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About this book
Fifty drug-free ways to ease yourself into sleep.
Tired of staring at the ceiling or watching late-night television while the precious hours tick by? For those who twist and turn from dusk to dawn, Deep Sleep: Reference to Go will let you save those night moves for the dance floor.
Spend your nights in restful repose with these fifty easy and practical non-sheep-counting techniques and exercises—and wake up rested and refreshed.
Tired of staring at the ceiling or watching late-night television while the precious hours tick by? For those who twist and turn from dusk to dawn, Deep Sleep: Reference to Go will let you save those night moves for the dance floor.
Spend your nights in restful repose with these fifty easy and practical non-sheep-counting techniques and exercises—and wake up rested and refreshed.
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Contents
Deep Sleep
A Soothing Nightcap
Breathe Away Stress
Blowing Hot And Cold
A Breath Of Air
The Perfect Bed
Dream Bedding
Musical Colors
Cut Out Caffeine
Early-Bird Suppers
Gift Of Touch
Tossing And Turning
Routines And Rituals
Light Defense
Chemical Alert
Essential Oils
Clear Away Clutter
Sleepy Foods
Soothing Sounds
Dressing For Comfort
Working In Shifts
Feng Shui
Keep A Sleep Journal
How Much Sleep Do You Need?
Time For Bed
Fit For Sleep
Bathe Yourself To Sleep
Breathing In Calm
The Power Of Suggestion
A Sleep Mandala
Electrical Disturbances
The Drinkfree Zone
Pressure Points
Earth Energies
Coping With Jet Lag
Restless Legs
Kiss And Make Up!
Helping Children Sleep
Sleeping With A Partner
Unfinished Business
Banish Anxiety
Lower The Lights
Create A Safe Place
Self-Massage
A Peaceful Home
Pre-Sleep Stretches
Eastern Evenings
Gentle Sunrise
Combat Snoring
Mental Stillness
Bedtime Snacks
Copyright
Deep Sleep
The Modern Sleep Challenge
In this fast-paced world, we are often expected to focus our attention on many different tasks at once. Juggling the pressures of our work and home lives means that we have limited time to catch up on our rest. Furthermore, increasingly long days at work mean that we often end up out-of-synch with our natural body clock, perhaps snatching a late supper after working well into the night. Night owls may be forced to behave as larks, and larks to behave as owls. It is not surprising, given the demands placed on our time, that sleep quality suffers as a result.
Many of us experience anxiety and stress, and these too have adverse effects on our sleep. We may find it difficult to wind down after a stressful day, and consequently lie awake for an hour or more, reviewing a list of unresolved problems.
Deep Sleep provides the perfect antidote to such modern ills. It offers ways to relax before bedtime, so that sleep comes naturally. We might go through a specially prepared pre-sleep ritual whose very predictability has a calming effect, or we might prefer to play a CD of ocean sounds, make a milky bedtime drink, take a warm bath with essential oils, or take part in a relaxing mutual massage with our partner. And if we still find ourselves tossing and turning during the night, there are various rescue techniques for bringing sleep our way.
Even if you feel that your sleep quality is perfectly acceptable already, it is worth trying some of the tips suggested in these pages. You may be surprised to discover that your slumbers can become even deeper and more refreshing.
Why Is Sleep So Important?
We spend approximately one third of our lives asleep, which is more time than we spend with our friends and family, or even working. Why is this? Or, to put the question another way, what is sleep’s biological function?
Sleep is a state of suspended awareness. Special mechanisms in the brain filter out the flow of information through our senses. At the same time, brain signals immobilize many of the body’s main muscles. Perhaps surprisingly, the purpose of the shutdown is not energy conservation: the amount of energy saved during eight hours of sleep is roughly equivalent to that of a glass of low-fat milk! It is more likely (though the science of the subject is still far from certain) that sleep provides the body with an opportunity to repair wear and tear, and the brain with a quiet period for reorganizing its day’s worth of data.
What we can be sure of is that evolution would not bother to have made us sleep if it did not greatly benefit our health and wellbeing. And we all know how irritable we can feel when we’re deprived of sleep, or when the quality of our sleep is for some reason diminished. We know by experience that a good night’s sleep leaves us feeling fresher and more energetic the next morning.
A Soothing Nightcap
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- Deep Sleep
- A Soothing Nightcap
- Breathe Away Stress
- Blowing Hot And Cold
- A Breath Of Air
- The Perfect Bed
- Dream Bedding
- Musical Colors
- Cut Out Caffeine
- Early-Bird Suppers
- Gift Of Touch
- Tossing And Turning
- Routines And Rituals
- Light Defense
- Chemical Alert
- Essential Oils
- Clear Away Clutter
- Sleepy Foods
- Soothing Sounds
- Dressing For Comfort
- Working In Shifts
- Feng Shui
- Keep A Sleep Journal
- how much sleep do you need?
- Time For Bed
- Fit For Sleep
- Bathe Yourself To Sleep
- Breathing In Calm
- The Power Of Suggestion
- A Sleep Mandala
- Electrical Disturbances
- The Drinkfree Zone
- Pressure Points
- Earth Energies
- Coping With Jet Lag
- Restless Legs
- Kiss And Make Up!
- Helping Children Sleep
- Sleeping With A Partner
- Unfinished Business
- Banish Anxiety
- Lower The Lights
- Create A Safe Place
- Self-Massage
- A Peaceful Home
- Pre-Sleep Stretches
- Eastern Evenings
- Gentle Sunrise
- Combat Snoring
- Mental Stillness
- Bedtime Snacks
- Copyright