Sleep Rituals: 100 Practices for a Deep and Peaceful Sleep

by Jennifer Williamson

100 simple practices and activities to incorporate into any bedtime routine to help you fall asleep easier and wake up refreshed and renewed.

Do you have trouble getting—and staying—asleep? Sleep rituals can set the mood for restful slumber and help you drift off in peace—let these recommended bedtime routines be your key to a good night’s sleep!

This accessible guide offers 100 easy rituals—including sleep-friendly recipes, relaxing yoga poses, calming breathing exercises, soothing meditations, and comforting writing exercises—suited for every type of person. You can even mix and match them for a completely customized bedtime experience and find the perfect solution to banish any sleepless night.

Rituals

-Sleep-friendly recipes, like nutmeg-spiced warm milk
-Soothing practices like dry brushing
-Restorative yoga poses, such as Child’s Pose
-Breathing exercises, like alternate nostril breathing

Let Sleep Rituals help you get the good night’s sleep you’ve been dreaming of!

Genres: Nonfiction, Self Help

256 pages, Hardcover

Published January 15, 2019

About the author

Jennifer Williamson is the author of Sleep Affirmations, Morning Affirmations, and Sleep Rituals, and the creator of HealingBrave.com, where she writes words of hope and heart to help people heal better. She lives in Central Massachusetts.

Reviews

[Kiyanush Kamrani · Rating 5 out of 5]

This beautiful book offers a variety of relaxing rituals, such as meditation, breathing exercises, yoga poses and herbal remedies to help you prepare for a good nights sleep. I highly recommend this book if you have any sleep problems or just need to unwind from a long day.

[Joanne D'Amico · Rating 5 out of 5]

I just loved everything about this book!! It's not only a beautiful hardcover but I absolutely love the rituals and practices described in the book! And there are so many!! I have started to put into practice some of the rituals mentioned in the book and I am finding that I really look forward to bedtime now! As I am getting older, falling asleep has become challenging for me. This book has made me realize that I need to honor the "whole process" of sleep...and this process doesn't begin when I lay my head down on my pillow...but sometimes it can begin as early as soon after dinner depending on the ritual I choose for that evening :) Wonderful wonderful author! Wonderful wonderful book! Oh and I also love love love this author's online journal aimhappy.com
Joanne

[Mary · Rating 5 out of 5]

As a life long insomniac, I am so excited about this book. It is set up beautifully with practices for making your room conducive for sleep, foods that help us relax, breathing exercise, meditations, visualizations and so much more. I am already sleeping better, and I plan to slowly make my way through the practices and use all of the ones that resonate with me. This book is deeply compassionate and wise - truly a blessing in my life.

[Victoria · Rating 5 out of 5]

A recipe book for healing your body, mind, and spirit for sleep. I plan to buy it and try out some of these practices for myself. Be advised that they are extremely woo-woo. But from my experience teaching yoga, I know that the woo-woo is both scientifically backed and WORKS!

[Candace W · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nothing really new, though I liked the breathing techniques and meditation techniques provided.

[Nat · Rating 1 out of 5]

Chock-full of cultural appropriation. I gave up when I got to the dreamcatcher section. Did not finish.

[Kara Rowley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting

[Emma · Rating 4 out of 5]

From what I remember after a few years, the most useful tip that I use to this day was to opt for a red color lamp in the bedroom. Useful exercises to do with breathing too.

Not always the most practical though: I haven't stuck to any of the recipes because they can be a bit contrived and sugary, requiring specific extracts at times that you can't necessarily easily find, like cherry extract of a particular kind.