One key ingredient in aligning with the evolutionary impulse of the Universe is rhythm. There are many rhythms but the one that resets all the other according to Ayurveda (as taught by Deepak Chopra) is the circadian rhythm.
Bringing rhythm to one's own life needs to start with the body.
To center oneself life energies in the body (Yama) and to bring regularity (Niyam) sound sleep is necessary. Sound sleep helps the body regenerate. Sleeping closer to the earth energy that recharges and replenishes the body or in a consecrated space is necessary to revitalize and rejuvenate as the bindu chakra, the manipura where all the 72 nadis meet and marma points maintain the body and the subtle body.
For sound sleep the body needs to be free of the effort to digest food. For the body to be free of the effort to digest food, food shouldn't be taken for a a few good hours before going to sleep. As I have heard from a Jain girl in a video on YouTube her family had the habit of not taking food later than 6.30 PM. With this simple and essential point, the body can take the time to digest then go to sleep and regenerate the body so that one feels rested in the morning and can wake up easily even in the Brahma Muhurta or during the morning Sandhya Kala for meditation.
Like this after meditation one can eat because there will be already 11 to 12 hours since the last meal and one can now eat the first meal of the day with gusto. And through this the body can brought without much effort to sit for the meditation if it is a sitting or moving meditation.