Greetings,
One of my loyal readers wrote me the other day and she told me she was having problems falling back asleep. Sometimes it was in the middle of the night, and sometimes it was after her husbands alarm went off, he woke up and went to work.
There maybe a couple different things going on here, so I will cover them.
Are you hungry? If so a light snack (couple of crackers and some warm milk) should suffice to squash the small hunger pangs.
Are you to hot, or to cold? Simply, remove excess covers that make you hot, or maybe throw an extra blanket on if you are to cold.
If neither of the above how about a little easy, light reading. Nothing exciting that will get the heartbeat and blood pressure up. That will defeat the purpose for this exercise. You want something easy to read, and as you read, perhaps you will start to feel your eyes getting tired. They are probably getting a little heavy. At this point, just go ahead, close your book, turn off your reading light, and let your body and mind fall back into a nice deep sleep.
This little reading exercise also works good in the case of the spouse that might get up early and disturb your sleep.
I hope these couple of quick tips finds you dozing back off into a wonderful, peaceful world of sleep.
Sincerely,
Thomas “Trapper” Sherwood; CMH
Certified Master Hypnotist
http://trappersherwood.com
PS…. Of course, if you would like some assistance in falling back asleep, I can recommend whole heartedly a great sleep audio you may know by now that I have put together called The Sleep Secret Audio. You can download your copy now at http://sleepsecretaudio.com
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Thanks Trapper! Sometimes I wake up hungry but thought if I ate a snack it would interfere with getting back to sleep. Great advice.
Hi Trapper, Sleep is one of the biggest topics of conversation where i work because we work the night shift, sometimes called the grave yard shift! Sleeping during the day is not as restful as sleeping at night, which is why so many working that shift resort to sleep aides!
Lavender is tremendously soothing. I have a lavender eye cover I use for sleeping during the daylight hours, and it works wonders!
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