8 Ways To Help You Sleep
Now more than ever our busy minds are finding it hard to switch off. With dark evenings and mornings elongating our sluggish mood, our lethargic bodies are struggling to stick to a sleep routine. From practicing ways to eliminate worry to creating an evening ritual or taking the time to meditate, discover these useful ways to help ease your anxieties and relax the body and mind. To celebrate World Sleep Day, here are 8 ways to improve your space and help you snooze:
1. Stick to a routine
Use a Lumie Alarm clock to help you sleep peacefully and gradually wake you up for the day. Ensure you stick to the same sleeping hours, exercise regularly, keep your caffeine intake to the mornings and plan out your to-do lists. Find a daily rhythm that works for you, which factors in small yet impactful benefits to ensure a restful night.
Use a Lumie Alarm clock to help you sleep peacefully and gradually wake you up for the day. Ensure you stick to the same sleeping hours, exercise regularly, keep your caffeine intake to the mornings and plan out your to-do lists. Find a daily rhythm that works for you, which factors in small yet impactful benefits to ensure a restful night.
2. Declutter your space
The saying is true - tidy room, tidy mind. Physical mess in your space can have a huge impact on how you think and sleep. Stay organised with easy storage solutions to ensure your living environment gives off a relaxing energy. Create an essential side table to store items you may need in the night such as a book, glass of water, alarm clock, plants and candle.
The saying is true - tidy room, tidy mind. Physical mess in your space can have a huge impact on how you think and sleep. Stay organised with easy storage solutions to ensure your living environment gives off a relaxing energy. Create an essential side table to store items you may need in the night such as a book, glass of water, alarm clock, plants and candle.
3. Change up your bedding
Nothing truly feels better than fresh sheets. Treating yourself to a new duvet set can not only transform your room but also help you catch some much deserved z’s. Tip: Clean your sheets once a week!
Nothing truly feels better than fresh sheets. Treating yourself to a new duvet set can not only transform your room but also help you catch some much deserved z’s. Tip: Clean your sheets once a week!
5. Stay lit
Not only do salt lamps create a warm glow, they have also been proven to improve sleep, boost your mood and clean the air to help those with asthma breathe better. Tip: Fairy lights and LED lights are an easy way to create a calming and warm light in any space.
Not only do salt lamps create a warm glow, they have also been proven to improve sleep, boost your mood and clean the air to help those with asthma breathe better. Tip: Fairy lights and LED lights are an easy way to create a calming and warm light in any space.
6. Add a bedroom plant
If you’ve read our UO Guide To Plants, you’ll already know the power plants can have in your home. Types of plants such as Jasmine, Gardenia and Spider Plant aid air quality whilst releasing relaxing scents to help you get a better night’s kip.
If you’ve read our UO Guide To Plants, you’ll already know the power plants can have in your home. Types of plants such as Jasmine, Gardenia and Spider Plant aid air quality whilst releasing relaxing scents to help you get a better night’s kip.
7. Get moving
Make sure you're getting your daily dose of exercise as keeping active during the day is vital for a healthy sleeping pattern. Studies show aerobic exercise causes the body to release endorphins which helps you to fall asleep quicker, snooze longer and have a better quality of sleep.
Make sure you're getting your daily dose of exercise as keeping active during the day is vital for a healthy sleeping pattern. Studies show aerobic exercise causes the body to release endorphins which helps you to fall asleep quicker, snooze longer and have a better quality of sleep.
8. Read, don’t scroll!
We’re all guilty of having a late night scroll on Instagram or watching “just one more episode” on Netflix but did you know the blue light our devices emit tricks our brain into thinking it’s daytime? This month challenge yourself to leave your phone on your bedside table and immerse yourself in a new book. Reading before bed can also help to reduce stress and get your mind and body ready to sleep...beats counting sheep!
We’re all guilty of having a late night scroll on Instagram or watching “just one more episode” on Netflix but did you know the blue light our devices emit tricks our brain into thinking it’s daytime? This month challenge yourself to leave your phone on your bedside table and immerse yourself in a new book. Reading before bed can also help to reduce stress and get your mind and body ready to sleep...beats counting sheep!