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9 November 2010 0 Comments

Can Tai Chi Help to Improve Quality of Sleep?

TweetAlmost everyone suffers from a sleeping problem at some point in their lives, which is usually a temporary condition due to illness or at a particularly stressful time. It is when the condition persists that help is sometimes needed, and unfortunately most people just carry on regardless which can prolong or even worsen the problem. [...]

5 November 2010 0 Comments

Tai Chi Qi Gong (chi kung) Healthful Exercise course in Westerham, Kent

Tweet Starting January/February 2011 come along to an introduction to Tai Chi QiGong healthful exercise course if you live near Oxted, Sevenoaks, Edenbridge, Biggin Hill, Caterham, Westerham Q. How can you keep yourself well and healthy this season? A. Join Linzi for the Tai Qi Chi Gong Class in Westerham starting MONDAY 31 JANUARY 2011 [...]

3 November 2010 0 Comments

Preventing Insomnia and Sleep Problems

TweetCan’t Sleep. Waking Up in the Night. Wake up too early in the Morning. Disturbed sleep in the Night. Not feeling Refreshed even though you’ve Slept. Preventing Insomnia Daytime habits •    Set a specific time for getting up each day. Stick to these times, seven days a week, even if you feel you have not had enough [...]

31 October 2010 0 Comments

Insomnia. Nearly everyone has problems sleeping at some point in their life. Estimated 33% of people have suffered from insomnia

TweetCan’t Sleep. Waking Up in the Night. Wake up too early in the Morning. Disturbed sleep in the Night. Not feeling Refreshed even though you’ve Slept. Insomnia is difficulty getting to sleep or staying asleep for long enough to feel refreshed the next morning. This happens despite having enough opportunity to sleep. The most common problem in young people [...]

19 October 2010 2 Comments

Why Meditate?

TweetWhy Meditate? To Increase vitality To Improve concentration To Reduce stress For Increased focus For Improve memory To Create wellbeing To Feel calm To Aid healing And Enjoy life I was looking for meditation aids and came across www.house-of-meditation.com. It’s just ‘what the holistic doctor ordered’ or to be accurate, for anyone searching for meditation [...]

8 October 2010 0 Comments

UK becomes world record holders in mattress domino attempt

TweetA light hearted look about how to sleep well … UK becomes world record holders in mattress domino attempt | Metro.co.uk article source: Metro.co.uk Newcastle All Stars at Largest Mattress Dominoes World Record with Palatine Beds Video source: You Tube, Louise Brydon Sleep Well Live Well consultations – natural solutions, create an improved work – [...]

15 September 2010 0 Comments

Sleep Survey

TweetI was interested to discover what people who suffered from sleep disruption, insomnia, could not sleep or kept waking up, had to say. So I conducted a sleep survey and am pleased to present the results here. Q How often do you experience sleep disturbance? 40% of respondents experienced sleep disturbance a few times a [...]

13 September 2010 0 Comments

Darkness my sleep delight

TweetMessage from the dark side … It’s fascinating the contrast between day light and night light. We love the daylight, our eyes see  much better in daylight than in darkness and that, ‘start of the day’ time can be so delicious. First light, a freshness of a new day. Yet, when I want to sleep [...]

11 August 2010 1 Comment

The ART of Restful Sleep

TweetThe Art of Restful Sleep Did you know … 1 in 3 of us will suffer from insomnia at some point in our life. On average we might wake up 10 – 15 x night but have no recollection of these moments. Why sleep? For deep and nourishing rest to restore and renew our physical [...]

5 August 2010 0 Comments

Inspirational Sleep, Setting Your Words of Intention

TweetSmile from the Heart A vision of Beautiful sleep might be … feeling nicely tired but not over tired for sleep, perfect temperature, wearing sleep clothing that feels soft, comforting, nurturing or nothing at all, feeling the softness of the skin. Slipping into a bed made with natural feeling/smelling fabric, soft to the touch and [...]

2 August 2010 2 Comments

AWaken with Aches, Stiff Joints, Pains in the Back, Shoulders, Neck. Caused by ‘WIND’ or Draughts as you sleep?

TweetTUI NA & ACUPUNCTURE guest interview with Acupuncturist and Tui Na therapist, Chris Tappenden So you are in bed and it’s hot, perhaps you like having ventilation with open windows. Maybe when you wake up the next day you have a stiff neck, back or elsewhere. Perhaps you are feeling a bit more angry or agitated. [...]

2 August 2010 0 Comments

Chattering busy monkey mind visualisation for restful sleep

Tweet Chatter chatter chatter like a train gathering momentum, on a journey to this way and that. Now re-read this and hear the rhythm, does it remind you of how your mind can chug along, thoughts spewing. Sometimes gathering momentum like a steam train on a straight run. Other times slowing down as you approve [...]

31 July 2010 0 Comments

Getting hot ‘n steamy in bed – part 2

TweetFurther thoughts on how to create coolness when you’re hot ‘n sweating in bed. “Summertime when the liv’in is easy“. So they say in Porgy and Bess ( Rodgers & Hammerstein). Well not so easy when you’re lying there sweating away, sorry, perspiring. One way to help is to create a through flow of air [...]

30 July 2010 0 Comments

Hot ‘n Steamy Sleeping

TweetHow to sleep well when feeling sweaty in bed? Your body breaths, just think of the pores as little mouths – ooh! that’s conjured up a very weird picture indeed!! Our body prefers to be surrounded by natural fibres. Yes I know, pure cotton requires more ironing and that’s even more work for those of [...]