Natural Sleep Aids and Remedies for a better nights sleep

Apr 21, 2022

By Chey Birch

Natural Sleep Aids and Remedies for a better nights sleep

Slumber Essential Oil Blend

Sleep deprivation and sleep disorders are now all too common. Australian adults get an average of seven hours of sleep per night, an hour less than the recommended eight hours. Not only that, most of us are waking up at least twice each night.

Ongoing sleep deprivation is linked to a host of ill health, such as an increased risk of heart disease, kidney disease, high blood pressure, diabetes and stroke. It’s also linked to premature ageing and can impact on concentration and memory.

Not getting enough sleep is an issue that affects millions of people. Get more sleep by implementing all-natural sleep aids and remedies that will help you get some much-needed shuteye. Your skin restores itself while you sleep and makes new collagen – which prevents sagging. More collagen equals plumper skin which means less wrinkles.

Sleep. We all need it, and despite our best efforts, sometimes we need a little help catching some quality winks. To improve your overall sleep quality, keep reading to discover what to do (and what not to).

5 Tips For Getting A Better Night's Sleep (Naturally)

Studies show that around 60% of Australians have trouble catching some Zzz. While many factors affect sleep, like an upset child or a snoring spouse, making sleep a priority is essential for your overall mental and physical health.

Check out these tried & tested tips for getting more sleep.

1. Skip Screen Time in the Evening

Blue light exposure can trick your body into thinking it's daytime. If you can’t seem to give up your phone or TV time before you go to bed, invest in blue light-blocking glasses to help reduce the light that's emitted from devices.

2. Take a Relaxing Soak

Taking a bath (or shower) can help you fall asleep faster. To make your bath even more sleep-inducing, add a few drops of our essential oil blend Slumber to help soothe your nerves and leave you feeling more stress-free. Slumber is a remedial essential oil blend specifically formulated to reduce nervous tension and anxiety and promote deep relaxation.

Tip: Spray our Slumber - Calming Sleep Spray on your pillowcase before you head to bed and experience deeper relaxation as you drift off.

3. Upgrade Your Night-time Routine

Give your skin a little TLC to your skin while you sleep. The Nocturnalist Night Serum is deeply hydrating face serum made with a blend of 12 natural and organic ingredients to rejuvenate the skin while you sleep. A few drops is all you need for refreshed-looking skin by morning.

4. Block Out Sleepless Nights With an Eye Mask

A dark room lets your brain know it’s time to turn off and go to sleep. Try using the Slumber - Bamboo Sleep Eye Mask sleep mask to block out light. This eye mask is made from ultra-soft bamboo so it won’t tug or pull on your skin at night.

5. Invest in an Oil Diffuser

Use an essential oil diffuser to create a sleepy atmosphere in your bedroom. We have 2 different types of Ultrasonic Essential Oil Diffusers. Skypipe ultrasonic diffusion systems don’t heat the delicate, volatile essential oils so they don’t lose their benefits so you receive better absorption into your respiratory system and body. You’ll feel and smell the calming benefits as the diffuser emits sleep-inducing aromatherapy vapors throughout your room.

How do we improve our sleep?

The key to a good night’s sleep is to relax the mind (and body). Getting yourself into a relaxed state before you hit the hay is essential to having a peaceful slumber. But in our modern world of long hours of work, exposure to technology and often having late nights, winding down isn’t always easy.

For many of us, we need more than just finding a quiet space to switch off our mind and succumb to the feeling of total relaxation. The obvious things are to block out loud noises, switch off screens (especially phones and computers) and to avoid large meals, caffeine and alcohol just before bed.

The mind needs time to wind down so avoid too much mental stimulation. But if the monkey mind just won’t let up, there are other ways to switch it off. An important factor is establishing a good sleep rhythm.

The role of our natural circadian rhythm

We are designed to rise and fall with the sun. the sun contains different light variants throughout the day, and the different light defused can help our body release hormones to wake us in the morning (thanks to cortisol) and make us sleepy at night (thanks to melatonin).

But this isn’t always possible for those of us who live a little south of the equator. In winter we often rise and fall in darkness, and in summer, most of us sleep past sunrise.

Fortunately in our modern world, there are other ways we can naturally induce hormones and promote relaxation in the mind and body when its time for some shut-eye.

Whether you sleep at night or during the day (such as if you are a shift worker or enjoy the occasional cat nap) we can all improve our sleep any time of day.

Essential oils can be a great way to help our body find a natural sleep rhythm and help you find your inner calm before bed.

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Natural Sleep Aids to improve your sleep

Quality sleep will change your life. If you’re not sleeping soundly, it may be worth considering a few sleepy-time products to help you nod off.

Because sleep is something we all need (and let’s face it, most of us need more quality and quantity sleep) check out a few more of our favorite products to help you get more sleep.

Slumber - Essential Oil Blend

This gorgeous remedial essential oil blend is specifically formulated to reduce nervous tension and anxiety and promote deep relaxation. You can use it as a diffuser or with an inhaler such as our Slumber Nasalette™ Essential Oil Inhaler. It contains five essential oils with remedial benefits as well as providing a beautiful scent from cedarwood, Bergamot, Cinnamon, Vetiver and Marjoram.

Certain scents help promote relaxation. Use the Slumber blend to relax your body and mind. This chemical-free blend helps release “happy” hormones and induce feelings of relaxation and sedation.

You can even add a few drops to your pillow or a tissue and hold close to your nose as you drift away.

Slumber - Calming Sleep Spray

We can’t get enough essential oils for better sleep. Our essential oil pillow spray is a 100% natural solution for promoting a good night's sleep by instilling a sense of calm and relaxation throughout your body.

Spray your pillowcase before you head to bed and experience deeper relaxation as you drift off.

100% natural, organic essential oils blended to relax and aid with sleep
Bergamot oil helps to release hormones like dopamine and serotonin inducing feelings of relaxation and sedation
Calming and grounding effect on the nervous system
Helps to reduce sleeplessness, insomnia, nervous tension, mild anxiety and stress.

Slumber - Nasalette™ Essential Oil Inhaler

Need an essential oil blend for insomnia? Studies have shown the positive effect of essential oils on sleep. This inhaler blend includes Lavender, Cedarwood and Cinnamon to keep insomnia at bay.

Our signature inhalers provide a simple and convenient way to breathe in the benefits of essential oils. They’re little pocket diffusers you can take anywhere with you, refillable, and full of potent, targeted all-natural goodness.

Our slumber inhaler focuses on wellbeing before bedtime, however if you’re suffering from congestion and upper respiratory ailments which may keep you awake, try our Respire Essential Oil Blend combination.

Pyramedial™ The Scent of Sleep

As the name alludes to, our Pyramedial™ is quite literally a pyramid filled with heavenly scented goodness. For eons the pyramid has been a symbol of life force energy – a shape that resonates with earth’s magnetic field. Its energetic power has been understood by ancient cultures to attract positive etheric energy and convert negative ones. Now imagine a pyramid filled with the purest lavender to relieve nervous tension and insomnia – that’s what we call pyramid power.

Put this bundle of goodness beside your bed or between your pillows and ease into some of the most relaxing and restorative sleeps you’ve ever had. The scent will linger for hours allowing you to reap all the benefits of the relaxing essential oils.

Essential oils and quality sleep

Essential oils have been used for thousands of years as supplements to improve overall health and wellbeing. The are many different essential oils with remedial benefits to aid a good night’s sleep. Some of our favourites include:

Lavender – whether dried or in oil form, lavender has a soothing, fragrant scent which has a very calming and relaxing effect on the body.

Cedarwood – as an essential oil, Cedarwood helps to release melatonin, the hormone that signals the body to go to sleep. So it’s no wonder that it is essential to drifting away into deep sleep.

Bergamot – slightly citrus, bergamot essential oil is uplifting yet relaxing. It’s often used in perfumes and fragrances and also as a natural cleanser in cosmetics. It’s a beautiful addition to aromatherapy remedies.

Cinnamon – with a myriad of remedial uses, cinnamon is one of the most potent essential oils on the planet. It is used for decreasing inflammation, calming the nervous system, increasing circulation and even relieving depression. Cinnamon helps the body return to a more natural state and assists the mind to do so also.

Vetiver – rich and earthy, vetiver has a grounding effect on the body so it’s great for overall wellbeing and reconnecting the mind and body.

Marjoram – called the “herb of happiness” by the Romans, Majoram is extremely soothing and helps to calm the nerves.

"There’s no better way to offer ourselves self love than by prioritising quality sleep."

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A natural solution to assist a good night's sleep. Our best selling calming essential oil blend, offers a natural solution to help reduce sleeplessness, insomnia, nervous tension, mild anxiety and stress.

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Calming and grounding effect on the nervous system
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Why is sleep so important?

Quality sleep and rest is directly related to good health and wellbeing. In fact, your body is able to do the most amount of healing and restoring when it’s in deep sleep.

The importance of sleep has been known for centuries! Even Aristotle believed that sleep is a time of physical renewal, way back in 350 BC. We know it’s essential, yet we tend to deprive ourselves way too often.

Ongoing sleep deprivation is linked to a host of ill health, such as an increased risk of heart disease, kidney disease, high blood pressure, diabetes and stroke. It’s also linked to premature ageing and can impact on concentration and memory.

We all know the heavy feeling of waking up after a terrible night’s sleep and how hard it is to power through the day. A lack of sleep makes it so much harder to think clearly and perform at our best.

What’s keeping us awake?

Australian adults get an average of seven hours of sleep per night, an hour less than the recommended eight hours. The number one sleep distraction (after needing to go to the toilet) is not being able to switch off the mind. Yep! We are keeping ourselves awake with thoughts about our day, what’s coming up, all the things on our to-do lists and anything the monkey mind decides to fixate on.

Your eyelids are heavy, but your thoughts are heavier. Sound familiar?

Mind chatter rates even higher as a sleep disrupter than noise distractions and being disturbed by partners and pets! So as easy as it is to blame snoring spouses or dogs who think they are on security alert, it’s really our thoughts that prevent us from slipping away into dreamland.

But first, sleep

If we haven’t convinced you of the importance of sleep, perhaps you are yet to experience just how amazing you can feel with a healthy sleep pattern! Don’t forget that if you have a partner they will also benefit from any improvements you make to your sleep, as well as co-workers and anyone you spend time with day-to-day. So this could be a win-win situation for everyone concerned 😉