Release Stress At The End of The Day
Daytime stress often causes sleep dysfunction. You lie awake in bed, rehashing the events of the day and worrying about tomorrow’s challenges, too keyed up to relax. When you don’t get a good nights sleep, you’re also likely to be more anxious and stressed out during the day. It’s a vicious cycle. A study presented at the twenty-third Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies in June 2009, and published in ScienceDaily, showed that meditation is effective in treating sleep problems. According to Ramadevi Gourineni, MD, director of the insomnia program at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Evanston, Illinois, insomnia results from being in a state of hyperarousal around the clock. The following meditation helps you unwind at bedtime, so you enjoy more restful sleep. It also reduces stress during the day. **Perform this meditation each night as soon as you go to bed, to unwind and sleep better.** (From the book ‘The Best Meditations on the Planet, by Dr. Martin Hart & Skye Alexander)