With life’s hectic and often incredibly stressful responsibilities and obligations, it is no wonder that more and more people, both across this country and overseas, are suffering from a much lower quality of sleep, both in terms of depth and duration.

So, with this in mind, continue reading to learn how to improve your sleep in the long term.

Improve Your Daily Routine

If you work in a more conventional nine-to-five job, you will already have a set routine when it comes to getting ready in the morning and setting off to work. 

Whether you work from home and have a somewhat more relaxed daily schedule or not, it is vitally important to endeavour to not only go upstairs to bed earlier than you are doing but also to always prepare for bed properly, taking your time at each stage. 

A Relaxing Bubble Bath

Although it can often seem short-sighted on the behalf of others when they suggest taking a hot bath to calm feelings of stress and anxiety, it certainly cannot hinder your emotional well-being, and when it comes to wanting to sleep for longer at night, a bath can make a difference. 

There are numerous benefits to indulging in a hot bubble bath, including:

• Improved blood circulation and stronger heart health
• Boosted immune system
• Skin nourishment and hydration
• A way to calm and soothe painful or sore muscles

Consider Food Supplements

You will undoubtedly already be aware that, however much you enjoy one, a cup of coffee or iced latte in the evening contains far too much caffeine much too late in the day to not affect how well you sleep.

However, there are also some changes regarding your diet and meal planning, especially for your evening meal including the following suggestions:

• Calcium tablets can improve bone density and strength
• Innovative cbd oils uk which can potentially help with pain
• Vitamin C can help with wound healing
• Chondroitin which is taken for people with painful joints

Stop Looking at Your Phone in Bed

Not only will the blue light rays which constantly emanate from your smartphone, laptop, and tablet mean that your eyes are being exposed to unnatural levels of artificial light, but using electronics can have a hugely detrimental effect on your sleep. 

In addition, when you automatically reach for your phone to scroll through social media and browse the internet, you are stimulating your emotional senses by resolving to keep in contact with people you feel you should and therefore go to sleep with even more tasks on your ‘to-do list’. 

Learn Beginner’s Meditative Techniques

For people who have never tried, or even looked into trying, meditation in the past, it is often thought to be the remit of ‘hippies’, or else people who are overtly in touch with their spirituality.

In reality, however, even beginner’s meditation is far more scientific in practice than you may think and even engaging in some deep-breathing exercises can calm your mind and rid your brain of intrusive and obsessive thoughts as you close your eyes to sleep.