Category: Wellness Tips

SLEEP

According to the National Sleep Foundation, most adults need at least 7-9 hours of sleep a night and adults over 65 require 7-8 hours. However, it is important to pay attention to your own needs by observing how you feel on different amounts of sleep.

Are you healthy and productive on 7 hours or do you need 9 hours of sleep to get you into gear? Scientific studies have shown that just a very small group of people require less sleep than mentioned above.

We sleep for many reasons:

• Enriches our ability to learn, memorize and make logical decisions
• Improves our psychological health. Dreaming also has benefits
• Supports our immune system and metabolic systems
• Fine tunes the balance of insulin and glucose
• Regulates our appetite and supports intestinal and cardiovascular health
• Lowers blood pressure
• Can prevent infection and ward off all kinds of illnesses
• Can lower cancer risk

Continue reading “DRINK, SLEEP, LOVE — Part 2 of 3”

Providing chronic pain support is an important part of my services and education for you.  I will be publishing a comprehensive series that addresses three of the tools that may ease chronic pain:  drinking water, adequate and restful sleep,  and deep love.

    

As we have discussed elsewhere, many of us suffer from chronic pain. For example, arthritis can cause stiffness and pain in the joints. Pain can result from various inflammatory conditions, post surgery, etc. Research tells us that the intensity of the pain can be reduced or modified in various non-pharmaceutical ways.

Pain is modified by taming the unpleasant feelings and thoughts associated with the pain. Some ways to accomplish this include a mindfulness practice, guided relaxation, healthy eating, gentle exercise, massage and yoga to name just a few. Continue reading “DRINK, SLEEP, LOVE – Introduction (Part 1 of 3)”