fashioned alarm with the bells on the top – it will jolt you out of bed with its loud dinging.  Going to bed at the same time – well that depends on when the game at school ends, when the teenager comes in the door, when the baby finally goes to sleep etc.  So do the best job you can with this – go to bed at the same time and get up at the same time as much as possible!  Tikki