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A good night’s sleep often begins with learning how to unwind. Learn how aromatherapy can help calm the mind and body, which essential oils are particularly helpful at bedtime, and simple ways to create a relaxing evening ritual using scent.

Discover the Top 10 Breathwork Exercises for Restful Sleep
Are restless nights leaving you exhausted? Learn how to calm your mind and prepare for deep, restorative sleep with simple yet powerful breathwork exercises. This guide highlights the best techniques, from 4-7-8 breathing to humming bee breath, each designed to reduce stress and ease you into relaxation.

Plus, explore additional sleep tips, like using aromatherapy with neroli, lavender, and chamomile, featured in the College Green Sleep Easy collection of bath soak, pillow spray, and reed diffuser. Whether you’re battling overthinking or just need a peaceful bedtime routine, this post has everything to help you sleep soundly.

Read more and start your journey to better sleep!

Do you struggle to get to sleep at night? You're not alone. In fact, insomnia is so common that The World Health Organisation has declared a sleep loss epidemic across industrialised nations and studies show that up to two thirds of adults occasionally experience insomnia*

If you’ve tried the usual sleep tips including avoiding caffeine in the afternoon, reducing screen time before bed and keep your bedroom cool yet still have trouble getting to sleep and you’re looking for remedies that truly work…. there’s another solution: enter essential oils – nature's gift for promoting relaxation and deep sleep. But do essential oils really work for sleep, and if so, which ones are the best? Let's explore…

"First Class! Nailed it!" Wow - I'm absolutely thrilled by the amazing review of College Green Sleep Easy pillow spray by award winning perfume blogger, Stephan Matthews.

The article, on the front page of Stephan's monthly newsletter, claims "it’s a brave move for a small company to create an exclusive fragrance, but College Green have absolutely nailed it."

It celebrates the fact that room and pillow sprays offer a budget friendly way for people to access fragrance, and describes the Sleep Easy scent experience

You've found the perfect present - so how are you going to match the wrap to the awesome gift inside?

Furoshiki! 

Furoshiki is a traditional Japanese way of wrapping everyday items which originated when people wrapped their clothes in a distinctive large square cloth when visiting a public bath so they could easily identify their belongings.

If you struggle to get to sleep you're not alone. The National Sleep Foundation estimates that up to two thirds of adults occasionally experience insomnia. Does not getting enough sleep matter? In short, yes, it matters a great deal.

The effects of not sleeping

There are numerous studies that show the effects of not getting enough sleep. From an increased risk of diseases including cancer, cardiovascular disease, stroke and diabetes, to weight gain, anxiety, and poor memory. Or put another way, the longer* and better your sleep, the better quality of life you'll have.

Try these College Green sleep tips to help get a good night's sleep:

1. It’s trailblazing. There are more than 1,000 farmers’ markets in the UK, and Stroud was one of the first, being founded back in 1999.