Essential Oils to Relax for Restful Sleep for Adults Children Teens

Sleep

As an adult, you should be getting 7-8 hours of sleep per night. If pain, stress, illness, work or other issues are interfering with the amount of sleep you are getting, it can have many negative effects on your body and in your life. According to WebMD, these are some of the serious ways that lack of proper sleep affects you:

> It makes you accident-prone, not only while driving, but on the job as well
> If affects your brain power. Lack of sleep affects critical thinking and learning and impairs attention, alertness, concentration, reasoning, and problem solving.
> It can lead to serious health issues such as heart disease, heart attack, high blood pressure, stroke, diabetes.
> It kills your sex drive
> It can lead to depression
> It ages your skin.
> It affects your memory
> It can make you gain weight

There are numerous essential oils and blends to help you relax and get the sleep you need. Try some of these oils and techniques to calm you before bedtime:

*** Diffuser either the relaxation blend, the calming blend, or the stress control blend to calm and soothe your body and mind in your bedroom or put it into your bathwater right before bed.

***Add a few drops of True Lavender oil to a warm bath or rub onto your chest, neck pillows or bedding to promote relaxation before and during sleep.

*** Place 1-2 drops of Vetiver oil on your pillow before bed to help and promote more peaceful sleep.

*** Add a few drops of Sandalwood oil to hot bathtub

Practicing good sleep hygiene is also key to getting a consistent 7-8 hours of sleep per night:

1- Go to bed at the same time each night and rise at the same time each morning (setting or re-setting your internal clock)

2- Make sure your bedroom is quiet, dark and relaxing environment, which is neither too hot or too cold. (no ticking alarm clocks, no lights on, no electronic devices in a bedroom, including TV, just try it)

3- Make sure your bed is comfortable and use it only for sleeping and not for other activities such as reading (read in a relaxing chair before going to bed), watching TV (remove electronic devices from bedrooms, TV in another room), or listening to music (remove electronic devices),
REMOVE ALL TVs, COMPUTERS, AND OTHER ELECTRONIC GADGETS FROM THE BEDROOM

4- Avoid large meals before bedtime. (Eating early so your body can digest, rather than eating late with heavy meal. A light snack if needed, like hot cocoa, hot cider, hot tea (no caffeine, NO coffee, no alcohol).

Children and Sleep

Children need even more sleep than adults. If children don't get the sleep they need, they will become grumpy, inattentive and not be able to perform as well in school. You can help your children by teaching them sleep hygiene habits and using essential oils to help calm them and ready them for a good night's sleep.

Set bedtime to go to sleep & to wake up. Help them set their internal clocks. A routine before bed, brush teeth, warm bath, bedtime story.

Turn TV off 1/2 hr before bed, routine & story time to prepare minds for sleep.

NEWBORNS 16-18 hours a day
PreSchool aged children 11-12 hours a day
School aged children At least 10 hours a day
Teens 9-10 hours a day

If you and your child's sleep is disturbed by painful or troubling issues, consult the physician.
The same oils used for adult sleep can aide in calming children from babies to teens to relax for sleeping also.

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