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30th March 2021 23:23
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Sleeping on the ground has cured me of all muscle tension, inflammation, stiffness, etc.
It started because I watched the movie Spirited Away and I just thought the characters looked so damn comfortable on their Japanese sleeping setups. Ridiculous, I know. But I wanted to switch things up, and I liked the idea of a more minimal sleeping setup. (I always found it ridiculous that a human being should need an expensive synthetic mattress to sleep well - if that's a necessity, how did humans sleep well when they were in caves and in trees, and using rocks as pillows and leaves for comfort?)
At the time, I couldn't afford the full Japanese sleeping setup, so I just bought a tatami mat from JLife International. It ended up taking about 10 days to get to me, so I ended up sleeping on the ground (CARPET, NOT HARDWOOD) in the meantime.
The first few days were strange. I washed up to go to bed, went back to my bedroom... and laid on the ground. However, I fell asleep and slept just fine for all of those days. It was slightly more difficult to fall asleep, because at the time, I couldn't lay on my side without feeling uncomfortable, so I had to lay on my back. But aside from that, no issues.
Fast forward about a week. I wake up one day and realize that my body just feels... right? It's hard to describe. No stiffness, no tension, and certainly no inflammation. I always suffered from inflammation, even with a healthy diet. Suddenly, it was just gone. My body felt fantastic upon waking. My body always feels really good nowadays. My posture is also amazing. My spine is as straight as an arrow.
These days, I alternate between sleeping on the tatami mat and sleeping on the carpet. I'll likely get the full setup at some point in the future, but for now, I'm enjoying sleeping on the ground quite a bit. If you wake up feeling worse than you did when you went to bed, give it a try.
FAQ
Do you use a pillow? Yes. A buckwheat one that I bought from JLife International.
Do you sleep on your side? Now I can. I had to condition my body to do so in the first week or two. I see this is as a developed weakness from always sleeping on a mattress, not a hardship you have to endure if you want to sleep on the ground. (I am quite lean and my bones "stick out" quite a bit so this may have been exacerbated for me in particular.)
Do you miss the comfort of a mattress? Sometimes, yes. Like I said, I'll likely get the full setup at some point in the future. But I don't lay down for bed thinking "I'm uncomfortable". In fact, I feel quite cozy under the covers. It seriously took me only a few days to adjust, and my sleep quality did not suffer while adjusting, once I was able to fall asleep.
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31st March 2021 00:06
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