Natural Cures for Insomnia – 13 Self-Help Tips (II)

The next 7 self-help tips for natural cures for insomnia:

7. Resolve to start without delay to establish and maintain a consistent daily sleep schedule, regardless of your age (and even if you do shift work), if you have yet to set up such sleep routine.

8. Be conscious and deliberate about doing ‘small’ things that help relax our bodies and minds like having a shower or enjoy a glass of warm milk before going to bed each night.

9. Be mindful and put in efforts to create and up-keep an environment that is most conducive for sleeping like pampering yourself with an ideal room temperature, good air quality as well as ventilation.

10. Once you are in bed, learn to unwind yourself by ‘switching off’ your mind and relaxing your body. Always refrain from doing anything ‘heavy’ just before bed like serious reading or holding a discussion with another person. I know this is often easier said than done but it is really a very healthy habit worthwhile cultivating.

11. Cultivate the habit of waking up the same time everyday, regardless if it’s weekday or weekend. If need be, use an alarm clock. After doing it for some time, your body clock with enough tuning, will take over so waking up won’t be as ‘painful’ as before.

12. Unless there’s medical reason, avoid taking afternoon nap. If you are someone who can’t live without napping, then be sure to take your nap before 3pm. Also, the nap should not be more than an hour.

13. Try to exercise regularly as often as you can every week but refrain from exercising especially vigorously, at times too close to your sleep. It’s known that appropriate exercises done right regularly in the day can help our bodies get more ‘restful’ and hence, better sleep at night.

Hope you won’t find the above self-help natural cures for insomnia too overwhelming.

By now I hope you are convinced that there are truly abundant natural cures for insomnia options that anyone can choose to fight insomnia. These are literally simple, safe but effective insomnia cures, minus the adverse side effects. Don’t let insomnia starve you of sleep and ruin your health. Choose natural cures for insomnia, not pills.