Hi everyone,
I am trying to find ways and means to improve the quality of my sleep at nite so that I can sleep deeper and wake up more recharged and rested after a good nite's sleep. That would not be problem if I could wake up about 7 am each day, but the reality is that I have to get up by 6 am each day if I am to be on time for my work. If I had a choice, I would get up even earlier so that I can attend to personal stuff like maybe exercise and so on before I get to work (maybe 5 am). But the problem is that whenever I try to get up earlier, my body and mind does not seem to get the same quality of sleep it needs because I still wake up tired even if I try to go to bed on time the previous nite.
Mostly, the problem I have is with falling asleep easily in my own bed - I don't seem to have this difficulty as I fall readily into deep sleep when on my sofa!?
What I really desire to know is, are there ways to train my body and mind so that I go to sleep readilly as well as get higher returns on my sleep time? If so, any great resources to recommend?
thanks guys..Would appreciate any input in this area..

Meditation. 30 to 60 minutes a day can reduce the need for sleep by up to 3 hours. It might take a few weeks before you notice the benefit.

Alex

I agree with Alex on the meditation. It works for me.

Also, generally when I do prefer to get to sleep cuz I know I have to be up early, I put in one of my personal-growth audio tapes that I enjoy listening to, and I try to stay up to finish the whole thing. The more I try to stay awake to listen to someone's voice , the less successful I am

I agree with Steve and Alex comments as well. I have meditated regularly for many years and I have noticed this effect with myself. I get by on much less sleep than most other people and I feel highly energetic most of the time.

Maybe you should get a couch installed in your bedroom.

Try employing your subconscious mind by giving yourself programming when you go to sleep. I have had success with this at telling myself to wake up at a specific time, feeling well-rested and having all of the energy I will need to easily and effortlessly meet the needs of my day. It is really amazing what can be accomplished by experimenting with these methods - your body, brain, mind will do what you ask them to do.

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It could be also good to check the condition of your bed. Mine was in quite bad condition and usually I slept very long during the weekends in order to get the needed rest. Resently I changed the bed and pillow into Tempur pressure relieving material (http://www.tempurworld.com/page54.asp) and my sleeping quality improved dramaticly. Most of all I feel full of energy after good sleep, also it's much easier to fall a sleep in the evening.

To the people that meditate, what type of meditation system do you use?

I bought this book from the below link, I think it has helped with the quality of my sleep.
http://www.PowerfulSleep.com/order.htm

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Originally posted by bhenry:
To the people that meditate, what type of meditation system do you use?

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I use Holosync myself, and sometimes I actually succeed in just following my breath and ignoring thoughts, but a lot of times not. But being in Delta for a while reduces my need for sleep overall.

Hi everyone,
thanks for the tips: as a matter of fact, I am practising SFQ daily. Do find it very helpful at raising and maintaining energy levels of the body- if I can get up in time to do it, that is. Not sure whether there are other kinds of meditation that I ought to include- quite stretched for time as it is.
I have on occasion used paraliminals such as Deep Relaxation or New History Gen-Mental Review to help relax n set the tone for the next day, but sometimes find it necessary to use the washroom right after - that kind of breaks any sleep I might have been falling into whilst listening to that paraliminal.
As for putting the sofa in my bedroom, my wife jokingly said I should do that but I don't think we could fit both a bed AND a sofa in our bedroom :_P
I am rather curious about the powerfulsleep.com link though: I tried searching for the web for more info on this product but couldn't turn up any- could you share a little bit more about how this ebook has helped you, Hobo? Would like to find out more from you before plunking down money for this e-book.
Hmm, I never thot of using holosync in sleep reduction. Maybe that is worth considering.
Thanks Eric, for the link to tempur bed products- I will check it out.
Thanks guys for taking time to listen and respond to my queries.

take care...

The book that I recommended above is very good. It goes way beyond things like have a warm glass of milk before bed and meditation. It goes into the sleep cycles and how to take advantage of them. It covers the body's chemistry for sleep. The 5 stages of sleep, nutrition and supplements, dreams, ect... I've posted here before about this book and my post is usually ignored. You people are really missing a great source of info in this book.

Hobo, a great exaggeration!

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and my post is usually ignored.

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Not everyone responds and you're doing yourself a great dis-service by posting that all the time.

Oher than saying it's creating negative programing for yourself, I won't go into it further.

Alex

So I was having a bad day. If it pushes your buttons, maybe it's time for the inquiry process.

LOL
No, I was genuinely concerned with your projection. It isn't the first post where you made with that statement.

Alex

I took a look at the book.

I didn't ignore the post. People pay attention, they just don't always reply.

I had difficulty sleeping for several years. It became a major problem, and I tried a lot of different things. I started keeping a sleeping log and found I was up about seven times on average during the night with about 45 minutes being the longest stretch of time that I actually slept. This went on for about 5 years.

In the end the solution turned out to be so simple that it was amazing. Two simple changes.

The onset of the problem seemed to start when I moved from the country into the city. My bedroom was too large with a lot of window, and a glass balcony door that let a lot of light in.

(1) I moved my bed from my larger room with a lot of windows, into this little room I have that only fits the bed and nothing else. I blackened the window so no light can get in and try to keep the room as dark as possible. I'm like a "bug in a rug"

(2) I started taking a Herbal Product with Melatonin in it. The particular product I'm using is "NightRest", I purchase from www.pureprescriptions.com. Canadians can not buy Melatonin off the shelf in Canada, but you can import it for your own use.

The benefits where almost immediate. I went from being up half dozen times a night to most nights now I sleep all the way through and don't even get up for a bathroom break.

Most nights a little feline fur person sleeps on my bed with me and I never hear her coming and going during the night.

Hope this information will be on some help to someone.