Stevenson Shawn

One of the best times for meditation is when you’re already close to the alpha and theta brain waves. This would be as soon as you wake up in the morning, or right before bed at night.

meditating in the morning is proven to help test subjects sleep at night.

As little as five to ten minutes to start your day will have a cumulative effect on your energy, focus, and ability to sleep better at night.

Meditation can help rejuvenate your body and mind, supplement your sleep, and improve your performance.

If you decide to meditate at night to help you wind-down for sleep, try doing it before you get into the bed, not while you’re in bed.

Use guided meditations to help you get acclimated when you’re first starting out.

If you do want to use a simple meditation/mindfulness practice to help you fall asleep while lying in bed, try this:

Lay peacefully on your back with a comfortable pillow to support your head if you need one.
Take a deep breath, breathing in for five seconds, holding for five seconds, then breathing out for five seconds, and holding out for five seconds. Do this sequence three times.
Now shift your focus to breathing and circulating that oxygen to your toes. Visualize the air coming in through your nose then traveling down to your toes, and then back out (following the same breathing count above).
Next, move your attention to your feet. Breathe in through your nose and circulate the air to your feet following the same breathing count above (five seconds in, five seconds hold, five seconds out, five seconds hold).
Next, move your attention to your ankles, then your shins, then your knees, then your thighs, going all the way up your body until you gently drift away. Many people fall asleep before reaching their knees. You’ve got to experiment and find out what works best for you. Give this one a try anytime you like.

If you jump to taking drugs or supplements then you’ll just be treating a symptom and increase the likelihood that you’ll develop a dependency on something that can harm you long term.

I’m going to share with you four of the more gentle-to-moderate natural sleep aids.

What studies do show is that chamomile can help calm the nervous system, relax muscles, and set you up for a better night’s sleep when you need it.