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I posted up about six weeks ago about sleeping without a pillow. At the time it was something that I was just trying out to see how it goes, but I have to say – after the six weeks my neck feels like it used to as a kid!

It’s more flexible, I feel as though I sleep better, and my back in general feels great. No more minor pain here and there.. All just from ditching the pillow!

At first I did have to ask myself – “Is it good to sleep without a pillow?” however after doing some research, and applying common sense – I strongly believe that it is. How did we sleep before pillows?

The fact is that most pillows aren’t even designed to the contours of your neck. Babies aren’t given pillows when they are young so they develop a straight spine. Obviously as an adult ours aren’t developing as much as a child, but every little bit helps.

Give it a shot sometime – worst case scenario you don’t like it. All I know is my neck feels great at the moment!

A while back I read about sleeping without a pillow. Now while searching around the net, most people want to try it for all sorts of trivial reasons – like growing taller. I just wanted to give it a go to see if it felt any more comfortable.

After sleeping two nights without a pillow, I have to say my neck feels great!

Obviously the information that I read on that net was taken with a pinch of salt, however I have read a few times that sleep without a pillow is meant to be good for your posture. After both nights I have had very minor lower back pain. The good thing is that it’s not spinal pain – it’s muscular pain. I believe that my back is working from hips to head to keep my body straight, rather than just using a pillow to relax.

With that said, common sense dictates that humans were meant to sleep without pillows. It just makes sense. Do animals sleep on pillows? No, they just make themselves comfortable with what they have in nature. It’s not like I’m giving up the mattress any time soon, but if things keep going the way they are, the pillow might be out of my life before long!