Sleep · Brain health technique
Create a relaxing sleep environment
Evidence grade: Essential
Create a calm, cozy environment in your room to promote relaxation and improve sleep latency.
- Practice
- Sleep
- Principle
- Restoration
- Tactic
- Calm And Comfortable Environment
- Health domains
- hormonal
- Evidence grade
- Essential
- Strength of evidence
- High
- Effort
- Low
- Time commitment
- Low
How to practice Create a relaxing sleep environment
Create a calm, cozy environment in your room. Make your bedroom a place for sleep and intimacy only (e.g., doing work and watching TV elsewhere). Make your bed as comfortable as possible (be sure to get quality linens and pillows that suit your typical sleeping position, consider using a gravity blanket).
The evidence behind Create a relaxing sleep environment
Making your bedroom a place for sleep and intimacy only creates a psychological association that promotes relaxation and sleep. A soothing ambiance and comfortable bedding signals your brain to get ready for sleep, while reducing stress.
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