How Does Yoga Promote Your Sleep?

Release Accumulated Stress

After a busy and emotional day, the evening is the perfect time to relax and recenter yourself. Stress, being the main culprit of disrupted sleep, requires special attention. Practicing yoga for 15 to 30 minutes in the evening can be an effective solution to calm the mind and body. By incorporating gentle postures, meditation techniques, and deep breathing exercises, yoga promotes relaxation by releasing the tensions accumulated throughout the day.

Before snuggling into your Novotel hotel bed, this practice offers you the opportunity to slow down your breathing, calm anxious thoughts, and create a space conducive to falling asleep. Yoga helps reduce cortisol levels, the stress hormone, which improves the quality of your sleep. By adopting this soothing ritual, you not only prepare for a restful night but also contribute to enhancing your overall well-being, fostering more positive interactions with those around you, and improving productivity at work. Transform your nighttime routine into a moment of serenity with yoga for restorative and revitalizing sleep.

Improve Breathing

Breathing is essential in yoga practice as it promotes relaxation and improves sleep quality. By synchronizing your movements with your breath, you optimize your lung capacity and increase oxygenation in your body. Deep breathing exercises, such as abdominal breathing, help reduce anxiety and induce a state conducive to sleep.

These techniques also regulate your heart rate, leading to a decrease in heart rate and blood pressure, which creates a feeling of calm. By incorporating breathing exercises into your yoga routine, you prepare your body for restorative sleep. Before slipping into your Novotel hotel bed, this practice helps you fall asleep more easily and enjoy better quality sleep.

Address Sleep Issues

According to an IFOP study conducted in March 2022, 70% of French people suffer from sleep disorders, often without fully realizing it. Sudden awakenings, for example, may indicate issues like sleep apnea, a condition often overlooked. Yet, sleep quality is crucial for our mental and physical health. Sleep is one of the three fundamental pillars of well-being, as it allows our body and brain to regenerate, ensuring better vitality and optimal cognitive abilities the next day.

Yoga offers a natural approach to alleviate several sleep disorders, including:
• Insomnia, which makes it difficult to fall asleep or stay asleep.
• Sleep apnea, which disrupts breathing patterns during the night.
• Difficulty falling asleep, often caused by stress or anxiety.
• Frequent nighttime awakenings that fragment restorative sleep.
• Persistent feelings of fatigue despite seemingly sufficient sleep.

Yoga Styles for Falling Asleep

Here are three types of yoga that will facilitate falling asleep:
• Yoga Nidra: This style begins with a guided meditation, where you settle into a savasana position, promoting a state of deep relaxation. Through visualization and relaxation techniques, Yoga Nidra allows you to release negative emotions and calm the mind. This process immerses you in a state of semi-awareness, ideal for releasing accumulated tensions. By practicing regularly, you ensure peaceful nights and a revitalized awakening.

• Evening Yoga: Designed to prepare the body and mind for the night, evening yoga is a gentle practice that encourages deep relaxation. Through slow movements, stretching, and breathing exercises, this practice helps dissipate stress and tensions accumulated during the day. At the end of the session, you will feel grounded in the present moment, ready to slip into your bed with peace of mind.

• Restorative Yoga: This style emphasizes relaxation and letting go without requiring intense physical effort. Using props such as cushions and blankets, you adopt still postures that promote a deep meditative state. Restorative yoga invites you to slow down and reconnect with yourself, creating a space conducive to welcoming sleep. It’s the perfect moment to reconcile with your body and mind before falling asleep.

Practicing Yoga in Bed

It is also possible to practice yoga in bed. To do this, choose a comfortable bed with a quality mattress and box spring, preferably ergonomic. You should feel secure and supported. Additionally, the softness of the mattress can make most postures much more comfortable. Many poses can be practiced from the comfort of your mattress and bed: the bridge pose, camel pose, butterfly pose, spinal twist, and of course, the famous lotus position. The child's pose is ideal on a bed; it’s an excellent posture before falling asleep: feel free to use a Novotel pillow under your stomach for added support. You can also lie on your back, head in the middle of the bed, lift your legs, and place them against the wall. These positions directly from your bed will further help you relax and fall asleep.

Doing Yoga Without a Yoga Mat

An alternative to a yoga mat is using a bath towel directly on the carpet. Using a large bath towel, like the Novotel bath sheet, which is almost as big as a yoga mat, will provide good traction and cushioning.

Shower and Yoga

To practice yoga optimally and effectively, it is best done clean, ideally after a shower. Yoga will then promote relaxation, flexibility, and preparation for good sleep. The Deep Nature shower gel will be your perfect companion to prepare for this relaxing activity. Once your session is complete, be sure to wait at least thirty minutes before showering, so the minerals extracted through sweating can re-enter your skin. The natural products from Deep Nature, shower gel, and body lotion will then enhance the effects of yoga. They will refresh and hydrate your skin before letting you be enveloped by the gentle sensation of sleep in your Novotel hotel bed.

By incorporating yoga into your daily routine, you promote quality sleep and overall well-being. Whether through stress reduction, improved breathing, or specific practices like Yoga Nidra, each aspect contributes to a more serene falling asleep experience. Take this moment of relaxation to welcome restorative and revitalizing nights.