Summer makes me sleepy; especially after a hearty lunch. Today happens to be Sunday and just before dropping off to a weekly afternoon siesta I thought I’d share some tips on how to make your bedroom a drop-dead-snooze-zone. There are many little details that can change the destiny of your afternoon rest from an ordinary shut-eye session to deep restful slumber. So just look around your bedroom and check its SQ or Sleepiness Quotient and see how it scores.
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Bright colours stimulate your senses. So your reds, yellows and oranges best be kept outside your bedroom as they can bring in too much energy into your room and interfere with the restful lull that you want to create in the room. Wall paper in pale shades and delicate patters work very well in bedrooms and lend it that personal touch so important in creating a personal space. Use shades of blue, lilac and pink for your bedroom.
Window Dressing
During the winter it is not unusual for even the most conservative of us to dabble in the reds and purples; but come summer and those very shades begin to make you restless. To bring in a fresh lease of life and a breezy feeling and yet, keep the harsh sunlight away, do up your windows in florals and mix them with translucent screens. If you want to keep the curtains in pale shades, just get them lined with dark material to keep the light away. But if your curtains can’t stop the sun at all, then try the time-tested get bamboo screens – they will never go out of fashion.
During the winter it is not unusual for even the most conservative of us to dabble in the reds and purples; but come summer and those very shades begin to make you restless. To bring in a fresh lease of life and a breezy feeling and yet, keep the harsh sunlight away, do up your windows in florals and mix them with translucent screens. If you want to keep the curtains in pale shades, just get them lined with dark material to keep the light away. But if your curtains can’t stop the sun at all, then try the time-tested get bamboo screens – they will never go out of fashion.
Gadgets Gadgets
Everybody knows about it, magazines write about it and being an ardent Fengshui practitioner, I've a special explanation for it, but whatever may be the explanation: gadgets do interfere with your sleep. In Fengshui terms they bring in 'Yang' energy into your bedroom which is supposed to evoke 'Yin' energy. So leave your laptops, I pads, chargers, cable, cell phones in the study or in the hall. Don’t get them in. If watching TV from the bed is a habit acquired over time at least draw a cloth cover over it before hitting the pillow.
Everybody knows about it, magazines write about it and being an ardent Fengshui practitioner, I've a special explanation for it, but whatever may be the explanation: gadgets do interfere with your sleep. In Fengshui terms they bring in 'Yang' energy into your bedroom which is supposed to evoke 'Yin' energy. So leave your laptops, I pads, chargers, cable, cell phones in the study or in the hall. Don’t get them in. If watching TV from the bed is a habit acquired over time at least draw a cloth cover over it before hitting the pillow.
Lull A By
What you can get in really is a decent music player with soft numbers, and if insomnia is a problem and your head is all up in knots, try natural sounds of springs, waterfalls and rain.
What you can get in really is a decent music player with soft numbers, and if insomnia is a problem and your head is all up in knots, try natural sounds of springs, waterfalls and rain.
White Noise Here’s a trick that works like a dream and I use it to soothe my toddler quite often. Try and download a few hours of white noise: vacuum cleaner sounds, fans or any noise that can completely blur your mind into slumber.
Cotton Country
The thicker the weave of your cotton linen bed cover, the kinder they are to your skin. So invest in good quality linen, they are worth every dime you spend on them.
The thicker the weave of your cotton linen bed cover, the kinder they are to your skin. So invest in good quality linen, they are worth every dime you spend on them.
PJs
People generally have their favourite pair of shorts, pajamas, t shirts that they swear by to get into the mood for some rest. But here again, wear clothes made of natural fibre, which fit loosely and let you stretch your limbs as you sleep. They should cover you enough to neither make you feel hot or cold . In an air-conditioned room, try to cover up and sleep to avoid dry skin and not to make you feel too cold.
Hot/ColdToo much air cooling does create dryness, so try and use a humidifier once in a while. Do not set the temperature too low. Just make it cool enough to induce sleep.
People generally have their favourite pair of shorts, pajamas, t shirts that they swear by to get into the mood for some rest. But here again, wear clothes made of natural fibre, which fit loosely and let you stretch your limbs as you sleep. They should cover you enough to neither make you feel hot or cold . In an air-conditioned room, try to cover up and sleep to avoid dry skin and not to make you feel too cold.
Hot/ColdToo much air cooling does create dryness, so try and use a humidifier once in a while. Do not set the temperature too low. Just make it cool enough to induce sleep.
Magic!Even if all the settings don’t help…there are some more tips: certain crystals like the grounding stone called black tourmaline and amethyst induce sleep if kept close to your bed or under a pillow. Aromas like Clary Sage help in the same way.
I hope this inspires you to cut out the distractions and catch up on your sleep. And now please allow me to...zzzzzzzzzz...
Sharmila Bhowmick
Sharmila Bhowmick
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