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We are just no good without a goodnight sleep! 5 simple things to do to get your sleep.
Published March 19, 2012 | 
Let’s face it, we are just not our best if we don’t get a good night of sleep.
Sleep is essential to our bodies and brains healing and recharging.
If you have not been sleeping well lately I encourage you to do these five things:
1. Keep a journal and note how you are sleeping each night and what you did during the day (what you ate, your exercise, job or family events, etc.)
Patterns may present themselves and you can get to the root of why you are not sleeping well.
2. Clean up your diet and drink lot’s of water (just don’t drink too close to bedtime).
3. Take a walk daily (or a swim, bike ride, yoga class). Get moving! It is even extra great if you can spend time moving outside!
4. Get some fresh air.
5. Do something “just for fun” each day.
See if these five simple steps help you to sleep better.
Without enough sleep, we all become tall two-year-olds. ~JoJo Jensen, Dirt Farmer Wisdom, 2002
Goodnight and sweet dreams!
Debra
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Put nutmeg in your cup of warm milk for a good night of sleep
Published February 18, 2012 | 
We are already aware of the calming benefits of drinking a cup of warm milk at bedtime. Now add a dash of nutmeg to your favorite sleepy time drink!
Nutmeg has a compound called myristicin in it that will provide our brains with the relaxing hormone, serotonin.
At Christmas time, it is worth a try to put a bit of nutmeg on our favorite eggnog drink too!
Sleep well!
Debra
Source: Woman’s World February 27, 2012 Page 3
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You are safe and loved.
Published January 9, 2012 | 
What made you feel safe and loved as a young child at bedtime?
Was it your soft fuzzy “blankie”?
Perhaps your mom or dad reading you a bedtime story, saying your prayers with you, and tucking you in?
As you get ready to go to bed tonight, I invite you to think back to a time when you felt safe and loved. If you were afraid, loving arms were there to hold you. When you were cold, blankets and a teddy bear or raggedy ann doll were there to cuddle.
You are still that child deep inside. You are still safe and loved.
Goodnight.
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Evening, keep me safe: a bedtime verse
Published January 2, 2012 | 
Evening calm
Evening balm
My heart is light and happy as my eyes get heavy with
the idea that perhaps now is a good time to drift off
and sleep.
Evening calm
Evening balm
Quiet and soothing…
I appreciate your dark beauty that will guard
me as I sleep.
Look over me, evening, and
keep me safe.
For the next eight hours,
I am yours.
Good night.
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Leave a commentSleep into your safe harbor now….a bedtime verse
Published September 23, 2011 | 
A simple formula for getting a good night sleep tonight?
Go to sleep, knowing you gave the day what you had to give.
It is over now. Time to rest.
Sink into blessed sleep…
May peace envelop, caress, and cradle you
in its safe harbor and deliver you
to dawn renewed and radiant.
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Posted in Bedtime/night verses, Getting a good night sleep | bedtime poetry, night verse, safe, sleep | Leave a commentSleepy time prayer
Published September 21, 2011 | 
Sleep is approaching me
or I am approaching sleep
A time to rest is near
and I am ready to let go.
Thank you, God for this day.
This has been a day of goodbyes and nice to meet yous;
A day of endings and beginnings.
Thank you for the day and I welcome a respite from it all:
sleep you may take me now for a bit
I need to rest and renew…
In the morning I will be ready
to begin a new chapter in
my life.
Good night
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Peacefully asleep but still awake in my dreams: a bedtime verse
Published June 28, 2011 | 
To sleep is all well and good
it is perfectly wonderful, in fact.
To sleep and slumber, not
a care left in the world-
For the day is finished
All that is left is the peace
of sleep.
Sleep,
drifting losing consciousness but
still awake in my dreams.
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Posted in Bedtime/night verses, creative writing, poetry | bedtime verse, dreams, poetry, sleep | Leave a commentSoft Sleep: a bedtime verse
Published June 23, 2011 | 
Soft sleep gently coming to take me into calm dreamy space.
I welcome the rest, the peace that comes
when all is still
all is quiet
and well,
just as it should be.
A safe cocoon I’m in
safe and secure
warm and cozy
and loved.
There are no worries
or concerns.
No tasks or trouble
of any kind.
Only sleep. Drifting floating peace.
Quiet being.
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The Evening Cocoon: a bedtime verse
Published May 24, 2011 | 
Heavy are my eyelids
Fatigued is my body
I am tired but in a good way.
I worked hard and gave the day
my all.
Now the evening has come
to sweep and nestle me away from
the travails of the day
and cocoon me into
a quiet,
soft,
dark,
and peaceful
space
where dreams float in and
cares sail out-
and body and mind recharge
effortlessly.
When the morning comes, I
know I will awaken
with fresh eyes and
a rested body-
Ready to give the world my best
once again.
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Sip on cherry juice to sleep better
Published May 18, 2011 | 
Cherry juice is rich in sleep inducing melatonin and anti-inflammatory properties. Drinking 4oz twice daily is recommended .
Source: First for Women Magazine June 6, 2011
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