sleep hygiene

Discover the principles of good sleep hygiene to improve sleep quality and learn about its profound impacts on physical and mental health.

watch

The 12:26 minute talk by Jim Donovan’s TedX presentation explores morning routines, sleep deprivation and its effects, and how music and rhythm can improve sleep. #watch #sleep #music #video

How to Trick Your Brain Into Falling Asleep | Jim Donovan | TEDxYoungstown
TedX Talks

The 14:05 minute video of two sleep experts explores common misconceptions surrounding sleep. #sleep #watch #video #sleepmyths

Sleep Experts Debunk 15 Sleep Myths
Insider Science

This 2:01 minute video of Dr. Matthew Walker offers some possible reasons behind dreaming and the importance of

The surprising health benefits of dreaming | Sleeping with Science
TED

This 5:44-minute animated video covers the importance of sleep regarding the integrity and health of our brain and memory. #video #watch #sleep #health

The benefits of a good night’s sleep – Shai Marcu
TED-Ed

This 3:40-minute video by Dr. Matthew Walker highlights the importance of sleep regarding our emotions and how we regulate and interact with emotional experiences. #sleep #emotions #video #watch

How sleep affects your emotions | Sleeping with science, a TED Series
TED

listen

A 36-minute podcast that explores and shares the strategies Diane Macedo employed to overcome insomnia. #podcast #listen #sleep #insomnia

140 – The Sleep Fix with ABC News Anchor and Former Insomniac Diane Macedo
The Verywell Mind Podcast

A 1:42 hour podcast that explores behavioural and supplement-based strategies for improving sleep quality, duration, and onset, as well as morning routines to best optimise physiology for sleep. #sleep #listen #podcast

Sleep Toolkit: Tools for Optimizing Sleep & Sleep/Wake Training | Huberman Lab Podcast #84
Dr. Andrew Huberman

A 2:23 hour-long ASMR storytelling video designed to help people fall asleep. The story covers the mythological beliefs and stories surrounding sleep as told by Australian Aboriginal history. #sleep #dream #mythology #listen

Australian Aboriginal Mythology – The Dreaming (ASMR Stories for Sleep)
The French Whisperer

An audiobook filled with a series of stories and guided meditations. #meditation #sleep #listen

Bedtime Stories for Stressed Adults: Sleep Meditation Stories to Melt Stress and Fall Asleep Fast Every Night
Mindfulness Habits Team

This is an audiobook written by a world-leading expert on sleep, Dr. Matthew Walker. He explores everything there is to know about sleep, its importance in our lives, what it looks like when we aren’t getting enough, and how to get more. #sleep #health #listen

Why We Sleep
Dr. Matthew Walker

interact

11:30 minute guided meditation for settling down and preparing for sleep. Scroll halfway down the page to find the guided audio. #meditation #sleep #interact

Meditation for Sleep
Headspace

A 3-hour guided sleep meditation prepares the body and brain for falling and staying asleep. #sleep #guidedsleep #interact

Guided Sleep Meditation, Sleep Talk Down to Fall Asleep Fast
Jason Stephens

A 10-minute follow-along yoga flow designed to begin winding down and calming the body and mind for sleep. #yoga #sleep #interact

10-minute Bedtime Stretching Exercises – Pre-sleep Flow (beginners)
YOGABODY

A 14-minute guided yoga routine for better sleep. It requires nothing except the floor or can be done in bed. #yoga #sleep #interact

Yoga for Bedtime for More Restful Sleep
Breathe and Flow

A 10:35-minute video covering several beneficial journaling prompts designed to prepare and declutter your mind to prepare for sleep. #sleep #journal #interact

The Best Nighttime Journal Prompts
I Love Journaling

This worksheet provides examples of ways to improve sleep hygiene and allows individuals to reflect on how to implement and benefit from them. #worksheet #interact #sleep

Sleep Hygiene Handout (worksheet)
Therapist Aid

read

A 4-minute read article with an infographic explores sleep hygiene's impacts and ways to practice improving sleep practices. #sleep #read #practices

What is Sleep Hygiene?
Verywell Mind

An infographic explores various strategies to improve onset, quality, and duration of restful sleep. #sleep #read #improvesleep

Getting a Good Night’s Sleep
Anxiety Canada

This 4-minute read article covers the importance of sleep and sleep hygiene practices. It defines sleep hygiene, identifies poor sleep hygiene, offers a guided meditation, and offers 11 tips for improving it. #sleep #practices #meditation #read

Sleep Hygiene Tips
Headspace

A sleep information sheet covering sleep hygiene and strategies to begin improving it. #sleep #read

Sleep Hygiene
Centre for Clinical Interventions

This is a collection of short write-ups on sleep disorders, sleep’s role in disease, how much sleep you need, and tips for improving sleep. #sleep #read

Basics about Sleep
CDC

This 3-minute read article offers reasons why sleep is critical during recovery, the dangers of not getting enough, and ways to improve sleep during recovery. #sleep #recovery #read

Importance of Sleep in Addiction Recovery
Northstar Transitions