I started with sleeping without a pillow and transformed step by step all the way to floor sleeping. I think most problems comes actually with a pillow. Once I tackled pillow first, got used to it, there wasn't anymore a challenge to sleep in the floor.

Thank you for filming this series on floor sleeping. It’s such an inspiration! We started our “furniture free” transition after watching Movementum’s apartment tour on KZfaq. We lowered the dining table to 35cm high and then, months later, did the same to our office desks. Now we're getting rid of our bed frame and, after we move, buying a latex topper to sleep on.

I like your cover of floor sleeping. It seems like a lot of videos only have good things to say about futon-style sleeping without preparing people for the drawbacks! Keep it up!!

I'm 67 years old and on my third day of not needing a nap after lunch having three days ago started sleeping on my hard floor surface.❤ 3:50

Thank you for your insights in this topic! I sleep on the floor for one year now, based upon my experiences ... while camping! The thin mattress was perfect during the three weeks in a tent. The problem with dust or mold is easy to fight: I sleep on a yoga mat (8mm thick) with a futon ( 3 cm thick) and both are easy to place in the sun or outside to let them become fresh. Every morning I just take 'my bed' this makes the room free. I also live on the floor (furniture free) and this helps tremendously with (hip) flexibility and mobility, especially when your body gets older.

I started with only a yoga mat. Now I have a thin kapok roll mat and two duvet cover on top of a tatami. 1 month in and I like it but I can't really tell more about since i don't have many physically issues at the moment. I dont have any pain, but I would recommend to start with a thicker futon or something. Thank you for spreading the word to living a more natural life. ❤

I hsve watched a couple of videos and this was the most informative one. thanks

I started sleeping on the floor a few months ago and I am constantly evolving in the way I sleep and it is still a bit of an adjustment. I use multiple pillows for my knees and head. For my neck, I mostly use a neck roll or a bolster type of pillow made with buckwheat husks which I was able to adjust to the right level of thickness for me. I need to get a body pillow and a tatami mat. That's next. I enjoy sleeping on the floor because it's cooler and I find it easier to do my stretches because I'm not sinking into the bed. I still have a little back pain, but that's because of previous injuries, however, I'm in for the long-haul benefits. I even have an inflatable camping mattress to carrying with me when I travel. Great video and thanks for the updates.

Thanks! 20 Years ago I slept on the floor for 1,5 years, because I had a waterbed and one day I could not move my body when I woke up. Sleeping on the floor felt hard, but was good for my body. Now at 49, I would like to start sleeping on the floor again.

Thanks for the update. Have you tried a Japanese style buckwheat pillow (14x20)? I’m concerned about shoulder stiffness when side sleeping.

I either need a new bed or futon. I know that I always sleep better on the floor. Its just hard making the decision. I saw that one tatami mat weighs 66 lbs. i only weigh 113. I do not sleep well on my 14 year old bed and definitely need something. I get so tired every day working as a financial analyst. I need quality sleep. I am a side sleeper too and gave up my pillow this week. I use my hand too but decided to use a hand towel folded up. Thanks for the video.

So using a very thin futon mattress sleeping on the floor compared to just the average cheap spring mattress doing the same no difference to me at all used the mattress on the floor for 8 years these past approx just over a month switched to the futon thin mattress ( maybe 3" thick) sure I can feel the floor when my 188cm 104-5 Kg ( 6'2" 235Lb) body gets on it but once I am laying down now difference at all waking up feel the same as before if I was to tell people to sleep on the floor just put your bed mattress on the floor it's pretty much the same thing ;) ,I still get my average of 6 hours broken sleep either way it is much easier to flip the mattress around through hehe

instead of putting it directly on the floor, put the mat on a low platform bed frame; you get air circulation between you and the floor. PS you will need to replace the bed frame's wooden slats with hardwood plywood.

Can you please tell me where you bought the body pillow? It looks so soft! I am a very petite person. All the body pillows that I find are really hard and heavy.

I will try it in a month, during a holiday. I wake up stiff every morning and I hope it will be better after a week.

nice very underrated

You are not sleeping on the floor. You are sleeping on a futon mattress which is sitting on a tatami mat. And all of that could easily be sitting on a slat bed or ensemble base. You are in effect sleeping without a piece of furniture called a bed. 😉

Mat & futon =/= sleeping on the floor. You’re still technically sleeping on padding. It’s simply much lower profile than a mattress (with or without a box spring). I went cold turkey years back-threw out the mattress and slept directly on cold hardwood flooring. The cold felt great. Currently I sleep on an IKEA flat woven rug with a pillow because it matches my room decor better. Plus I didn’t want to throw out the rug I already had.

I had to stop sleeping on the floor/carpet because of my hips… I still have a firm mattress but if you have wide hips you can’t really have your spine straight on a hard surface

Hi, Ik slaap nu sinds een maand op een hardere ondergrond. Eerst twee weken op de vloer, met wat dekens en een matje eronder (vond ik heerlijk!) En nu sinds twee weken met een echte futon matras,omdat ik gewoon graag naast mijn man wil liggen. Futon ligt zachter dan vloer maar nu komt het..ik word helemaal niet uitgerust meer wakker sinds die futon.. Ik kom moeilijk uit bed,voel me zwaar en soort van of ik uit narcose kom. Dat duurt zeker een uur en gedurende dag ook sneller moe. Geen pijntjes, en op zich vind ik het wel lekker liggen. Zou dit tijdelijk zijn? Een soort diepe ontspanning waar ik doorheen moet, of is het toch niet geschikt voor mij? Ik geef het nog eens twee weken sowieso, maar ben nog geen fan van de futon ervaring..

Do they make a raised platform for the tatomi mat?

hi, is de futon matras ook van sasa store? Edit: ik lees net dat het 5 cm schuim is maar het ziet er lekker zacht uit wat voor schuim is dat en waar heb je die vandaan?

I read that tatami mats are hard to clean.

You need a buckwheat pillow!

BR where did you get the Tatami mat you use?

Do you think it Did anything for your sternum pain?

Belly sleeping is actually bad for the hart. It hangs on an artery that way... I heard 't from a cardiologist 🌹

That's one step from sleeping on the sidewalk on a piece of cardboard. LOL

I miss my waterbed. Like being in the womb.