Building Better Habits: Improving Your Quality of Sleep

How well are you sleeping? Could your sleep habits use improvement?

Sleep is essential to literally every process in our bodies – physical, mental, emotional, mood, immune health, and metabolism.

In our fast-paced life, many do not prioritize sleep. As the saying goes, “I’ll sleep when I’m dead.” The question is, how well are your body and brain functioning if you are not getting the rest you need?

Culturally, we need to shift our mindset and build better sleep habits. Sleeping, stillness, and breathing all activate the parasympathetic nervous system, which is half of our nervous system. It is just as important as the sympathetic nervous system that keeps us moving. If we spend all of our time and energy on doing and never just being, that can lead to anxiety and depression, immune dysfunction, and all manner of disease.