no sleep

Productive morning so far. I got up at 7, did a load of laundry, had coffee while watching Guiliana & Bill (love that show) and went to the gym. I'm not sure why, but I am tired. I went to bed around 10 last night, but for some reason I don't think I slept very well. My current goal is to regulate my sleep schedule. I am up before 6 to teach yoga three mornings a week, and whenever I can I go home and go back to sleep after class. Sometimes I will sleep until 9 or 10, and sometimes I will sleep until noon or 1. I always have a hard time falling asleep, but more so on nights before I know I have to be up before the sun even thinks about rising. I've been dealing with this issue for months now, probably even more than a year. I've tried everything. Melatonin doesn't do anything but make me feel groggy the next day, I've used lavender essential oil, yoga before bed, a sound machine, a sleep mask, hot tea, nothing seems to work. I can be completely wiped out, but when my head hits the pillow I can't sleep. I have a healthy diet, I exercise regularly, I just don't know what could be contributing to my lack of sleep. I recently have noticed that I get the best sleep during the day. For about a week recently, I was in the habit of sleeping anywhere from two to five hours in the middle of the day. I don't want to be doing that. I used to have a friend who took a nap or two every single day and I thought it seemed like a really unhealthy and annoying habit. So starting this past week, I decided I would not go back to sleep after yoga and I would not let myself sleep during the day. It's been hard. I am hoping that my body will learn to relax and sleep at night. I've even gotten acupuncture once a week for the past five weeks in hopes of solving the problem, but the mystery remains. This is such a tiring issue to struggle with. Literally!

xoxo-
T