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Six Ways to Improve Your Sleep and Meditation
Winter is a great time to get some extra beauty sleep. With the longer nights and cold temperatures, our bodies are designed to slow down and regenerate. Sleep and meditation compliment each other. Meditation helps us slow down so we can relax and experience deeper sleep, and sleep helps our meditation by optimizing our ability to focus and thus reach that magical silent peace of deep alpha and theta brain waves.
Sweet Dreams On A Hard Surface: The Ergonomics Of Sleep
I spent 30 years wondering what to sleep on for optimal sleep and health. When I finally realized through personal experimentation and research that the best mattress is no mattress, I could never look at the world the same. We are asleep when it comes to which bed is...
Optimize Circadian Rhythms For The Sleep Of Your Dreams
One characteristic shared by practically all the 'modern' or 'neolithic' diseases like obesity, diabetes, hypo thyroidism, sleep apnea, etc.-- is poor quality sleep. Whether this is causative or indicative has been a question. The reality is more complex. The cause...
Eleven Ways To Get Rid Of Dust Mites Without Chemicals
Dust mites are microscopic insects, found living in soft furnishings throughout the home, which feed on dead skin cells. In fact, an incredible one million dust mites can happily feed on the amount of skin shed daily by an average adult! While these tiny home invaders...
What’s Keeping You Awake At Night: Chemical Toxins In Bedding Explained
We have the illusion that clothes and bedding made from synthetic fibers are safe, but the materials are in fact full of invisible chemicals the clothing/furniture industry prefers we don't think about. A hundred years ago, bedding and clothing was made of natural...
Reading In Bed: Finding the Ultimate Position
If you've had a big day and you need some time to unwind and read a book or watch a movie--chances are it's not going to be sitting at a desk or table. Who doesn't love to cuddle with an interesting book and cup of tea on the bed or couch? And chances are you haven't...
Pillow Therapy: How To Turn Sleep Into Yoga
It's sort of a standing joke - sometimes people cheer when it's time for the last part of the yoga workout - Shavasana - that is, laying down to relax, breath and let the mind release. There usually is no pillow and very little padding. This is a chance to feel the...
Sleeping On A Firm Or Hard Surface Benefits And Techniques
Sleeping On A Firm Or Hard Surface: Benefits and Techniques For Sweet Dreams on a Hard Surface Part One Click Here. I believe the reason mattresses have become ubiquitus is mainly due to these reasons: 1--The perceived comfort is an adaptive response. The body becomes...