Why I Ditched My Mattress: Floor Sleeping: Health Home and Happiness 

I’m 81 and when I moved three years ago my bed didn’t make it to my new place. So I had to buy an air mattress to sleep. It’s a queen size and I keep it very hard. What I discovered was that I hardly move at all during the night….. just my legs a little. My sleep is profoundly better. No lingering in bed in the morning any more. I’m not sure how long I’ll stay in the bed but it’s been 3 years now and I’m not wanting to go back 🌹 I have a use a walker to get up.

Been doing this for +3 years, never went back to sleeping on a bed with a mattress. I had chronic back pains before and had to see a therapist constantly for those pains. I then met someone who sleeps on the floor, and I gave it a try too. After 3 weeks my chronic back pains went away. I have slept on 'regular' beds here and there, and my pains came back and I always go back to floor sleeping for it to be fixed. Highly recommend!

I slept on the floor for more than 3 years. The pain from my herniation went away COMPLETELY. I didn’t even need to take care of it at all,no more therapies, no medicine, nothing. So yes, it was 100% worth it.

Good video. Lots that I can relate too, especially the feeling of just starting to feel old. I’m 42. I’ve been mostly sitting on the floor for a few years and that has been a game changer with the feeling old thing. I’m now starting to experiment with floor sleeping and looking forward to the benefits you describe. Your thinking and mine are similar. Thank you!

I like how you are always researching and willing to try new things. I am confident that I would do my back and my bones a service by trying this.

Me and my boyfriend also sleep on the floor. We love it. And for me the biggest gift is that i am more calm when i sleep. I have had bad and restless sleep because of the movements of the bed. so when i moved or my boyfriend we would both be disturped. Now its peacefull .. and the bed never feels too small becase the floor is just and endless bed . (=

I've started sleeping on the floor recently and it is surprisingly very comfortable. I had a feeling my bed was starting to give me sleeping troubles because my mattress is very soft. I also inherited a vintage bed frame and the design impedes on my sleep because I'm quite tall and always manage to be hitting myself on something during the night. With floor sleeping the firmness helps tremendously and I am able to stretch out any which way comfortably. Enjoyed watching your video. 😊

I started almost 2 months ago, and I feel a lot better. I use a futon on a trifold matress as my base. I have a buldging disc in my lower back and sleeping on the floor really helped my numbness and pain.

Was looking into buying a new bed, but ended up trying sleeping on the floor. So today I threw out my old bed and ordered a Tatami for insulation.

I’m just starting to get into this, looking forward to it

I'm over a week sleeping on the floor and I'm loving it so far. I have an indoor/outdoor rug as the base and then a very thin 1-2cm thick mattress topper as my mattress that I sleep on. It all folds away nicely leaving me plenty of floor space as I still have my old bed in the room which I can't get rid of.

Hi i know im a year late... the fact i learned is that when sleeping on mattresses it supports your muscles and when sleeping on a floor it supports your bones. I've been sleeping on the floor 4-5 years and apoligize i dont have exact page where i read the info. I did a lot of research and the other thing is the more your body moves the less likely to be stiff and lose those abilities like getting up and down off the floor

I've just started this will be my third night so far so good good clip

I’m watching this on my mattress

I slept on the floor for 2 months and it wasn't great for me. But now I bought a thin mattress and it has made my sleep better.

Glad you are making videos again! This is interesting. I have never thought about sleeping on the floor for health. Do you use a pillow?

I'm 10 days in on "floor sleeping"... I have never slept so well, and now its not just EASY to get up... but IM LOVING getting up and start my day!... Not going back to "bed sleeping".

On your blog you describe the family mattresses. Have you ditched the wool cotton and latex or is this floor sleeping an earlier practice?

I have sleep problems in general and falling asleep is hard this would keep me awake i wish i was adaptable but not especially having fibromyalgia i have sore spots on my hips and back. Didnt you feel sore sleeping on floor?

♥ I started floor sleeping two nights ago, and already tossed out my bed.

That is interesting,I will try this next night! I will sleep with my new kitten in her room....she will love it for sure!

I love this (I think you should look for lower side tables though🙈)

Why did you choose to not get a tatami mat? I’ve been wanting to try this, especially for my husband who has chronic neck pain

It seems like it would work best for front- or back-sleepers? Is side-sleeping uncomfortable?

If any problem sleeping on floor

**gets a mattress ad before the vid starts**

Are you on carpet or hardwood? Give us a breakdown of all the layers between you and the subfloor 😅

what if your floor is concrete?

Huh wow

Are you married? Does your husband sleep elsewhere?