I have been sleeping on the floor for about 7 years now, with a REI "camp bed", which is probably similar to your set up in terms of insulation and support, and I get every word that you are saying. It is the best thing ever! I will never sleep on a bed again. the best part is...that I put it away behind the door and I get a full room for my desk and home office. It is awesome!
Coming up on a year sleeping on the floor myself. One day me and my gf ordered a couple of shikibutons and threw away the bed. Best idea ever! It never occurred to me just how much static space a bed takes up in a room. Now when we wake up we just fold the matress in half up against the wall, and can use the room for other activities. Easy to move too, sometimes we just try out new sleeping positions in the room for the fun of it. I was wondering if you could elaborate a bit more on the authenticity of the tatami mat? Do they seem like the real deal or are they just a bunch of wooden crossplanks with a thin tatami covering? I've been thinking to order the same one myself for a while now but I don't have anywhere to go and try them. Edit: and oh - also a great thing about sleeping on the floor is the cozy camping/sleepover feel of it :D
I've been sleeping on the floor since 2021, just a light sleeping bag and a yoga mat. I can't sleep in a bed now and the space and freedom of the floor tie seamlessly together with my morning yoga practice
Every mattress I slept on always gave me back pains, but then I decided to buy a mattress from Emma and that was a game changer. But, I recently got a new unfurnished apartment. Decided to sleep for one night on just two thick blankets on the floor and the sleep was great. After seeing this video, I now learned that sleeping on the floor is actually a thing.
I have been sleeping on the floor for 3 years and have battled very cold winters in NZ and yes it does affect your health. I went back to a bed after becoming sick in the winter, however 2 months later I just couldn't take this feeling of "restlessness", I never felt deeply rested like I did when I slept on the ground. There's a lot of studies on "earthing" which has to do with electron transfer and also the studies on the muscles having to contract to hold you up on soft surface and this is why sleeping on the ground your muscles actually finally relax and its the bones that hold you up. It has had remarkable positives to my life, the deepest sleeps, feeling comforted and healing quick from a bone injury. Its been life-changing. I cannot use a foam mattress on the ground as it gets too hot under me, and I guess that has to do with lack of air circulation. Instead, I have found using towels and blankets as a little layer on the ground has worked perfectly and putting very thick mink blankets over the top of your body in winter has sealed in the heat. You have really nailed it though about the challenges faced when its cold and when wanting to sleep with a partner and also I have a dog and there is a lot of cleaning required due to hairs etc on the floor. It will be a deciding factor when dating I can see that for sure.. haha, most people think you are crazy when they find out ;) I will consider looking into a tatami mat as that has been tried and tested by Japanese for eons.
I am starting to sleep on thr floor due to back pain and the most important part is that im gonna put a wooden board over the mattress during winter ,a wooden board on the bed does the trick.
I purchased a 600 dollar queen mattress that was way too saggy and too big for my room . I went to the floor after I couldn’t take it anymore and I fell in love . However i would wake up with some stiffness for the first 1-2 weeks . I’ve been sleeping on the floor for 6 months and the family thinks I’m crazy haha. I definitely could use some more cushion so I’m looking into floor futons and maybe a tatami mat .
Moved to a new apartment thats apparently built on a damn glacier, the floors are so cold you get hypothermia when sleeping on them. Tried a bunch of different things to keep warm but nothing worked so far, got a futon that's way too soft for me to be comfortable, also kind of uneven on different spots. I would get a tatami but the ones they sell here are really narrow, would like for it to be 120cm wide atleast. The best part in floor sleeping for me was the feeling of no restriction.
For sure man! the feeling of no restriction is an underrated benefit of floorsleeping. You could also get 2 narrow ones and bud them together. It is crazy what the cold can do to your spine. Before I would have never been able to sleep on the floor because of the cold.
Hey, I'm planning on getting a tatami mat since I have some extra money. I actually tried building my own bed, like a platform with plywood so it would be like an elevated floor :D well I've slept on it for a while but it's a bit broken and I don't want to spend more money on it because I picked the wrong kind of plywood, too soft etc hahah. Also tatami is nicer because it doesn't weigh 50 kilos so easier to move it. Right now have a plywood on blocks of wood in the middle of my living room taking all the space xD Could you tell the dimensions of your mat, especially how thick it is and where you bought it? I would like a mat that is 210cm because I'm 190cm tall so it has enough room, for the width I can get two and put them together like you said I think.
Personal anecdote: I’ve been experimenting and I’m about 25 days in. Yes, not a long enough time to really determine. But some things I’ve noticed so far is that I do feel better physically and not as sore, especially around my neck and upper back. This could be due to a better spinal curve along the flat sturdy surface. But the main challenge I face is that I’ve slowly started waking up multiple times throughout the night. Usually 3-4 hours in, and an hour or two before waking up. And both times, I’ll wake up, but I’ll try to close my eyes and it’ll take forever for me to fall back to sleep. I’m still nice and relaxed, but it seems like there’s something that’s not letting my body drift back to sleep. When I did sleep on a bed, it was more comfortable for me to sleep on my side, and that was the position I slept in the most. So I think going to my back is taking some time for my body to adapt to. 70%, I have good nights of sleep, even when I do wake up in the middle of the night. But like a night tonight, I was awake for almost 25% of my sleep time according to my WHOOP, and it was a drag the whole night. I’ll try sticking to it and hopefully my body can get used to it and allow me to sleep through the whole night.
Waking up in the middle of the night is pretty normal actually, don't get stressed out about it.. some people even get up and do something for an hour or so before hitting the hay again
So glad you made this video. For changes in living situation I have found almost all the mattress have caused me problems with alignment and muscle. I have went back to a mat with pillows for my legs, arm and elbow. After many injuries I have found the softer sink in matteress causes stress on the back and muscles. Being a curvy frame I still need the pillows for hip and arm. But my alignment and muscles are returning to what use to be healthier. I have a bed frame like yours. I have made a pull out like in old RV or like a trundle bed. I put the thicker matteress on the lower part and I used ( cutted round corners) cardboard on top and bottom and in-between foam board and placed this on the bed ( original frame. They are so close to height .
I've been sleeping on the floor for just over 10yrs, with just a blanket folded in half to lay on. I can literally lay on the side of a mountain and sleep like a baby. My body feels like I could take body shots from a heavy weight boxer and not phase me. My Kenpo professor probably thinks I'm crazy because I absorb his punches and kicks while sparring and I seem to like it lol.
It is crazy how we trick our bodies into thinking we need a comfortable matress. While in reality, a hard surfaces does so much more good. What made you decide to sleep on the floor if I may ask?
@@BarRookie actually, no matter how soft or firm my mattress were I'd always wake up sore. One night I was like I'm going to make a pallet on the floor like when I would spend a night at my cousins house when we was little kids. My wife was like have fun down there...10yrs later, I'm still down there lol. Go figure, my back quit hurting after I got use to the floor.
Damn man! Most people would say you are crazy. But I can relate, having the feeling of constant soreness and tightness is not fun. So did your wife join you already on the floor? How do you deal with the cold? I can imagine a blanket not being enough during cold winters.
@@BarRookie I live in Central Florida so the cold isn't an issue at all. And no she still sleeps in the bed. I still lay there with her, watch a movie and have our fun. But when it's time for me to pass out I'm heading to the floor. We've been together 20yrs now, half of that I've been on the floor and it hasn't affected our relationship or bond at all. Besides she's got the whole bed and doesn't steal my blankets. I'll wake up early and slip into bed to hold her and stuff too. She's tried to sleep on the floor with me but after the first night she gave up. So I'm like the cave man and she's the princess with a bed full of pillows lol.
With two palettes under the tatami you remove the mould problem and you get to the same height than the matress. If we only look for hard surface and not for earth contact we can just set a board at the proper height.
Great video, a little drawn out with lots of repetition and me wanting to get to the point, but great. Um, also you might consider not cross contaminating your matts with a vacuum that is used on the floor, but that’s on you :p
I love sleeping on the floor. I went over a year doing it. Never had cramps are anything. Im trying to go back to it. Its just i got a wooden floor now and i need to make it soft.
@@BarRookie yes. And that's what i lay on. I loved all the space i had whithout a bed. Just one thing to remember. Dont walk on carpet with shoes on. Keep it clean. That way you dont draw bugs and dirt.
I have slept on the floor for 7 years now. Mostly just on a Wal-Mart space rug and/or a sleeping bag. Who's the expert now? ;-p (Yeah, but I am an Indian yogi; not a white influencer-experimenter.)
@@BarRookie It's a pretty simple evolutionary insight (call it epiphany, if you will). On an evolutionary scale, our body has not adapted to any of the inventions of "civilization."
@@longtalljay I’ve thought about this as well. I’ve been curious just how much we should be going without. I sleep on the floor (that started kinda because I wanted to, but I ended up without a bed so didn’t have a choice anyway) and I wear barefoot shoes if I need to go inside a store or something, otherwise I prefer barefeet, etc
@@NazraT1704 On shoes: Well, I have some cheap beach shoes for the barefoot footwear. I wore those for a year, but then found a Nike Free Run Flyknit lacefree, which have been my perfect shoe for a year +. Now that they are tearing, I am unable to find a replacement as Nike has discontinued the lace-free model. I got the new 5.0 version last month (with laces), and although I have had some reservations about them (bulkier sole), yesterday I climbed up to Athabasca glacier's foot in 5 mins, when I was told it was a 20-30 minute climb. Moral of the story, a sole that is completely flexible but insulates against pebbles is what works best. Our bodies have not evolved to the innovations of civilization, but vice versa does not need to be the case.
I looked up sleeping on the floor because I’m leaning towards getting a soft mattress. My thinking is if I want firm on some days, I could sleep on the floor with pillows 🤷♂️
Slept on the floor for the last 10 nights. 2 minutes after I got up this morning I seen the biggest spider that I’ve ever seen in my current home just lying there on the floor where my feet were just 2 minutes before. 40 minutes til bedtime. I hope I don’t think of that damn spider.
Considering the gym constructions you've made, can't you just construct a raised platform if you absolutely need to sleep next to each other on the same plane? I for one think sleeping next to each other is overrated. We all sleep differently and you shouldn't compromise on sleep. Sex is shared though, and dynamic, and therefore does require a significantly larger level surface area.
Haha, thank you for your concern and trust in me being able to construct a bed. Not long after this video my gf started also sleeping on the floor. So we're at the same level again 😌👌
@@BarRookie Does she have a different pillow setup or something than you? A girl friend recently told me having tried the same, but the back hurting more afterwards. I assume it is because women's hips are wider than men's and therefore the curvature is different depending on the sleeping position.
i think one should sleep on the back to have a good night rest on hard surfaces like floor, at least that´s what i recognized while sleeping on my thin matrasse
Exactly, and if people need to feel more cosy you can place the pillows side-by-side next to your head and cheeks. I find this gives the same comforting feeling as lying on your side and encases the warmth in around your neck. I don't sleep with a pillow under my neck, I keep the whole spine flat and have had no chronic lower back or neck pain since floor sleeping for 3 years without a pillow :)
@BarRookie I was thinking that because your bed is lower that you could sort of build a platform underneath your bed that which would make it kind of level with hers. I don't know if that makes sense.
would sleeping on a cot have the same effect? edit: cots work for me, but I think its different than being on the floor, i also use an camping pad to sleep on the floor because I'm too cheap for a futon :)
I’d say imo yes, and no. I know that ain’t helping but I love sleeping on the floor but a cot is pretty decent. Better than a bed but not as good as a tatami mat and futon. I feel cots don’t have enough support for myself. It’s the same feeling as an air mattress
Thanks for the video. I found your channel through Toshiro. Ive always wondered why we sleep like the way we do. It wasnt always like this. The human being isnt made to sleep on a nice matras. The sleep furniture is a whole economy on itself. So how long did it take for you to adjust?
You're welcome brother! Toshiro is an awesome dude 😃. Me too man, I always had trouble finding the right sleeping position. It also always felt too soft. About a week I would say. Then most of the discomfort would go away. After about a month it feels super comfy. I suggest trying it out for a month and then evaluate from there. Keep in mind the cold months to come, you don't want the cold radiating of the floor into your body.
I always wake up several times at night bc my arms are sleeping. I want to try floor sleeping but I wonder if it would do good or bad for my arms and shoulders.I tried to sleep on my back for months but then I wake up bc my legs are shocking and shaking 🤔🤔🤔anyone else experience with this?
if the surface is hard enough (on the floor or a carpet maybe) i think you will feel the pain before your limbs fall asleep. so you kind of wake up and move into another position. it is annoying at first but when you get used to it you do not wake up completly. so you always rotate your body position. that should keep the bllod in your muscles flowing and your spine and other joints relaxed. but maybe it is different for everyone.
I floor sleep. I wake up due to my shoulders and arms fall a sleep. Funny thjng is its prb only like once a week. I think i dont move arpund if im very tired and just fall asleep on my back. So it happens. But not that much. Ive noticed too if i have better posture and better upper body yoga practices, my arms dont 'fall asleep as much'
@@briank592 yes you’re probably right.I sleep on the floor for about a year or so now and all my aches have stopped.I tried to sleep in a bed again for one night but that was horrible 😆
I saw a documentart about cheetahs. How they wake up every hour, do a quick stretch and lay back down in a different position. Then it hit me, we arent supposed to lay in one spot all night!
@@chiefrocker19 There is a great documentary that relates to this could "The Earthing Movie" ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-44ddtR0XDVU.html
Not hard at all. We vacuum it once a week and in the summer we put it out in the sun for a full day. After more than a year, they are still as clean as when we got them.
@@BarRookie Yes Brother😄Sorry Brother Do you have a Calisthenics or Bodyweight Exercise for the Side Delt or Side Shoulders, Posterior Delt or Back Shoulders & Upper Trapezius, Middle Trapezius and Lower Trapezius, Thoracic and Lower Back, Forearm, Wrist and Rotator cuff and How to Neck exercise and Upper Abs, Obliques or Side Abs & Lower Abs Type, Variations Workout?🤔
Probably has something to do with bonding. Perhaps cuddling releases dopamine or the other one I can’t remember the name of that helps for emotional attachment Either way, there are plenty of couples, even married ones, that sleep in separate beds/rooms/even houses, and they do just fine. Whatever works for each individual couple
On the contrary, 2:12 it's okay to sleep in the cold. Don't matter if winter, spring, summer or fall. It's extremely healthy to sleep and have the temperature drop to a reasonable cold setting. To make things more interesting, I enjoy sleeping completely naked. 😊 I kid you not! Well being that the conversation is about sleeping 💤😴
Technically not. But With floorsleeping, is usually ment, not sleeping in a bed. I would not recommend sleeping directly on the floor, because it is too cold and would hurt your joints more than it would help.
Haha, yeah I thought it’d be one of those obvious things one can overlook, so I thought I’d mention it:P Not sure about the costs tho, are tatami mats expensive?
@@BarRookie or just build a bed frame with a board (maybe even small holes or slits for ventilation) and one tatami mat on top. would be cheaper i guess.
