So, have you been popping sleeping pills to keep the demons away? Unfortunately, the under-5-year-olds are not the only ones who has monster hidden under the bed! Adults have monsters of their own that keep them from falling asleep.

If you didn’t know already, night-time is a minefield for varied thoughts, especially if you are an over-thinker. It provides the ideal window for those thoughts that you push to back of your mind when you are busy completing chores or prepping for an important work meeting. The anxiety is real and it is normal to feel chained by those thoughts.

Sure, you can take a holiday to shake the stress, but that is, at best, putting a band aid on an open wound. It won’t work for long and you’ll inevitably find yourself slipping into the habit of taking sleeping pills. Bad news is that these pills don’t work over a long course of time and it may take you a little longer than others, but you will realize that those ‘instant fix’ pills are doing more harm than good.

So, what can you do to sleep like a baby? For starters, you can plan a weekend getaway to a wellness and retreat center, especially the ones that deal in naturopathy. Because, let’s face it, nature knows best! Along with your refreshing getaway, you can consider the following tips. Hopefully, you’ll not have to visit the ‘sleep’ doctor anymore.

Let’s start with the very basic. Your sleep environment. Does your bedroom make you feel comfortable and relaxed? If not, you have a problem!

Is your mattress comfortable? Are you waking up early in the morning because light is leaking through your curtains? Are the pillows right for your head and posture?- You need to adjust your physical setting as per your requirement to get better sleep.

Before you hit the bed, make it a habit to do some light stretching exercises. This will help you in waking up with lesser pains and aches. Also, your sleep quality will improve. Yoga will not get your heart rate pumping, but as it comes deep breathing and mindfulness with stretching, you will be able to decrease stress and feel light as a feather.

It doesn’t take long to learn a few simple yoga asanas and you can learn them on your trip to a health retreat facility. There will be certified naturopathy doctors and yoga practitioners to guide you!

Acupuncture has been around for over 4,000 years and it has been heavily used in Chinese medicine. Your sleeping pills have not existed for so long! So, why not give it a try?

In fact, there are studies that support acupuncture’s role in treating insomnia. But, of course, don’t try this on your own. Let the experts at the retreat facility show you how it’s done.

You know, often remedies to complicated problems are right in front you, but you choose to ignore it. You don’t need a fancy Western medicine to put you to sleep. You need to get out more and give your body vitamin D, and sun is the best source for this.

Being out in the sun will not only give you more energy, but it will regulate your body clock and tell your body when to be awake.

Of course, getting pure vitamin D in the city can be tough as you’ll be served with a side of pollution. And that is why you need to think of visiting a wellness and retreat center that is surrounded by nature. You can soak up the sun and also be able to breathe in pure air!

As an additional tip, stay away from fiddling with electronic gadgets at night. You need to stop that for the sake of your sleep. The blue spectrum from such gadgets tells the brain to stay attentive and awake. So, your body gets confused between bedtime and awake time.

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