The Priceless Value of Restful Sleep

in #gardenofeden6 years ago (edited)

Thankfully, some of the most drastic upgrades for health are also free and accessible!

These are parts of your life that you're doing anyway, that you can just do more consciously and from a more holistic, empowered, and healthy perspective! It starts with the breath, and hydration is a major factor too. Today, we will share the importance of REST!

While food is important to overall health, how long can you go without food versus how long can you go without sleep? Eating and food alchemy matters a lot, but most people I know can survive a lot longer without food than they can without sleep.



That logically suggests that even sleep is more important than what you eat! How much more practical and simple and real can we get? No workout systems, no gyms, no supplements -- nothing that costs any money whatsoever! 

Improved sleep quality can greatly improve your health and wellness. 

How many hours of sleep is optimal? You need to get up when you're tired of laying in bed! You can potentially get too much sleep, but most people don't get enough sleep. Most people wake up thinking, "I wish I could go back to sleep!"

If we're waking up tired, then we're doing ourselves a great disservice. Everyone is different on the amount of sleep they need, a lot of which has to do with the type of lifestyle they live.  A professional athlete in season needs a pretty good amount of sleep. Someone with a computer job might do fine with 5-6 hours of sleep. 

The question is what are you fully optimal at? It doesn't matter what the number is; if you're aware of a range of hours you need, then you need to make it a priority on a regular basis to get that amount of sleep! Allot that amount of time for yourself. It does not cost time, but rather saves time - you are wasting time by living in a sleep deprived inefficient state of consciousness. 

EVERYTHING is harder when you are not rested!

If you're going to live a life where you have to be at a certain place at a certain time, then it makes sense in the name of health to build your life around that schedule so you are consistently getting the amount of sleep that is optimal for your day. Working is no excuse for not getting enough sleep!

The darker the environment, the deeper and better quality the sleep. You want to have as dark a room as possible. You don't want to have TVs and lights on when you're sleeping. If you get up past dawn, you need to make sure you have curtains in that room. 

Really quiet environments are conducive for better, deeper sleep. You can have a chamber that reduces noises or get a white noise reducer or app or use earplugs. 

Another upgrade to sleep quality is to not eat for 3-4 hours before bed. Digestion is a big task energetically, and it requires a great pumping of blood. Allow enough time to accomplish that task after dinner before going to sleep.

We need more responsibility for health and wellness! Bring it back to basics: breathing properly, drinking properly, and resting properly are immediate upgrades you can implement in your life, and they are natural, easy, and FREE.

If you devote more time to these 3 things rather than going to the gym, you would actually find that you would not only save money and time, but YOU WILL BE HEALTHIER too! You can do them any time, anywhere, and they require no special machine or cost.




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Mmmmmm sleep, one of my favorite things :)

Yep you can sleep like Rip van Winkle lol

This post is filled with so much beauty and love! That photo of you napping in the garden is so sweet! <3

That's our darling Shellie faerie <3

So glad you can feel it @coruscate! Sending love infinitely back to you. <3

I really pay attention to my rest time and the quality of my sleep. Besides maintaining health, it is also useful for my activities the next day. Yes ... like we know that lack of rest will affect our performance.

Many people overlook the value of a really quality rest, but it is a significant influencing factor on health. It's potentially more important than food and exercise, and upgrades can be achieved by making it a priority in one's day.

You are right, without enough rest, we will not be able to enjoy tomorrow with fit ... hehehe

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I totally agree with you. Our body is like a factory that performs a number of vital functions 24/7. If we don't get enough rest and sleep. then our body might not be able to cope up with it and it may lead to some serious health problem.

Indeed! Given the amount of stress that most people are under, quality sleep is one of the easiest resets.

Correct. It is so vital to let our body take a break so as not to overuse it with either work or the problems that we're facing each and everyday.

Sleep is hard to get all the time. But you are totally right, sleep is critical to health! Getting enough sleep is very important to clear mental function too.

Rest well!

:)

It can be hard if you don't make it a priority. We're hoping to shift awareness so people understand how vital it is and make some upgrades in their own lives. Making a dark, quiet sleeping space are just a couple options for improving sleep quality.

I am a 24 hour caregiver for a Love. She has MS, and is the air I Breathe; but it does make for poor sleep sometimes.

She is so very worth it, but it does make life (and sleep) tough sometimes.

SO, sleep when you can, and make rest a Priority, and you will be healthier!

I used to turn out the lights in my office, and sleep for lunch. NOW, they call it a power nap-, ROFLOL; but then they wondered how I was so sharp after lunch, when they were trying to digest a heavy meal, and stay awake. I was Engineering Manager, and ran circles around them; and tyhey never knew why.

Stay Belssed!

:)

Sleep is an essence to live a happy life. Our body is like machine that keep working day and night. And every machine need a servicing or rest to work properly similarly our body too need som rest through sleep which rejuvinate each and every part to relive the moments of our life. It is our body requirements and it must be fulfilled acuurately and timelly

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Yes! It is a big reset for many functions of the body and critical to great health.

Thats true...a sounds sleep is what the demand of the body

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