ギャランス・ドレのインスタグラム(garancedore) - 4月3日 00時30分

S L E E P :)
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I don’t even know where to start to talk to you about sleep - but I know that last week I received so much feedback about my dark room and speaking about my sleep problems that I thought I would try to explore the subject...
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Let’s start with a few things I have learned:
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Sleeping issues can go unnoticed for years. For years I just though I was “an early riser” but when I started looking closer, I realized I would be sleeping a five hour night on a regular basis.
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When you’re used to running on empty, you don’t realize that you are. You get used to having crazy sugar & caffeine cravings (your body needs it to keep moving because it is so exhausted and sugar gives a spike of energy)(hello weight problems!) to have debilitating mood swings (the first thing that lack of sleep impacts is your mental health) and giant crashes where you just sit there and look in the distance like an empty shell. Worse - you can never really rest because your body is in high alert all the time.
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The stress created by that vicious cycle can make a huge mess in your body. I won’t go into this here - we know stress is the root of most diseases.
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I remember my sister telling me it was so weird I was not suffering from jet lag. And “How did I do it?”
Well now I know. It’s not that I was not - it’s that I had completely lost touch with what it means to FEEL RESTED. I just kept going even if I was losing myself in the process.
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So, I guess the first thing, if you want to explore your sleep is to ask yourself if you wake up feeling rested. When I am not sleeping well, i wake up with my brain already rushing and planning and solving problems (I used to think that was cool 😅). When I have slept well, i wake up not even knowing where I am, in a truly happy haze that take a few lovely minutes to dissipate.
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All right, tell me if you want to know more, because sleep is a big subject and I am quite passionate. But my theory is that if Donald Trump was sleeping well - well he would be Barack Obama 😂 - I just mean that the internal peace you feel when you sleep is SO important that it could literally change nations if we knew how to honor it instead of looking down on it 🙏

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hlee_designs We can't dream and function fully without proper sleep. If you like the feeling of waking up not knowing where you are after a good sleep, you can also achieve it in restorative yoga practice (Hatha). The last 5-10 minutes of class where one gently lies back fully on the ground to cool down after a class of stretching and releasing any tensions or stress in the body can have the mind gently waking up without an idea of how much time has passed by. Wishing you sweet dreams and gentle waking where you greet the morning and yourself before anything else. Keeping a bedtime and morning ritual really, really helps. <3 Keep sharing, Garance!

foundinyvr I was a champion sleeper my entire life. Infamous, even. Some years ago I developed twitches that lasted for months. Years. I developed insomnia. It lasted for 5 years and only healed after I had forced rest while grieving the loss of my dad. I'm back to my old sleep champion ways, with the odd sleepless night. Those nights I either read books (screens are too stimulating for my nervous system) or try my hand at mind maps.

yogue_official This is great, thanks for sharing that! I’m excited to see more on this, as is a huge issue to ppl very close to me. And I am coming out of similar stressful patterns as well.

oururbanfamilylife Why do some people think that being so busy and not getting enough sleep is cool?! 🤔 I am fortunate and sometimes take a nap during the day. No shame in that. 😊

wrappedinrowen please tell me. i can really relate to what you have said and would love to hear more of your thoughts and solutions that have worked for you. 🙏🏼🙌🏼

elisa_llera oh my goodness yes please, have been up since 3:30am. This is week 2 of particularly shitty sleep, sleep has always been an issue for me.

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