50 Ways To Beat Insomnia

Written by Gail Miller


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28; Go back to a special time and place in your mind. Reliverepparttar sights, smells and feelings you felt atrepparttar 115861 time.

29; Avoid naps duringrepparttar 115862 daytime.

30; Take a warm soothing bubble bath, or use bath salts or aromatherapy oils inrepparttar 115863 water to help you relax before bed.

31; Try to keep your bedroom as dark as possible by hanging thick lined curtains if possible.

32; Imagine you are onrepparttar 115864 beach. Feelrepparttar 115865 hot sun on your body, smellrepparttar 115866 salt water and feelrepparttar 115867 warm, granular sand under your feet and between your toes.

33; Avoid illuminated bedside clocks. A lit clock face can be extremely disturbing if you have a hard time getting to sleep.

34; Practice slow, deep breathing for five minutes.

35; Sleep with your head facing north. Sounds bizarre? Try it and see if it makes a difference for you.

36; Imagine you are decorating your dream house. What colour scheme would you use? What style of furnishings and decoration would you prefer? See each colour and pattern in detail.

37; Keep your bed a place for sleep. Don’t read, watch television, work, or do crossword puzzles in bed. Let your body and mind associate bed with sleep.

38; Think of as many famous people as you can with double initials, for example; Anthony Andrews, Tina Turner, Bobby Brown.

39; If you really can’t sleep, get up. Don’t lie awake for more than thirty minutes. Read a book, have a drink, and when you feel tired again, go back to bed.

40; Lie on your back and try to relax. Wiggle your toes up and down, both feet atrepparttar 115868 same time, 20. This should relax your whole body.

41; Listen to soft and soothing music. Classical or folk music is particularly good for dropping off to.

42; Imagine it’s morning and time to get up. The alarm has already gone off, and you are in that sleepy period when you just want to drop back off to sleep for a few more minutes. It’s surprising how sleepy you will start to feel.

43; Think back on everything you did throughoutrepparttar 115869 day, from getting up, having breakfast, going to work, right through to getting ready for bed and lying where you are now.

44; Try to remember what you were doing this time last year.

45; An hour before you go to bed, light an oil burner with some lavender oil in.

46; Mentally visitrepparttar 115870 town you were born in. Think back to howrepparttar 115871 streets looked, and imagine where you used to play, orrepparttar 115872 places you used to visit.

47; Repeat to yourself ‘I am getting sleepy, I am growing tired, I am falling to sleep.’

48; If you are a fan of soap operas, replay some ofrepparttar 115873 scenes in your mind, with yourself as one ofrepparttar 115874 characters.

49; Stare with your eyes closed atrepparttar 115875 insides of your eyelids.

50; Build a two letter word intorepparttar 115876 biggest word you can make. For example; on, one, lone, alone.

Sweet Dreams!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Gail Miller is a UK artist and writer. View her vibrant, contemporary artwork at her website, Gails Art Gallery http://home.freeuk.net/gails-gallery ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


8 Steps to Get Your Fitness Resolution Back on Track

Written by Stephen Holt


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Your motivation could simply be pride in showingrepparttar self-discipline to accomplish your goal.

No one else has to know your true motives but you, so be brutally honest with yourself.

Sit down and write out exactly what you hope to gain.

Step 4. Write down exactly what differences you will see, hear, feel, taste and smell.

Once you've determined your true motives, you can go on to write exactly how your new fitness program will change your life. Use all five senses and imagine how your life would be different.

Step 5. Write down who's help you need in reaching your goal

Everyone needs help from someone else. You must enlistrepparttar 115860 help of your spouse, family, friends and co-workers.

Chances are, someone close to you will try to sabotage your progress - either consciously or subconsciously. Tell them up front that you need their help.

There will always be someone who, for whatever reason, does not want you to lose weight. Either persuade them to your side, or forget about them.

Step 6. Write down what specific steps you have to take.

Too many people go out on their own or listen torepparttar 115861 wrong sources. Find a credible source that you trust and followrepparttar 115862 advice of proven experts.

Step 7. Write down what you can do today and tomorrow to get started.

When asked how to get to Athens, Socrates advised, "Just make sure that every step you take is in that direction."

Once you set your goal, make sure that everything you do - no matter how seemingly insignificant - keeps you headed toward your goal and never away.

Find *something* that you can do TODAY to keep you onrepparttar 115863 right road. Make a plan for what you can do tomorrow to stay in that right direction.

Step 8. Follow your plan.

Whenever you don't feel like following your plan, re-read your answers to Steps 1-7. If necessary, re-write your answers.

Loss of motivation is simply forgetting what your original motives were.

Taking these eight steps will assure that you stay truly motivated and make steady progress toward your fitness goals.

Stephen Holt was named the Internet’s Expert of the Year by AllExperts.com. He is a current nominee for 2002 Personal Trainer of the Year with three different international fitness organizations. Act now and get his Fit for Function newsletter FREE at http://StephenHoltFitness.com/subscribe.htm .


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