by Lorelei Cohen

Created on: January 11, 2010

If you find that you are waking up all groggy and miserable in the morning, or just plain old having difficulties getting your eyes to open up when they are supposed to, well there may be a reason for it. There really is a right, and a wrong way, to get out of bed in the morning. You just might be one of those folks who is getting out of bed the wrong way.

Your body actually knows the best way to wake you up, but your job, family, school, or other obligations may be forcing you to jolt your body out of bed before it is ready to. Your body knows how much sleep it needs, and if allowed, it will generally wake you up when you have had enough.

If you are feeling tired in the mornings then it just may be that you are not allowing yourself ample time to get an adequate amount of sleep. Most people require eight hours sleep per night, some may need ten, yet others can get by with only six hours. By allowing yourself more time to sleep at night, you will be able to determine the amount of sleep that your body requires to feel rested. Allow your body the sleep that it needs, and you will find yourself more refreshed, and a lot less moody in the morning. Simply going to bed earlier will allow you to discover the right amount of sleep that your body requires. If you go to bed too early, you will generally not be able to fall asleep within thirty minutes of bedding down, so adjust your bedtime keeping that fact in mind.

Your quality of sleep also affects how you will wake up in the morning. In addition to requiring an appropriate amount of sleep, we also require a certain type of sleep, in order to feel satisfied in the morning. We generally sleep in 90 minute sleep cycles, and to feel truly rested, we must complete this sleep cycle. If the temperature of your room or bed is too warm, than you will not rest comfortably, and may wake frequently throughout the night. Thus disrupting your natural sleep cycles. People sleep best in a room that is neither too warm, nor too cold, but that is comfortably cool. The comfort of your bed, night time noises, allergies, late night food, alcohol, or other stimulants may also be reasons for disruptions in your body's natural sleep patterns.

Insure that you get a comfortable nights sleep by not consuming food or drink within two hours of your bedtime, having a good quality mattress on your bed, and dust mite covers on your mattress and pillows. You can keep annoying night time noise distractions to a minimum by using soft sounds to mute

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