Is it good to practice yoga before bed?

Some people are under a lot of work pressure and may encounter unpleasant things, so they will have problems with sleep. After affecting sleep, many people have tried many methods, but to no avail. I don’t know if it is good to practice yoga before going to bed. In fact, yoga is a very good form of exercise, but can practicing yoga before going to bed really promote sleep? Let me give you a detailed introduction below.

How to judge sleep quality

Rather than blaming environmental pollution for many of modern people’s health problems, we should blame their lifestyles. Do we still work from sunrise to sunset and rest from sunset like the ancients? Can we fall asleep before 11 o'clock? Can we sleep for 7 to 8 hours every day? Can we turn off all the lights, draw the thick curtains, and sleep in the dark? These are actually things we can control.

From a health perspective, we can also judge the quality of sleep in this way: look at the pads of our fingers. Is the color of the pads of our fingers the same as that of our palms? If the color of the pads of our fingers is darker or redder than that of our fingers, it often means that the quality of sleep is poor and the blood supply to the brain is insufficient.

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The best way to lose weight in early summer

Sleep late and get up early

You can go to bed later at night, but no later than 11 o'clock. This is the midnight nap. In summer, energy consumption increases, so you should sleep at midnight and noon. Try to take a short nap half an hour after lunch. The time does not need to be too long, less than half an hour will be enough. A good midnight and noon nap is the first step to lose weight and maintain your body in summer.

Nourishing the Heart and Regulating the Mind

Summer belongs to the element of fire in the five elements, which corresponds to the heart. Therefore, summer is the season when cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases are prevalent. The hot weather makes people upset and prone to insomnia. Therefore, in the summer, we must regulate our emotions, live a regular life, and do a good job of nourishing the heart and regulating the spirit. Only when the mind is peaceful can we be calm and relaxed.

Spine Sleeping Yoga

So, is there any yoga that can improve sleep and help lose weight? Here we introduce a set of yoga suitable for practicing in early summer, which can effectively soothe and calm the mind.

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Cat stretch back pose

Kneel on the ground with your hands forward. This movement is developed from the movement of a cat stretching its back and waist, and is called the cat stretch. Next, open your legs to the width of your shoulders, keep the inner sides of your calves parallel, spread your five fingers to support the ground, straighten your back, slow down your breathing, and when you inhale, arch your back upward, fully arch your back like a cat stretching its back, tuck in your hips, and tuck in your chin a little. Then, as you exhale, slowly press your waist down and lift your head and chest.

Practice this repeatedly. Inhale and arch your back upward, fully arch your back, tuck in your buttocks and chin; exhale and flatten your back, raise your head, and lower your lumbar spine. If we practice at home, we can maintain each movement for about 5 to 10 breaths.

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Tiger

Next up is a move called Tiger. Put your legs together, first put your center of gravity on your right leg, when you inhale, bend your left leg inward, let the tip of your nose touch your knee, when you exhale, raise your head, chest, push your left leg backward and lift it up, make sure your toes are hooked back, and lift your thoracic spine upward. Look straight ahead and downward.

Practice this several times repeatedly, and then take a break after you finish, sit back with your hips and forehead close to the floor, adjust your spine and relieve fatigue in your waist and back. After resting, you can do yoga exercises on the other side of your body, putting your center of gravity on your left leg. When you inhale, bend your right leg inward. When you exhale, raise your head, chest, push your left leg backward and lift it up. The movement is consistent with that of the right leg.

Through the above-mentioned yoga before bed, we can adjust our spirit, energy and physical condition so that we can lose weight healthily in the summer.

Is it good to practice yoga before going to bed? In fact, yoga has many benefits, especially practicing yoga before going to bed can indeed promote a person's sleep. Persisting in practicing yoga can indeed promote sleep, but there are many ways to practice yoga. Yoga is also a very complex sport. Persisting in practicing will definitely help you have a good sleep.