Who doesn't look forward to a night of restful sleep after having worked hard throughout the day? Sleep can and does play a crucial role in maintaining and improving our physical, mental, and emotional health. How well you sleep at night could well determine your productivity for the next day. Sound sleep promotes the healthy functioning of the brain and all your other internal organs. And, thus when the body and mind are in a healthy state it is only then that you can enhance your creativity, productivity, and upgrade your skills.
Yoga can be a very useful practice to include in your daily lifestyle. Yoga is a holistic approach to gaining a healthy, body, mind, and spirit. Yoga helps with the upkeep of your physical and mental states of being. Along with yoga, you can also include a few tips that can improve your sleep cycles. It is advisable to have an early supper and give at least 2 to 3 hours of gap between your last meal for the day and sleeping at night. This will ensure that your body gets the rest that it deserves instead of continuing to work on digestive functions. Yoga brings harmony between the mind, and body which also encourages you to opt for a more positive and healthy lifestyle.
Himalayan Siddha, Grand Master Akshar shares a couple of yoga poses that assist you to fall asleep. To improve your sleep quality, you can hold each pose of these postures for 30 seconds to 1 minute or even longer.