Benefits of healthy sleep

"We are not healthy unless our sleep is healthy unless we become thoroughly aware of both its peril and its promise."

What is healthy sleep?
We know that sleep is very important for our physical and mental health .But how can we say whether our sleep is truly well or not.Especially if we are working in shifts.Everyone has its own sleeping pattern so its very difficult to say that our sleep is healthy or not.Here we are mentioning some signs of healthy sleep:

• You wake up feeling refreshed.
• You fall in sleep with in 15-20 minutes.
• Your sleep is continuous.
• You feel energetic throughout your waking hours.
• You regularly sleep 7-9 hours in a 24 hours period.

Benefits of healthy sleep
A very famous proverb "Early to bed, early to rise, make a man healthy ,wealthy and wise" is actually says about the benefits of healthy sleep.Here I'm showing some benefits of healthy sleep.

• Lower stress
• Improves memory
• Improves concentration.
• Improves creativity
• Better health
• Less pain
• Lower risk of injury
• Better mood
• Stronger immunity
• Clearer thinking
• Look attractive
• Live longer
• Take better decisions

How to sleep better? 
We know that healthy sleep is very important for us.Healthy sleep can make our quality of life better.Try to keep the following sleep practices on a regular basis.

• Keep a consistent sleep schedule.Even on weekends and holidays.
• Do not go to the bed unless you are sleepy.
• Do not take the heavy meal in the night.
• If you do not get a sleep after 20 minutes ,get out of the bed.
• Exercise daily.
• Practice the relaxing bed time rituals.
• If you are facing problems in sleeping avoid day time naps.
• Avoid coffee and tea before going to bed.
• Avoid alcohol before going to sleep.
• Take a walk before going to sleep.
• Relax your mind or do some meditation before going to sleep.
• Sleep on a comfortable mattress and pillow.
• Make your bedroom quiet and relaxing.
• Exposure of light in evening should be less.