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Restorative vs. Restless Sleep |
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Restorative sleep is a very important part of any healthy lifestyle. Similar to exercise and eating right, sleeping well is essential to how you feel, your productivity, relationships, safety and overall quality of life. Authentic, deep sleep is one of life’s greatest pleasures. It is absolutely critical for our overall well-being. Sleep is the indispensable condition to the recuperation of energy. Sleep repairs the wear and tear of the body and mind incurred during waking hours. We go to bed fatigued with the goal of waking up refreshed and rejuvenated.
Restless or poor sleep is a fact of life for many and very often is caused by factors that can be controlled. For example, restless sleep can be the result of your environment. A poorly ventilated bedroom with extreme temperatures will keep you awake. Another possibility is the type of mattress you have – it’s either too hard or is inferior quality and therefore will not support your body enough to properly fall into a deep sleep.
We often forget that the mattress is the most “used” piece of furniture in the home. The average person spends one third of his or her life in bed. This equals 220,000 hours over the course of a lifetime. Most of us wait too long to replace our mattress.
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| The base of what we sleep on, as well as how (our body’s position) makes a big difference in the quality of our rest. Human bodies are not designed to sleep on a completely flat surface. In order to get authentic, restorative sleep, our
back needs to be slightly elevated for enhanced breathing and our feet should also be slightly elevated for proper circulation. Most importantly, having our upper and lower body slightly elevated alleviates the pressure we often feel in our lower back when laying flat. |
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| If you are having trouble sleeping or wake up more tired than when you went to bed – then consider looking into
what you are sleeping on as well as how (body position) you are sleeping. |
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