Create your bedroom sanctuary for ultimate rest

Creating Peacefulness

Creating peacefulness in the bedroom means more than simply the absence of sound. Peacefulness is the absence of noise, and noise comes in many forms like visual clutter and lights. In your den, use soft lighting, surround yourself with nature inspired earthy colour tones to ground you, make a corner for reading or meditation, listen to soft music that soothes your soul, infuse your space with subtle scents and ensure it is a sleep-only zone. Every night you should aim for 6-8 beautiful hours of sleep in your sacred sanctuary of restoration. In a week that is 56 hours and in a year that makes up about 3,000 hours of sleep. The benefits of a good night’s sleep are improved memory, stress reduction, reduced inflammation and longevity. But do you really know what you’re sleeping with all this time? Do you know what chemicals you may surround yourself with in your sheets for all of these hours, and how it may be adversely affecting your health? Is your bedroom really a sacred space free from chemicals and toxic dyes? It should be.

Is your bedroom toxic?

How toxic are your sheets? How toxic are your pyjamas? How about the underwear you sleep in? What are you really sleeping in? Pesticides, fertilisers, silicone waxes, harsh petroleum scours, softeners, heavy metals, flame and soil retardants, fasteners, ammonia, dyes, colourants, finishers, caustic soda, sulphuric acid, bromines, urea resins, halogens and formaldehyde— to name just a few are toxic substances in all of our clothing, bed sheets, quilt covers and pillowcases that make their way into the body, the bloodstream and lymphatic systems while we sleep. We breathe in the toxic cocktail into our skin and bloodstream when we sleep forcing our lymphatic system and our immune systems to fight an uphill battle.

Do you need protection while you sleep?

Our skin is the largest organ in our body. It is our first line of defence and its’ covering protects us as it holds us together. Our skin is known as the passageway to your bloodstream and research suggests our pours absorb much of what we place on it. Did you know that our skin is most porous and absorbent when the skin is warm (like when we are cosy in bed)? Did you know it only takes seconds for chemicals to start entering your bloodstream? All warriors need rest, and if your immune system is constantly exposed to the fight against harmful chemicals, it will eventually begin to wither and wear down. Create the ultimate cocoon for sleeping with your sheets, pillowcases, quilt covers and blankets that are free from chemicals and toxic dyes.

Start. Reading. Labels.

It is so important to ask questions, read labels and become empowered and educated about what you put on your body. Just like you feed your body with nourishing food you also need to feed and surround your skin with products that will heal, nurture and protect your largest organ. Be mindful of what you are putting on or close to your skin- from your sheets and underwear to your pyjamas. Watch out for words like: NATURAL, PURE COTTON, PURE, even ORGANIC as these terms are loosely used. Ask questions. Look for certifications and how strict they are. In the textile world, GOTS is the gold standard and safest organic certification possible. Find out about the process something is required to go through to get to the end stage of certification. Then, you can create your toxic free sleep sanctuary knowing with absolute certainty there are no toxic chemicals, finishers or dyes used.

“Your future depends on your dreams, so go to sleep.” – Unknown