Meditation

The most active interferer with our sleep is stress. Not the stress a simple challenge brings that can bring us health, for this challenge can be a help to us. But the stress of worrying about the things where nothing is yet to be done. If there is something to be done, do it. If there is nothing that can be done, let it go.

This is often easier said than done. Meditation is the proven method to learning how to let go. Each gap in thought that we can embrace brings more peace to that moment. These moments begin to infuse themselves into our lives, if we but let them.

Meditate: every moment counts. Find a few moments every day. Find the gaps in between our thoughts, and simply sit with those empty spaces instead of the thoughts... just let the thoughts go. If they come, just let them go... find instead the void... and let the void grow.

From the void all things come, so only in the void does everything exist.
In the west we say that everything comes from somewhere; but in our teaching Everything comes from nothing. In the nothing there is potential for everything.

Quote by Edmund Vance Cooke

"Don't fight with the pillow, but lay down your head
And kick every worriment out of the bed" - Edmund Vance Cooke

"It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it" - John Steinbeck

"May sleep envelop you as a bed sheet floating gently down, tickling your skin and removing every worry. Reminding you to consider only this moment" - Jeb Dickerson,

There are some herbs that have been reported to help us get to sleep: valerian, chamomile, lavender, hops, and passion-flower.

I use the chamomile...red chamomile with milk and honey are quite tasty.
The warm milk seems to help too.
The honey? probably doesn't help sleep;
but honey is a food with wonderful properties.
Though it is a sugar, so we should be careful how much.
But you don't need much, and I'm told honey never spoils?

Lavendar petals in a hot bath are very relaxing...

Have a good night sleep...

zzzz.....zzzzz....zzzzzz....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Exercise and Sleep

I believe that exercise is important. Even a walk around the block can help us wind down and loosen us up.

In my uneducated opinion, we should begin the day with light stretching and work ourselves up into a fairly vigorous exercise routine, like lap swimming or running, to earn our breakfast.

Aerobic exercise is particularly good for sleep I think. To participate in an exercise routine during the day will help us sleep at night.

During the evening and night, I like Tai Chi, Yoga, and mediation.
These prepare us physically to loosen up, and also serve to reduce stress levels that might hamper our sleep.

James Allen Quote

The dreamers are the saviors of the world. James Allen