If you’ve already tried many things and can’t find the right way to rest, whether it’s a nap or a pleasant night’s sleep, perhaps the trick is to transform the space for rest: your bed. Next we present you how to make the bed more comfortable with 3 easy steps.
Before going into details, we share interesting information about the importance of naps for your health, how you should take them and what their benefits are.
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What is a nap and how does it help?
The Royal Academy of the Spanish Language defines a siesta as a time for sleeping or resting after eating.
The specialized Mayo Clinic site points out that taking naps can have various health benefits for healthy adults, such as:
- decreased fatigue
- improve mood
- Increase and improve alertness
- Better performance in daily activities
However, despite having advantages, specialists warn that not taking naps correctly can lead to problems falling asleep at night or waking up with a feeling of disorientation, so they recommend doing it properly.
In addition, it is important to mention that naps should not be taken in all cases, as this could be counterproductive.
According to the Mayo Clinic, you should consider taking naps when:
- You feel sudden sleepiness or fatigue
- Know that you are going to lose sleep (for example, before a long trip or a strenuous work shift)
- If you are looking to incorporate naps into your daily routine. Just don’t forget consistency.
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How long to sleep in a nap?
The Mayo Clinic recommendation is to take short naps lasting 10 to 20 minutes maximum. Exceeding this time increases the likelihood of waking up disoriented and interfering with the night’s sleep cycle.
Naps should ideally be taken during the first hour of the afternoon so that you are not so glued to the hours of sleep at night.
Finally, experts recommend that a key to a successful nap is to create an optimal rest environment, and this includes bed, so to achieve this we bring you the following tips.
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How to improve my bed?
We present three simple tips to improve your bed and not only make it the center of attention in your room, but also a space where you can fall asleep or take a nap the right way.
- Fluffy laying: The important thing in this step is to create volume for your bed, make it appear more fluffy, it will increase your desire to go towards it.
For a fluffy, comfortable spread, you can use a duvet, which is a cover or liner for the duvet. This will make your bed appear more comfortable and fluffier, as well as keep your bed cleaner. - Pillows: To increase the volume of the bed, the pillows are a necessary step, therefore the recommended for a double bed is to have 4 standard size pillows (51cm x 71cm).
In addition, to make it look even more comfortable, you can add 3 to 4 4x5x45 cushions, apart from improving the appearance of your bed, it can serve as a backrest to read or watch movies on your bed in a more comfortable way. - Soft colors: Finally, the last tip is to choose the duvet, the mattress cover and the pillowcases and cushions in solid colors or with very light patterns.
You can try a color like muted salmon, shades of white or beige, even some shades of red and green also help. The most important thing is that this color transmits peace and relaxation.
With the help of these tips, you will be able to create a refuge from the hustle and bustle of everyday life and you will turn your bed into an ally to combat insomnia and anxiety.
Act in conjunction with your spaces to achieve effective and repairing rest periods.
As always, it is important to clarify that if you have chronic sleep problems or do not get rest even with naps, go to a professional review to rule out major problems and be able to receive adequate treatment for your needs.
To complement your rest strategy, we share a video with some exercises that you can do to be able to fall asleep deeply.