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One way to ensure an early enough bedtime (to get the sleep you need) is to eat earlier in the evening. Getting enough sleep is a non-negotiable, essential component to wellness. Our bodies perform tasks while we are asleep that are not possible when awake, so it’s important to allow for these events to happen.
Someday I won’t trip over so many things on the floor.
But, those cute little shoes won’t be there anymore.
Someday the kitchen will be clean for hours all day.
But, I won’t share my meals with your sweet face.
Someday the hours will pass with nothing to do.
I’ll sit here and be missing you.
One day I will sink into my couch for as long as a I can.
Yet, I won’t be able to touch your small hands.
I’ll dance around in the open space.
But, I’ll miss the indulgence of your frequent embrace.
I am so smushed but also set free.
The contractions of motherhood are a heart beat.
Ride the waves, the yin and the yang.
The intense moments pass again and again.
And again and again and again and again.
Rainbows emerge and laughter trickles across the land.
As you and I sway in this dance.
Once you sound the stress alarm bell, your body produces stress hormones to help you cope. One hormone, cortisol, is produced fresh with each stressful episode and it stays in your body until it is metabolized out. Excess cortisol disrupts sleep. Which results in daytime fatigue.
You feel tired when you want and need to be awake and you are awake during times you want to be asleep. Frustrating.
Movement starts at your feet (when walking, hiking, etc.). The feet have the most bones in the human body. The knees react to the feet when you are weight bearing. When seated in a chair you can strengthen the knee joint without the influence of your hips and feet.
That’s what this experience is all bout.Treat your knees and feet to these movements. Review the many movements of the lower leg.
Tibial internal and external rotation
Knee flexion and extension
Plantar flexion and Dorsi flexion
Inversion and Eversion
You can follow this audio right from your chair.
Your brain has a program to run every night. There are consequences of cutting it short. You need enough of the five different kinds of sleep every night. Just like you need food, water, exercise, relationships, etc. every day.
The hips support the spine.
The hip joint can flex, extend, rotate and circumduct, it has a lot of motion!
The sacrum, coccyx and two hip bones make up the pelvis.
21 muscle cross your hip joint to move it.
Move your hips to open them up and tune in with this audio. Enjoy the added mobility and stability.
The spine and thorax protect vital organs.
The ribs expand and contract to allow for breathing.
The vertebrae rotate, flex and extend to support motion.
You have 24 vertebrae and 12 ribs in your thorax.
Take a moment to appreciate and tune in to this wondrous area of the human body. You’ll feel more mobility, concentration and relaxation after listening to this audio.
Enjoy!
“There isn’t enough time for sleep”. I hear this. It’s a very real modern day barrier to getting enough sleep. It’s the number one barrier for exercise also.
There is so much to do. We are a busy species. Thankfully, research has examined this topic and can let us loose from this misconception. Sleep is worth our time.
