Sleepless nights are challenging!

When we experience lack of good sleep it always affect our state, mood, ability to function and ….beauty.

A  massage can really save your night and support you.

It’s helpful to know that massage can help improve sleep, but it can be hard to put this into practice. Here are some ideas. At least one should work for you.

Get Some Massages

Get on the phone, or book online your massage time. However, note that it doesn’t say “Get a Massage.” That’s because most of the studies that have been done use more than one massage. While one would likely be beneficial, the truth is that your body has some long patterns of not sleeping well. It may take regular massages for quite a while to get you sleeping well again.

The massage at Pure Natural Salon is gentle and involves using techniques like long strokes, kneading, and circular motion to help your body relax.  I attune to your body and needs and my goal is for you to relax your mind and release tension in your body.

Self-Massage

If you can’t make it out to a massage therapist right now, there are some things you can do for yourself:

Foot reflexology. The bottom of the foot has up to 15,000 nerve endings, and massaging these has been shown to improve health all over the body. While different parts of the foot seem to be connected to particular parts of the body, massaging the bottom of the foot as a whole can also help with relaxation.

  • Start your foot massage by squeezing or pushing your foot in a way that feels good to you. You can even roll the bottom of your foot with a lacrosse ball or a golf ball if that feels good. Spend some extra time pushing on your foot right below the ball of your big toe. Push and hold this for 5-10 seconds at a time.
  • Spend some extra time rubbing the outside of your big toe, which can stimulate melatonin production. Rubbing the ridge of your toes can help relax your neck and shoulders and pressure on the ball of your foot can relax your breathing. Overall, spend 5-10 minutes massaging each foot before bedtime.

Head massage

‍It can be hard to massage certain parts of your own body, but you should be able to rub your head. Your head has some acupressure points that can be helpful for sleep.

  • Start by rubbing the middle of the top of your head. If you drew two lines up your skull from the top of both ears, this point is right where they would meet. Push straight down about 100 ties or rub around in 100 circles here.
  • Move to the points where your eyebrows end near your nose. Again, you can apply direct pressure here or move your fingers in tiny circular motions. Try to push at least 30 ties or make 30 circles.
  • Finally, rub along your eyebrows and just under your eyes. Use longer, sweeping motions here, rubbing the whole eyebrow in one movement. Try to do both eyes at the same time, at least 20 times.

More about beauty sleep HERE

Now that you know you are not lost and there are ways for you to improve sleep, you don’t want to wait on it for too long, get your beautiful sleep and your whole day will change!