Sleep: what it does for you and how to troubleshoot it
In Macbeth Shakespeare states that sleep is “the chief nourisher in life’s feast.” And modern science proves that is truly is. What other miraculous remedy helps you fight infection and[…]
Category: yoga for your energy
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Yoga practice for better sleep
Two years into WWII, the US military realized that due to extraordinarily high levels of stress and lack of sleep many of the combat pilots began to freeze up in[…]
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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[…]
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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