| Getting the proper amount of deep and restful sleep at | | | | By paying attention to your breath, you are will find it |
| night is an essential element for healing the body or | | | | easier to relieve stress from your mind and relax your |
| mind and maintaining optimum health. | | | | body and ready yourself for a restful, deep sleep. |
| Many factors in our modern day society can keep one | | | | To make this Natural Sleeping Tip more effective, you |
| from getting a good night's sleep (stress) or cause one | | | | can diffuse a variety of Essential Oils in your bedroom |
| to want to sleep a day away (depression). Here is one | | | | to enhance relaxation. |
| of my Natural Sleeping Tips that can help bring peace | | | | There are many Essential Oils and oil blends that can |
| to the soul, refresh a weary body and mind, thus | | | | be diffused to help relax your mind and body that will |
| allowing you to be productive and enjoy your time | | | | aid you to fall into a deep sleep. Try diffusing Lavender, |
| awake. | | | | Valerian, Orange, Tangerine, Rosewood or Ylang |
| It is critical to allow your body the time it needs to wind | | | | Ylang. They all have some similar properties, but you |
| down and relax so that you can be rejuvenated, but | | | | may find one works better than another for you. |
| you don't want to sleep too much or you will feel | | | | Another one of my natural sleeping tips involves filling a |
| lethargic the next day. Not everyone needs eight hours | | | | small spray bottle with distilled water and adding about |
| of sleep, some need more, and some need less. | | | | 10 drops of your favorite essential Oil. Lavender is one |
| The most common problem is not getting enough | | | | of the most popular scents to use. |
| sleep because we don't fall asleep easily when we lay | | | | If you awake in the middle of the night, try spraying this |
| down in bed. Sleeplessness if fed by anxiety and pain, | | | | in the room to fill the air with this calming scent to |
| feels like a burning desert with no oasis. We often find | | | | quickly bring your mind back to a peaceful place. |
| it difficult to kick the worries of the day out of our | | | | Different scents are associated with pleasant |
| head or focus on where our body aches. | | | | memories and can help relax your mind and ready it to |
| Mindful breathing coupled with using Essential Oils | | | | fall into a deep and natural sleep. The scent of roses |
| aromatherapy is one of many Natural Sleeping Tips | | | | or lavender often brings many pleasant memories to |
| you can use to aid you to fall into a deep and restful | | | | people and reminds the times they were walking |
| sleep naturally without resorting to conventional sleep | | | | through a beautiful garden with friends or as a child. |
| aids. | | | | The last of my natural sleeping tips I will share here |
| The process of Mindful Breathing is a form of | | | | involves using Sandalwood Essential Oil. |
| meditation that is also a great way to get more | | | | Many people meditate before going to sleep. If you are |
| oxygen into your blood and tissues and helping your | | | | having a difficult time focusing your mind or are unable |
| body relax and your mind to be refreshed. | | | | to meditate, try diffusing Sandalwood oil. |
| The next time you find yourself having difficulty falling | | | | Sandalwood is traditionally used as incense in religious |
| asleep, start by paying attention to how you are | | | | ceremonies and for meditation. Diffusing it allows you |
| breathing. Are you breathing deeply and slowly, or | | | | experience its warm and woody aroma without |
| shallowly? | | | | inhaling the smoky air created by burning incense. Rub |
| If you aren't breathing deeply, begin to take slow, deep | | | | a drop on the back of your head where your spine |
| inhalations and then slowly exhale completely. Breath in | | | | connects to the brain and/or on your third eye area on |
| through your nose, feel your chest expand and fill your | | | | your forehead. Sandalwood oil can help you focus by |
| lungs completely. Exhale through your mouth, letting all | | | | uplifting your mood, balancing your emotions and |
| the air out. Repeat, watching your breath, feel yourself | | | | relaxing your mind, allowing you to easily fall asleep. |
| relax more and more with each exhale. | | | | |