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Yesterday I chronicled the successful results of Falling Awake.
Waking up by doing the opposite of trying to fall asleep.
- Think of a bunch of random things
- Start moving and making noise using a drum of some kind
I successfully woke my reluctant self up quite handily this morning at 5:55am despite feeling a slight cold coming on and muscle soreness from working out yesterday evening. The random thoughts part did not really do much but the drumming gently woke me up for sure!
I happen to have a wooden Djembe hand drum like the one above. The Djembe drum I have is about 24″ tall, which seems a little large to be dragging under the covers, but I leave the top out and just start tapping on it. Pretty soon I want to hear its full sound so I have to pull the covers back to uncover it. Then to get a nicer pop, I have to focus on hitting it better which engages my hand/brain coordination. Next thing you know, I am jamming out a groove on it and I am awake.
You could use an old coffee can or something equivalent. I think any smallish drum type thing would work really.
It is kind of a Primal way to wake up for sure. Give it a try!
Next I shall have to work on a standard post wake up protocol, something along the lines of the Basic Day Template. I could probably just use the BDT, but I would like to somehow automate it.
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