Preventing Night-Time Anxiety

So if you are tossing and turning trying to get to sleep, and suffering from worrying thoughts, try some of these Maharishi Ayurveda guidelines:

1. Eat Vata balancing foods

Reduce light, dry foods in your diet and favour warm, cooked, more substantial foods, with the main meal at lunchtime.

 

2. Eat your evening meal early

Allow three hours of digestion before bedtime. Ideally take a light meal before 6-7 pm.

 

3. Avoid chocolate, caffeine and alcohol at night

These can affect sleep, as can cheese and heavy foods that take a long time to digest.

 

4. Turn off the TV and computer after 8.30

This allows the mind to start to take rest.

 

5. Listen to soothing Gandharva Veda music

Choose Gandharva Veda melodies suitable for the evening time of day (6 pm – 10 pm), or read an uplifting book.

 

6. Take a short evening stroll

And breathe deeply to really fill and empty the lungs.

 

7. Use Peace at Night Therapeutic Aroma

to help create a calming environment for sleep.

 

8. Go to bed early, well before 10.00pm

If you go to bed during the Kapha time (6 pm – 10 pm) you may find it easier to fall asleep.

9. Train yourself to wake up early, before 6.00 am

then you’ll feel fresh and active during the day and you’ll gradually fall asleep earlier at night.

 

10. Give yourself an abhyanga (oil massage) each morning,

followed by a warm bath to relieve tensions in the mind and body.

 

11. Give yourself a mini-massage,

just the head and feet, before bed. Then take a hot bath and you’ll be ready to drift into sleep. 

 

12. Exercise every day to reduce stress, but not at night;

Exercise between 6.00 am and 10.00 am is best. Exercise at night can be too stimulating before bed.

 

13. Take Blissful Sleep herbal formulas to settle your mind for sleep:

Take Blissful Sleep Basic (MA1778) and also Blissful Sleep Vata (MA1683) to help you settle at bedtime, Blissful Sleep Pitta (MA1684) to help uninterrupted sleep, and Blissful Sleep Kapha (MA1682) to help you feel refreshed in the morning.

 

14. Lower stress levels with Peace of Mind herbal formula

Researchers have found that levels of the hormone cortisol climb when people are under stress. Researchers also found that subjects who took Peace of Mind (1401) for three months significantly lowered their salivary cortisol levels.

 

15. Practise Transcendental Meditation,

the most effective and best-researched technique for reducing stress.

Further information

For further information about the products mentioned above and on how to order them see How to Order or call 01695 51015 and for information about the Maharishi Ayurveda Health Centre see www.MaharishiAyurveda.co.uk or call 01695 51008.

DISCLAIMER: The information in this document is presented for the sole purpose of imparting education on Maharishi Ayurveda and neither the information nor the products are intended to diagnose, treat, mitigate, cure or prevent any disease. If you have a medical condition, or are pregnant or lactating, please consult a health professional and it is recommended that you speak with your physician before making significant changes to your diet or routine.