Many of us have issues with sleep. 35% of Canadians have issues falling asleep and staying asleep. 45% of Canadians do not consistently find sleep refreshing. As sleep is a noted key factor in fundamental well being, I wish many of us could sleep a bit better. A good sleep repairs and recalibrates and allows us to all function at a higher capacity and we could all use as much of that these days as we can possibly get our sleep-deprived hands on. It’s actually still a bit of a mystery as to why precisely exercise helps you fall asleep. Intuitively it makes sense to me from an energetic stand-point: when I work up a solid sweat and my heart is bumping out of my chest and I’m done it’s like I’ve had my deep insides power-washed. A stagnant (and troubling) energy gets released. I’m relaxed, I’m clean and free and definitely less anxious. Like way less anxious. And as we all know: anxiety can really effect sleep and sleep quality and yes you wanna hit all of the usual things to combat that - so exercise of course but also certain kinds of breath work and meditation are also really great.