Ease Allergy Ailments to Improve Sleep
Impact of Allergies & Implications of Sleep Disruption I see people undermine the impact of allergies on their system all the time, for example referring to them as annoying or inconvenient. Often, they don’t recognize that when sleep takes a hit because...
How to Find an Herbalism Pracitioner
In many of the blog posts I’ve written about self care, sleep, and herbalism support, I’ve referenced “a practitioner.” There are many ways practitioners enter into and practice herbalism and it can be confusing to figure out who to contact for guidance! As I teach...
Essential Oils & Hydrosols, 101
This post is extensive, and you may find these links useful to jump ahead to specific parts of this post. What is special about these aromatic remedies? What are essential oils and hydrosols? Preciousness of essential oils and hydrosols Why work with essential oils?...
Herbalism Support for Falling & Staying Asleep
Why think of herbalism for falling & staying asleep?* What happens regularly gets normalized. Many people normalize sleep deficiency, yet even minor sleep disturbance makes a big difference in quality of life. Sufficient sleep can make or break the energy you need...
Cuing for Sleep
In an earlier post, I wrote about putting yourself to sleep, where I described an ideal arc of an entire day that sets someone up for quality sleep. Now I want to zoom into the evening time for what I call cuing for sleep. Sticking with ideals here, let’s say you’ve...
Pleasure Goes With Sleep
Pleasure can be a form of nourishment, and your nourishment picture is related to how well you’re able to sleep. I hope by the time you finish reading this post you’ll consider pleasure as a crucial factor in your nightly restoration. The word, pleasure, often...
What’s so deep about sleep?
Many people don’t know just how much is both at stake and afforded from their quality and amount of sleep. When I learned about the intricacies of what that happens while we’re sleeping, I was fascinated and motivated to improve mine. And as my sleep and quality of...
Surrender & Sleep
Sleeping is partially about surrender. To let go and be in what’s naturally there can mean heavy limbs. It can mean being away from stimulation and into a sweet stillness. Sometimes it’s like floating. Sometimes it’s like flying. But there tends to be a...
Putting Yourself to Sleep, Instead of ‘Going to Sleep’
Sometimes we think about sleep as something we simply do. Go to bed. Go into the bedroom and poof! Sleep. Nope, not always. In supporting folks with their sleep woes, I have noticed a need for a paradigm shift in the way many people conceptualize this life-giving,...