Avoid over the counter sleep aides, they often can make you drowsy but really don't contribute to the deep sleep that is most beneficial for our body's regenerative functions.

Learn to meditate, or try taking deep calming breaths. When settling down for sleep, meditation has great benefits, it allows you to calm your mind, reduce your heart rate and even lower your blood pressure.

Whatever you decide, it is wise to slow down your activities and avoid stimulating work before sleep.

Specially created audio files and CD's can really help you to calm your mind and gently fall asleep. Many of these music tracks use scientific principals to bring about or mimic delta waves, these are brain waves that occur during the deepest sleep stages. These products can help create an environment conducive to good sleep .

Don't obsess about a problem or obligation when it's time for bed, just jot it down on a note pad, make a list. When you jot it down, just put it out of your mind. Having just written it down, put it out of your mind, it doesn't need any more thought till morning.

These are just a few of the many simple adjustments and ideas that you can try to improve your sleep hygiene and wake up refreshed each morning. Practicing just a few of these ideas will go a long way to gradually improving your sleep habits and life satisfaction. Remember however that just as sleep deprivation is often caused by a negative cumulative deficit, these solutions and lifestyle changes also effect a gradual & positive cumulative change and you will only see the real results after practicing these suggestions consistently for some time.

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