Sleep; well, we do it every day regardless of any condition that we are facing in day-to-day life. One can say, if I can manage, I would not have sleep because I am in a state of busy-ness. By the way actually its my body and importantly my brain need it the most.




Let me say something about sleep. Our body works like a machine. It has so many different parts (organs), which perform well in their areas. To perform well, there is an involvement of energy that is fulfilled by our intake process like food, juice, etc. Similarly, there are processes like physical and mental in our body system, which require recovery of state to perform every day. Here is a key of sleep. When body gets exhausted, it sends a message of sleep to brain.
There should be routine, rhythm, and schedule for duration and depth of sleep to have a better sleep. So, there should be a “process of preparation” and a “goal of practice” for sleeping well, and we become healthy, wealthy, and wise.

PROCESS OF PREPARATION



Take a light warm shower, it makes you feel light weight. Have light meal so that metabolic process enhances the efficiency of immune system and healing system that recovers you both physically and mentally. Let the window and ventilation to be wide open so that fresh air enters in bed room. Change the bed sheet and pillow cover so that your willingness of looking fresh preserved. Make sure light of the room should be dim so that eyes do not need work more and soft music if you want so that your ears also take some rest. Sit for a while on the bed and feel relax using some meditation or breathing
exercise. Here is fulfillment of a message and your brain knows that its time to sleep.

GOAL OF PRACTICE

@   Make a routine for sleeping time such as exact time of getting asleep and waking and duration. It sends a message to brain that what is going on or you can say its time to
sleep.
@   Take a light warm shower.
@   Take a glass of slight warm milk before bed. It contains amino acid, which helps nerves to calm down.
@   Add fresh curd in your usual diet because it prevents stomach from burning or irritation.
@   Salad especially onion makes great effort.
@   Wear loose clothes and read something of your choice. It builds your concentration to coordinate with brain.
@   Refrain from any type of narcotics or drugs.
@   Use fruits and vegetables in your regular diet.
@   Water intake should be appropriate because urine breaks continuity.
@   Take deep breathe 3 to 4 times before going to bed.
@   Do daily exercise at least 20 minutes. This improves the deepness and duration of sleep.
@   There should be pink colored wall in the bedroom.
@   There should be proper ventilation along with big window so that fresh air can come across fairly easily.
@   Bedroom should be without TV or Computer.
@   Listen soft music if you want or magazine of your choice.
@   Be tensionless so that your brain can relax.
Have a nice good night sleep.
--Ranjan Jha--