Sleep Strategies 09:34

Sleep can be programmed! Our daily behaviors and interaction with the environment greatly impact the quantity and quality of our sleep. As an AHHPS, we can infuse behaviors in a client’s program for those individuals who want to prioritize their sleep. Programming can focus on 

• Environment hacks are modifications we can make to the bedroom/home that eliminate sleep Disruptors or add Promoters
• Bedtime routines are sequences of behaviors that foster a change in physiology to help unwind the body and encourage restful sleep
• Wake up routines normalize circadian rhythms which helps regulate hormones that promote sleep