For those of you who have heard or read my story, I’ve experienced some major battles with insomnia in the past. Once for a couple months back in college, and once for about six months this year (yes—while on a 99% raw food diet). It’s gotten significantly better mainly in the time since leaving BP and working for myself from home. But I’m still always looking for new ways to eat (lighter dinner, earlier dinner, no chocolate or kombucha at night, etc), exercise (more intense exercise, earlier in the day exercise), and sleep.
I am so happy to report that I feel like I’ve slept an adequate amount each and every night this week! This is SUCH an amazing breakthrough for me. Five nights in a row! What is an adequate amount for me? I’m not exactly sure yet because it takes me a while to go to sleep at times and I get up several times in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom (due to me drinking a lot of water after dinner in the evening). But I’m in bed from 11 or 11:30 to 8 AM so I think it’s plenty.
I guess I thought that after being a raw foodist for so long (2 ½ years) that I’d be down to at least six hours of sleep a night but that is just not the case for me. But that’s okay. Sometimes I’m up until 1 or 1:30 am and I still can wake up naturally at 8. I honestly don’t know what I’d do if I was wide awake at 6:30 AM anyway! I work at home on the computer most of the day so I’m in no hurry at all to get started ☺
So what has been helping me sleep? I really feel that the Barefoot Connections mattress pad I bought a few months ago has really made a difference in my levels hormone (mainly cortisol). Dale at Barefoot Connections told me on the phone that even if you’re hormones weren’t off balance to begin with, not sleeping well for a few nights to a few weeks will definitely cause them to get out of whack.
I just love technology like this. It’s like sleeping on the earth all night and letting its energy rebalance you, recharge you, and absorb all the EMFs from you (a very important thing when you’re on the computer all day!). And you don’t have to do anything different to benefit from this sort of technology. I mean, you’re going to sleep on sheets anyway, right?
I posted a blog on Barefoot Connections Technology a while back and you can read about it here if you’re interested. Also, for more information on Barefoot Connections, or if you’re interested in getting a pad or blankets for yourself, you can call Dale at 800-620-9912 and talk to her. Mention GoRawChicago.com for 10% off ☺ Even if you’re already a good sleeper, you can benefit from more physical contact with the earth.
Here is a fun new website I just checked out called Be Well Buzz and David Wolfe talks for a few minutes about the importance of sleep here:
http://www.bewellbuzz.com/general/david-wolfe-on-sleep/
I also have been sleeping with a zapper on a pretty regular basis (I bought one about three months ago). I try to wear it in the day but I find it pretty annoying to keep on me. I don’t know if this helps me sleep better or not but I feel like it definitely strengthens my immune system, which allows me to wake up feeling refreshed and healthy. I got mine on Tools for Healing. I got the Terminator 2 model and found it to be well worth the price for everything it can do for you. (I learned about zapper technology from David Wolfe and he mentions it a lot in his SITS program, although I don’t do the entire program.)
Note: Be careful when you sleep with the zapper on you because it’s possible to be “burned” or experience a shock from in when it’s in the same spot for a long time. I’ve had this happen to me before and woke up with a grayish circle on my stomach! It disappeared within a day though.
One other thing I do to help improve my sleep is I go to sleep when I am absolutely exhausted and can’t read another word (I’m usually reading blogs or websites on my computer, a book, or a magazine before I go to bed). As soon as I can’t remember what I just read, or when I know that I can fall asleep within 15 minutes, I hit the sheets! I got this from Steve Pavlina’s blog post on How to Become on Early Riser.
Sweet Dreams!!
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