On an average a person should sleep for 7-8 hours each night. Following a proper pre sleep routine helps to calm down and ensures a better sleep. Sometimes due to stressful days and tough schedules our sleep time gets affected and when a person is not able to sleep well then the entire next day is lazy and the person might experience mood swings and end up having a bad day. It is very important to sleep well during the night so that we can have a productive next day. There are ways we can build pre sleep habits to have a restful night.
- Doing meditation before sleeping helps calm down, release stress and one can sleep peacefully.
- Have dinner 3 hours before bed time because eating before bed time causes acid reflux and disturbed sleep.
- Keeping your room lights dim and using warm lights helps your body to recognise its night time and it also aids release melatonin hormone which is a sleep hormone.
- Taking shower right before bedtime with hot water releases stress calms your body and prepares your body to have a restful sleep.
- Journaling your thoughts all positive and negative before sleeping and getting those thoughts out of your mind helps clear your mind and one can have a peaceful sleep.
