Using Aromatherapy As a Sleep Aid

Aromatherapy is the use of essential plant oils to improve a person’s health or mood. Good oils for promoting sleep are lavender, vanilla, chamomile, lime and jasmine. Essential oils can be used in several ways: Inhale them directly by holding the bottle a few inches...

Don’t Watch the Clock!

Watching your clock creates stress. To break yourself of the habit move your clock far enough away from your bed that you can’t see or touch it. Don’t use a clock with an illuminated face, as even that small amount of brightness can hinder your sleep and activate...
What Is the Best Sleep Position?

What Is the Best Sleep Position?

The position you sleep in can hold the key to falling asleep, staying asleep and having a restful sleep. Let’s start by eliminating the worst sleep position, sleeping on your back. Then we’ll move on to what many consider the best position, sleeping on your left side....

Your Personal Sleep Pillow

Your personal sleep pillow is an extremely important factor in enabling sleep. This is the one pillow you will use for sleeping only. An ideal sleep pillow must have these properties: Be made of all-natural material so your head can breathe without the clammy feeling...