Great post! Sleeep is so very important. I'm on a weightloss journey and I can't tell you how important sleep and well rest in general has been one of the biggest things I had to adjust to help get my weight down and in control.

I have never tried the bed of nails thing myself but would be open to trying. Myself I just take about 10 to 20 minutes to kind of do a bit of mental meditation. I sometimes do Yoga and breathing excercises or I might just browse articles other online or in the paper (yeah I still get the news paper!) I don't know why but I find doing these things help calm the mind and slow the engine down I guess you could say.

I will have to try your suggestions but I am really cursiou about the bed of nails. I always want to try new things and this sounds pretty bad ass at the same time.