We're sharing more wellness wisdom from master of health @quinneaker!

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; you can just do them more consciously and from a more holistic, empowered, and healthy perspective! Deep, conscious breathing is the single biggest upgrade you can make, and it is ALWAYS available. While hydration is also a major factor in full spectrum thrival, today we will share the importance of getting good, quality REST!

Improved sleep quality can greatly improve your health and wellness. 

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.

Logically, that suggests that sleep is even more important than what you eat! How much more practical and simple and real can we get here? Real, lasting, thriving health is attainable -- no workout systems, no gyms, no supplements -- nothing that costs any money whatsoever! 

So 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 lead.  A professional athlete in season needs a pretty good amount of sleep, whereas someone with a computer job might do fine with 5-6 hours of sleep. 

The question is what are you fully optimal at? 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 actually wasting time if you are living in a sleep deprived, inefficient state of consciousness. EVERYTHING is harder when you are not rested!

What are some factors that improve sleep quality?

Working is no excuse for not getting enough sleep! 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. 

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 to block out the daylight too. 

Really quiet environments are conducive for better, deeper sleep. You can have a chamber that reduces noises, 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 your body enough time to digest 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.

We hope you're inspired to upgrade the things you're already doing towards thriving, radiant health! 

^{You can check out Quinn's book Full Spectrum Health for more of his new paradigm perspective (please contact us if you would like to arrange a trade for Steem dollars).}

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