Tools for Sleep

A nightly ritual can improve your mental health. 

Sleep Tips:

• Consistency. Make sleep a practice. Make relaxation a ritual. Try the resources below on a regular basis. Commit to a regular sleep ritual and stick to it for a month. 
• Make your bedroom a relaxing, nurturing, dark environment. 
• Avoid large meals shortly before sleep. 
• Monitor caffeine use. 
• Limit screen time before bed. Especially limit things like Twitter and TikTok that are fast moving, informational, and intentionally stimulating.
• If you're having a hard time "turning off your brain," journal or make lists. 
• Drop into your body with gentle movement or meditation before sleep. 
• Don't freak out. The worse thing you can do is judge yourself or spiral about your night affecting the next day. In fact, consider how can you lean into your current experience. 

Resources:
Gentle Movement
30-Minute Qigong for Sleep
30-Minute Yin Yoga
25-Minute Restorative Yoga

Yoga Nidra
30-Minute Yoga Nidra
​90-Minute Yoga Nidra

Body Scan Meditation 
30-Minute Body Scan

Sleep Stories
The Calm App's Sleep Stories

Not Resisting Our Experience
Saying Yes To Reality Meditation 
Meditation For Relaxing Into Sleep 

Supplements*
*Check in with your MD before introducing supplements
Magnesium 
Melatonin 
CBD
Ashwagandha 

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