Getting sleep,
The very interesting subject for a lot of us.
So there are some things you can do quite physically to assist.
Falling asleep.
Easier.
And one thing is to take a look around your bedroom Because when you lie there,
And should be ready to fall asleep if your eye catches.
Things that need to be done,
Piles of clothes lying there.
Or a bit of mess on top of shelves or cupboards.
It's not a restful place to fall asleep in.
So you might want to take a look around your bedroom and see are there any things I could help myself with cleaning up.
Also if you have a workstation in your bedroom.
It's a really good idea to put away when the workday is over as much as you can.
And then your eye won't catch that.
And you will get a bit more rest.
So we might not all have a master bedroom as in the magazines,
But we can borrow some of it.
Some of the feeling of it and you might for instance,
Buy just a new plant in there or.
.
.
New curtains in a different color or something.
Something that assists you.
In getting that feel of this is really my master bedroom.
And another suggestion,
When you lie there and.
.
.
Do want to fall asleep.
The more you want it,
The less you get it,
Right?
A thing you can try is to when you lie there.
Focus on a point on the ceiling or the wall because it's rarely completely dark in a bedroom.
You just focus on the point and then you say to yourself inside.
I'm not allowed to close my eyes I'm not allowed to close my eyes.
And you just repeat it.
Because at some point you can't keep your eyes open.
And when you detect yourself starting to close them,
You just open them again and keep repeating,
I'm not allowed to close my eyes.
And just wait and see how long you can do that before you actually fall asleep.
So that's one way of tricking your mind.
Another is using sounds while you lie there.
So it's very common in mindfulness that you use sounds as a method.
A method to stay focused instead of your head being allowed to wander off.
And for a lot of us,
When we lie there trying to.
.
.
Get our sleep.
That's when all the thoughts come that didn't have time to come during the day.
And you have between 60 and 70,
000 thoughts.
Every day.
And if you've had a busy day,
Then you haven't had time to think all of them,
Have you?
So they might want to come when you're lying there.
So focusing on sounds can be a really good method for you.
If you're in the city,
There might be some sort of traffic.
If you're in an apartment complex,
You might.
.
.
Maybe you can hear neighbors.
If you're.
.
.
Out in the greens i was about to say if you live out in the countryside then there might be wind there might be leaves There might be birds.
I don't know.
So focusing on sounds can help you,
But I don't have any sounds where I live.
Then you use another technique.
Then you listen to the pauses.
Between sounds.
Because listening to pauses is also mindfulness and staying focused.
Not allowing your head to wander off.
So that's also a method.
Another method can be to do a virtual walk.
Meaning you visualize a walk that you know Could be in your city,
Could be in a park or out in the country.
Could be on your favorite beach.
Could be somewhere you know.
That you visualize yourself walking there.
And quite literally,
When you turn left,
You visualize that every time you detect that your head has been wandering off with something else,
You just bring yourself back to the point where you fell off.
And then you continue your virtual walk.
And then there's also the very classical thing with doing a body scan.
And there are a lot of good body scans.
In here so find one and use that or do your own body scan you don't need something you can do it you can just focus on your toes your ankles your legs and all the way up.
And every time you fall off,
Then you just get back to doing it.
And then eventually that might bring you to sleep.
So I hope one of these methods will work for you.
