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How Ayurveda Cures All Sleep Disorders

20 February 2020
Author's Name: Uma Jha
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Sleep is More Than Just About “feeling good”

According to the ancient text of Ayurveda, the Charaka Samhita, when the mind withdraws from its activities, then you’re able to sleep. Proper sleep causes happiness, nourishment, strength, potency, knowledge and life. Improper sleep brings misery, emaciation, weakness, sterility, ignorance, and death. Good sleep happens when you eat right, blood circulation with a good massage, destressing with a good hot cup of herbal tea, sleep hygiene through activity that calm the mind and body at night. Ayurveda distinguishes three types of sleep problems and immediate steps to bring relief.

When Your Mind Cannot Shut Down

The first type of sleep problem is when your mind cannot shut down and you have difficulty in falling asleep. You generally feel anxious and worried as you think over the day’s activities. This problem is related to a Vata imbalance. Vata governs all movement in the mind and body. It controls blood flow, elimination of wastes, breathing, and the movement of thoughts across the mind. Since Pitta and Kapha cannot move without it, Vata is considered to be the leader of the three Ayurvedic Principles in the body. It's very important to keep Vata in good balance. Try to turn in early at night by 10:00 p.m. and get up by 6:00 a.m. regularly. Avoid any mental work in the evening. Have a warm, unctuous, Vata-pacifying meal like sweet fruits, avoid eating dried fruits, eat cooked vegetables, and avoid frozen, dried or raw vegetables. Have a warm bath after a warm-oil massage with Moisturizing Herbal Massage Oil which calms the mind and body and improves circulation. Avoid watching action movies in the evening for sleep hygiene. Take the herbal preparation Blissful Sleep which contains Ashwagandha, for boosting resistance to stress, along with a cup of Slumber Time Tea, which relaxes the mind for a better quality of sleep, by helping to disengage the mind from the senses to fall asleep easily and wake up refreshed and alert.

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When You Keep Waking Up At Night

The second type of sleep problem is when you get to sleep but wake continually during the night, particularly between 2:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m.feeling hyper and fearful, angry and other emotions. Or, you may wake feeling full of energy and unable to even stay in bed. This problem is mainly associated with Pitta, which governs all heat, metabolism and transformation in the mind and body. It controls how we digest foods, how we metabolize our sensory perceptions, and how we discriminate between right and wrong. Pitta governs the important digestive "agnis" or fires of the body. Eat a Pitta-pacifying meal in the evening in good quantity and good quality of food like sweet fruits not sour fruits, sweet and bitter vegetables, not pungent vegetables. Take Deep Rest herbal preparation with one cup of warm milk and Organic Rose Petal Spread before bed which has a Divine aroma and delicious taste. Made with fragrant organic rose petals and organic sugarcane, Organic Rose Petal Spread has a cooling and soothing effect on the body, mind and emotions. Massage head and feet with coconut oil. Avoid action and violent movies or computer games in the evening to maintain sleep hygiene.

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When You Always Feel Unslept

The third type of sleep problem is when you sleep for eight hours or more but don't feel refreshed on waking and find it difficult to get out of bed until late. Often, in the morning it's difficult to arise. This is mainly a Kapha imbalance. Kapha is corrected weight, increased energy and decreased congestion. Kapha governs all structure and lubrication in the mind and body. It controls weight, growth, lubrication for the joints and lungs, and formation of all the seven tissues — nutritive fluids, blood, fat, muscles, bones, marrow and reproductive tissues.

Get up before 6:00 a.m. and do some vigorous exercise. Avoid heavy meals at night. Eat lighter and favor nourishing soups. Sip Organic Kapha Tea or Be Trim Tea during the day, the 100% organic ingredients stimulate you and add zest to your life. The perfect answer when you’re feeling sluggish or heavy is spicy tea. Avoid being a couch potato, and enjoy good activity during the day.

How to Fight Sleeplessness

So you see, how you can get good sleep when your mind and body are feeling well. You don’t have to accept sleep disorder as a part of life. You can get up and actually do something about curing it forever. Ayurveda shows you ways to adopt a lifestyle which will give you good sleep and keep you in good health always.