Your body may be physically at rest during your sleeping hours, but internally there’s a night shift working hard to support your overall health.

Sleep supports your body 24 hours a day! During the awake hours, sleep is helping with your mood, appetite, physical activity, and social skills. While you’re sleeping, it’s helping your metabolism, brain function, circulatory system, and immune system.

Both sleep hygiene and sleep quality are critical to supporting your body and your overall health. Your sleep hygiene are the tools and behaviors helping to set the stage for the quality and quantity of sleep, which influence your overall health and wellbeing. Poor sleeping habits increase your risk for chronic health problems, such as: diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, obesity, and depression.

START SMALL: Build your personal sleep hygiene. Set a consistent bedtime and wake time – be intentional about sticking to this routine. Create a restful, dark room setting, comfortable room temperature (cool is best), avoid caffeine or alcohol after dinner, and turn off all electronics one hour before bedtime. Find a sound level that supports your sleep quality: quiet or background noise.

FINISH REMARKABLE: Create bedtime rituals to help improve your sleep quality. Practice meditation, breath work, journaling, or yoga. Many apps offer these practices, and sleep trackers, too. Perhaps try a sleep tracker, which can help you make adjustments so that you can get better quality sleep.

How can we help? Basecamp offers resources to support your wellness around this topic!
Here’s what’s available…

• Join our Meditation for Relaxation and Yoga Nidra (yoga of sleep) classes to unwind throughout the week.

• Ask the RD: Learn about the importance of sleep for your overall wellbeing and how to improve your sleep environment.