3 steps to help your yoga students sleep better
Our students choose to do yoga for all sorts of reasons, but in my personal experience they rarely seek advice of a yoga teacher specifically for sleep problems. However, many[…]
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Why your mind races before bed and what you can do about it
In the course of your day, how often do you close your eyes and disconnect from the external bombardment of information to check in on what’s going on inside? If[…]
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Physiological reasons of poor sleep and what to do about them: Part 2
Last week we talked about some biological reasons of poor sleep. Today we will cover several others and discuss the strategies for dealing with them. 5. Restless leg syndrome Some[…]
External factors that are messing up your sleep: Part 2
Last week we discussed two most important factors that can interfere with your sleep quality and quantity – light and temperature. Both of those factors affect the release of melatonin[…]
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External factors that are messing up your sleep: Part 1
A decade or so ago I visited a small surfing town in Costa Rica. It was a great adventure, but one thing I found most surprising was that by 9pm[…]
Five kinds of sleep disturbances and how to identify them
Sleep impacts every aspect of our physiology, so it is not surprising that we always ask our private yoga students about the quality of their sleep, both in the initial[…]
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The emotional roller coaster of insufficient sleep
Any parent knows that if the child begins to get cranky at the end of the day, she is tired and needs to go to bed. Sometimes we can recognize[…]
What can caffeinated spiders teach us about our sleep habits?
About 70 years ago a zoologist who studied spiders got tired of waking up at 5am to watch them build their webs, so he asked his pharmacologist friend if he[…]
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Are you in sync with your body clock?
Many years ago I used to have a student who was blind. He came to my afternoon yoga classes regularly and sometimes we got to talking about this and that.[…]
The main difference in Western and Eastern views of physiology
Both Western and Eastern way of thinking recognize that it is essential for the body to maintain the state of internal equilibrium when it comes to physiology. In Western medicine[…]
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