Stress and sleep do not make a good combination.  If you are feeling anxious, stressed out or nervous, sleep will come less easily and may not be deep or restorative.  Negative, dark thoughts can cause violent dreams that disrupts sleep.  It is difficult to dismiss your thoughts.  Works problems, financial worries, relationship and family difficulties do not just disappear overnight.  However, avoid making things worse by watching disturbing images late in the evening and try not to thinks over or make decisions early in the evening.

Ban the TV set from the bedroom.  If you really want to watch something potentially disturbing, do so in the living room.  Sleeping in a different room will create a distance between the images you have seen and your night's sleep.  This separation of lcoations is important.  Try to create a positive atmosphere in the evenings before heading off to bed.

If violent images linger in your head as you are about to sleep, try a few simple relaxation techniques before actually going to bed.  Lie down, close your eyes, breathe deeply and slowly, and imagining that you are gradually dispelling all the disturbing images through your nostrils as you exhale.

Of all the things that nourish us as humans, oxy gen is the most vital.  WE can last a few weeks without eating, several days without drinking water but only a few minutes without breathing.  Each one of our millions of cells needs a constant supply of oxygen in order to function properly and execute the countless biochemical operations vital for our survival.  The air we breathe supplies us with this precious element.  Breathing regulates our nervous system and relaxes our minds – two key factors involved in the quality and wuantity of sleep we enjoy.  This air should be of the best quality possible.

Rooms that are not properly aired can become stale.  The level of oxygen diminishes whilst that of carbon gases increases.  The temperature also plays an important role.  If the room is too warm, we wake up and experience difficulty in getting bacl to sleep.  If it is too cold, the most regenerative phase of sleep, the REM phase, can be disrupted.  The ideal temperature for healthy and natural sleep is around 17 to 18 degree celsius.  Make sure that your air your bedrooms properly.  Open the windoes as wide as possible in the morning and leave them open for at least tem minutes, the amount of time required to revew the ar in an average sized bedroom.  Repeat this operation in the eveening, around half an hour before you retire.