Tips on how to sleep well from Victoria Boutenko:

There are many more factors than just food in helping one achieve optimal health. One of the most important factors is sleep.

Whoever created human beings was very smart and prophetic. He predicted that we humans will engage in different kinds of abuse and do harm to our health during our active part of the day. So the Creator magically cursed us with everyday sleep so that no matter what we do in the daytime, at night our sleep prevents us from continuing the insanity of the day. Every single person in the world must lie down and stay motionless for at least 8 hours everyday. We are unable to drink, smoke or overeat when we are asleep. No matter what damage we do to ourselves in the daytime, at night our bodies are healing themselves.

Our body is trying to reach homeostasis during the night hours in order to heal. However, we humans have succeeded in our destructive behavior during the day such that it even impairs our nighttime sleep. Very often we don’t realize how little things can harm our health. I would like to share several observations with you.

1. Sleep in the fresh air, where possible: When God created the earth, 55% of the air was composed of oxygen. We have cut down most of the forests and jungles, covered lots of soil with concrete. Now the amount of oxygen in the air is 12-19% depending on where you are. In our bedroom the oxygen content is only about 6%. Why does it seem to be too time consuming for us to open the window before going to bed? Remember, that 75% of our bodily metabolic waste is supposed to be eliminated through the lungs.

I personally and my entire family try to sleep outside 365 days a year. My husband has built a structure, a combination of a gazebo and shed that has big windows without glass and a huge open door and even an opening just beneath the roof. That is where my family sleeps when we are at home. Whenever it’s not raining, we don’t even sleep in this structure, but sleep outside on the lawn, in the backyard under the stars.

Oxygen is very important for healing. I believe if you have enough oxygen in all your organs you can never have cancer or other degenerative diseases. On the other hand, the lack of oxygen could be one cause of normal cells transforming into cancer cells. This easy action, to insure that you have fresh air 8 hours of the day, is so essential to you health! Keep in mind that air conditioners don’t completely clean the air. They mostly just cool it down.

2. Let your energy field restore: If you would go to an Advanced Kirlian Photography Station and took a picture of your entire body, you would see that your energy field expands several feet beyond your body in the shape of a gigantic egg. This energy field is your cradle of healing. At night any damage is repaired, but not if you have an alarm clock next to your head, or a computer running in your bedroom. All electrical devices have an electromagnetic field that also extends for several feet beyond their physical structures. Human energy vibrates at 8-12 hertz/second; electrical devices run somewhere between 200-400 hertz. When the two fields cross, the body simply cannot heal. I personally turn off all the electrical fixtures, if I have to sleep indoors. I’m also careful about microwaves or other strong devices running in an adjacent room because the plywood wall does not stop those harmful vibrations.

3. Sleep on a hard surface: Our body needs to stretch at night. All the bones and joints can only stretch out when we lay on a hard surface. The most important is the spine. During the day our spine is so improperly positioned (driving, sitting in front of the computer and watching TV) that some spinal joints don’t get adequate spinal fluid and blood enriched with oxygen. Kundalini is the life energy that can only flow freely when the spine is stretched. My entire family prefers to sleep on the floor in sleeping bags. You should see us sleeping on the floor around the king sized bed in hotels when we travel. Sometimes when we are forced by circumstances to sleep on soft beds, we wake up with headaches, feeling achy and not rested.

4. Don’t go to sleep on a full stomach: Our digestive organs have two main functions in the body- to digest food and eliminate toxins. They cannot do both simultaneously. Wouldn’t you like to eliminate as many toxins as you can during the night? Try to eat your last meal at least 2-3 hours before you go to bed and try to eat light food so that it is digested by the time you fall asleep.

5. Learn to sleep in the nude: Any clothing, no matter how loose, interferes with the circulation of blood while you sleep. Especially harmful are synthetic nightwear. Unfortunately, it’s hard to find natural pajamas for children. The synthetic fibers accumulate static electricity, which interferes with the bodily energy.

6. Sleep at night: No wonder the night-shifts in the US are called the “graveyard shifts.” It is very important to sleep at night (app. 10 pm – 6 or 7 am). Human body is attuned to the movement of the stars and the universe and different organs rest at different hours of the day, e.g. the adrenal glands rest best between 11 pm – 1 am. That is when we begin to feel so sleepy, that in order to stay awake we use coffee, loud music and bright light. If we try to stay up after 11 pm as a habit, our adrenals eventually wear down and as a result, we could feel sleepy and tired during the daytime. Over the years of habitual staying awake late, one might even develop insomnia and depression.

I understand that we all lead busy lives and these little things might seem unimportant to us. I recommend that you try, for yourself, and see how the quality of your sleep will improve from following these simple guidelines. I personally work very hard during the day and some days feel exhausted when I go to bed. Because I take care of my sleep I always wake up refreshed, full of energy and in a good mood.

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