Ask people if they would like more sleep and most of them will say yes!

• Is stress causing you to lie awake, anxious, at night?
• Do you have difficulty falling asleep?
• Are you feeling exhausted and irritable?
• Do you suffer from sleepiness and poor concentration?

You’re not alone! Figures from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) reveal that more than 440,000 of us believe that we are suffering from such a high level of work-related stress that it affects our sleep and is making us ill. Their survey also found that women have ‘statistically higher’ rates of stress than men. The Teacher Support Network found that 82% of teaching professionals have problems sleeping, over 60% stating that stress in the workplace is the cause.

Sleep is vital for our health. Our physical and mental wellbeing hinge on the amount of sleep we get and yet more people are suffering from sleep problems than ever before. Our daily lives are so often spent frantically rushing around juggling so many different elements! Our time for relaxation is cut to a minimum with the demands of our 24 hour a day culture; work, family, home, (more work!), friends (sometimes!) and  … generally trying to squeeze everything in!

When it is time to sleep, it can be hard to leave the hurry and worry of our daily life behind, making it difficult to fall asleep. For some, falling asleep is not the problem. That’s the easy part! It is waking in the early hours, unable to fall back to sleep that causes problems.

So, if lack of sleep is your problem, what can you do to sink into a calm and soothing sleep which will nourish your mind and rest your body every night? How can you get back into your own natural rhythms of sleep and wakefulness?

Firstly, remember that the less you worry about it, the more likely you are to have a good sleep – easier said than done of course!

What CAN you do to calm your mind? Expert opinion differs on whether or not to stay in bed or get up for a while before trying to fall back to sleep. If you stay in bed it is difficult to stop the whirring of thoughts going around and around. If you get up, you are more awake and stimulated! One effective and proven method is to listen to an audio programme to gently guide you back to sleep. This offers something soothing rather than stimulating and replaces persistent anxious thoughts with calm, relaxing mindfulness.

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