It’s interesting to consider how our lives are divided up into thirds. We get one third of our lifetime for nothing more than sleep.
The other two thirds of life are filled with the activities that we make most important to us. We fill that time with friends, families and careers. These two thirds are the essence of our life.
But it’s the night time that is so critically important to our well being. Our bodies were designed for rest. Our physical systems do all kinds of marvelous things when we sleep.
That is when the body does repair work. Widespread research has proven that a solid seven to eight hours of sleep is needed to maintain a healthy heart as well as other vital organs.
Volumes have been written on the physical and emotional benefits of getting proper sleep for the body. Researchers, doctors, therapists…they all agree that sleep doesn’t get enough respect in the lives that most Americans are living.
National statistics refer to 64 million Americans that suffer from insomnia. That’s roughly one out of five people that are going to eventually stare into the night instead of getting the rest they deserve and require.
Think about this. Look at the commercial advertisements of the last couple of years. Late night TV is bombarded with more sleep aids than I can recall.
The pharmaceutical companies are spending millions of advertising dollars to let you know they have a pill that will do the trick and offer you a sound night of sleep. It seems everyone has a little pill to ease you into rest.
But should the cost of a ‘good night’s sleep’ be a lifetime of sleeping pills and nervous caution? Many don’t think so. New research is pointing more and more to ‘sleep environment’ in helping those with insomnia to learn to prepare for the rest they need.
We’ve all known a twenty year old that could fall asleep over the arm of a chair on a Saturday afternoon with a college football game booming in the background. But as we age, it becomes necessary for some to seduce sleep.
Darkness can certainly give us an advantage when trying to drift off at night. And a comfortable bed with enough cover to keep us warm is essential. It is equally important to make certain that your sleeping environment has the right noise setting.
For some, it must be deathly quiet while others would be bothered by that void when a drip or tapping of the night becomes a ticking bomb.
Music has comforted many with this problem and the latest trends in ‘sleep noise’ have indicated that a number of types of sounds and noises may help. Our brainwaves must transition from the activity based alpha waves to the sedate and restful beta waves as our bodies prepare for rest.
Learning the sounds that work best for us, and then recording and reproducing them has proven effective in helping some. So consider this, one significant resource for a future night of sound sleeping may just be a noise maker.
I know this for a fact because for the last several months, quite a few people have secretly been testing my new insomnia method with amazing results. All of them reported some improvements with their sleep. Most of them said they didn’t suffer from sleeplessness any more.
That’s more than even I dreamed of.
I’ll be making this method available to my blog readers soon, so keep your eyes out for my upcoming emails.
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