Help calming down nerves and going to bed?
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Breathe.
Deeply and through the nose. Relax all muscles in your body and do it as if you were going through a check list. Legs? Arns? Back? Butt? Face? The whole package.
Listen to the sound of your breath as you would the waves hitting a beach.
The step people miss when relaxing is that the breath feeds the fuel that feeds the mind. In yoga it's called prana. Imangine you are controlling the flow of gas to a gas engine.
Control the gas (the prana) by controlling your breathing. This is how you control your mind.
Left to its own devices; the mind can spin out of control and drive you batty. Take control of the situation.
Breathe!
have a hot bath a cup of chamomile tea it work's wonder's for me.
Sometimes readin helps me to drift off into a different place and not worry about what i am stressed about. if you're not into reading watch a show or movie you can get into and leave it all behind. Meditation can also help to calm you down, and if you're religious prayer can be good too. A warm bath always helps me unwind, and if none of that works talk to someone you trust about wahts stressing you out and maybe they can help you to calm down enough to sleep.
meditate. go to holisticonline.com for more info
Eventually you will find what works for you. Sometimes I go on the couch and read until I am too tired and keep the television on until I fall asleep. Other times I put on my headphones and listen to something soothing. And other times I may pray.
And other times I force myself to think about something else. Some are pretty screwy like I am a major league baseball player, another is that I am getting dressed for the coldest weather possible, and sometimes I try to think of as many episodes possible of my favorite shows (the latter sometimes backfires if I get frustrated).
I usually go to bed at midnight. I am a professor and last semester made a rule that I would not check e-mails after 9:00 at night. Because on occasion you get an e-mail from a student or boss that gets you fired up and then I would be fuming about my reply and couldn't sleep. I held myself to the 9:00 rule and it helped tremendously. Think of what is causing you stress (job, family, relationship) and maybe think of a rule that is similar.
I hope you find something that works for you and am confident you will!
The breathing is good what someone said, also calm music, or a relaxation cd, waves, rain, night noises....etc...
Good luck...Dianne
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