Bedtime Rituals

How we end our day is very important. As you sleep your brain will do it’s very best to process unresolved events and ‘personal logic’. Your body will hold what you have left from the day and this can leave us waking up with soreness, irregular sleep cycles, upsetting dreams and sore, clenched jaws.

Here is an option to set yourself up for a positive mind waiting to dream and a relaxed body ready to relax and let go of the day.

Keep a Gratitude Journal by your bed and write 5 pieces that you are grateful for within TODAY. It can be as simple as breathing or that bedtime is finally here! Writing them down, instead of just saying them to yourself brings this process into deeper thought and insures the ritual will happen regularly – just by having to open a journal and pick up a pen.
Lie on your back with hands on your belly and begin to breath as low as you can. This requires a release of your abdominal muscles for your inhale and a tightening and squeezing of these muscles for an exhale. If your lower back feels discomfort, fold a decorative bed pillow under your thighs to ease the lumbar curve.
Once your breath is in your belly and your belly is flowing with ease, count your inhale and exhale. 3 or 4 count for each inhale and each exhale. The number isn’t as important as the nature of balance. So pick one number that feels good on inhale and exhale, leak or push air in order to help this balance happen.