How to fall asleep, here is an existential question whose answer could benefit many restless children, but also frustrated sexagenarians who desperately want to go back to bed... If you are not part of either of these categories, you may have a few small adjustments to make in your daily life to make the most of your nights without spending hours trying to close your eyes. Dodow will help you understand how sleep works and how to find your way!
Lack of sleep
Lack of sleep ruins your day. A hectic professional life can sometimes lead you to cut into your nights of sleep to recover some lost time, but be careful... your body is not fooled, and it may repay you a hundredfold!
Sleep cycles
Understand how sleep cycles work for a better overview of your nights. Did you know that if you are awakened in the middle of a sleep phase rather than at the beginning or end, you will always feel tired? To be in top shape, you can minimize your feeling of fatigue by calculating the phases of your sleep cycles to wake up optimally.
Sleep and the child
When your charming little ones lack sleep, you are the first to suffer, which is why naps for young children are more or less imperative... unless you want to go through crying fits due to arbitrary frustration of the flesh of your flesh. It is important to understand the relationship between sleep and the child: at birth, their sleep cycles are not yet as complex as those of an adult, they will evolve over time and will need to spend a lot of time sleeping to develop.
Positions for good sleep
If you keep turning over in your bed, sometimes too hot, sometimes too cold, sheet on, sheet off, one leg out, the pillow like a teddy bear, it may be time to take a look at positions for good sleep.
Meditation
Meditation is not just a monk or hippie thing! Take the step and land definitively in 2017 by accepting the benefits of simple things like: breathing, staring into space thinking of nothing, and appreciating the present moment without fixating on what the neighbor did yesterday or the soap you have to take to work the next day. By dedicating only about ten minutes a day, meditation can change your life for the better and put you in ideal conditions for a restful sleep.
Hypnosis
When we hear about hypnosis like that, we inevitably think: "Houdini? Magic? Very funny. But I don't want to tell my worst nonsense on stage, I want to be able to sleep!" Think again, hypnosis is nothing scary or supernatural. Used since time immemorial, it is a technique like any other validated by the practice of individuals who, like you, seek to rest. We give you the lowdown on hypnosis that you can try yourself in your daily life, without pulling white rabbits out of your hat or doves out of your pockets.
Better sleep for better weight loss
Sleeping not only has advantages for your brain: well-being is built in your head, but we cannot deny that losing a few extra pounds renovates a man (or a woman). By sleeping well, your body better manages hunger and prevents you from binge eating by sending you completely superfluous signals (like "I'm not hungry but I'm stressed. It's midnight. QUICK! A three-layer chocolate cake with caramel!"). Do your best to sleep better to lose weight better!
