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Baraka_Guru · 07-14-2010, 08:02 PM

Get more magnesium in your diet. Most North Americans are deficient, and it's a nutrient that helps relax you. Calcium plays a synergistic role with magnesium, but most North Americans consume more than enough of it, and more in a supplemental form might put you out of balance with magnesium.

Avoid caffeine after 4 p.m.

If you're open to herbal aids, try passionflower, whether as a tea or as a capsule. Other options include, chamomile and "sleepytime blends."

Try deep-breathing exercises before bed.

Turn off the electronics. Don't use computers or televisions an hour before you go to bed. Try reading or listening to music (the relaxing kind).

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Baraka_Guru warrior bodhisattva Super Moderator Location: East-central Canada	Get more magnesium in your diet. Most North Americans are deficient, and it's a nutrient that helps relax you. Calcium plays a synergistic role with magnesium, but most North Americans consume more than enough of it, and more in a supplemental form might put you out of balance with magnesium. Avoid caffeine after 4 p.m. If you're open to herbal aids, try passionflower, whether as a tea or as a capsule. Other options include, chamomile and "sleepytime blends." Try deep-breathing exercises before bed. Turn off the electronics. Don't use computers or televisions an hour before you go to bed. Try reading or listening to music (the relaxing kind). __________________ Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing? —Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön Humankind cannot bear very much reality. —From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot