At night we recharge and repair;

Sleep is the time when the brain heals the body.

Deep restorative sleep allows us to repair and regenerate and recharge. it is the time the imune system is most active, and the brain re-organizes its files for proper memory and mental function.

We go through 5 stages of sleep every night, or so we should do!

1: alpha – light sleep

2: spindle- k waves

3: delta- 1-2 cycles per second

4: delta- continuous

5: rem- rapid eye movement

The brain repairs the physical components of the body, bones,muscles, organs etc. during phase 1-4. Mental repair does not occur until stage 5, rem. We only get rem sleep if the previous stages have been complety uninterrupted. If we are too hot or cold, uncomfortable, worried or stressed, etc. our sleep cycles are disrupted, and we never reach rem sleep. rem sleep usualy lasts 50-70 minutes.

Some helpful solutions

• creating a healthy environment in the bedroom free of electrical appliances helps, as these energies degauss,and drain our boodies, leaving us feeling tired and depleted.
• keep the bedroom as simple and relaxing as possible.
• use a battery alarm clock, instead of electric.
• keep the t.v. to living areas, rather than sleep areas.
• get some fresh air and exercise during the day.
• drink plenty of water, look at your diet to see if food intolerance is affecting your sleep.
• take nutritional supplements, as we all need them. Taking calcium at night can help you sleep: it is also when we absorb the calcium into the bones.
• think of all the things you are grateful for when you go to bed. leave your problems for your waking hours. if you take them to bed, you will not solve them during the night!
• energy for healing, no matter what sort of injury or illness a person has, the energy to heal must come from the brain.

Energy sources

• fact: our bodies are intimately connected to two main energy sources:- the earth and the sun
• fact: the magnetic field of the earth and that of our bodies both vibrate at the same frequency {2-17 cycles per second}
• fact: our bodies emit the same heat energy {far- infra-red} as the sun

Without the sun, all life would die within a couple of weeks. because of the way we are interfering with our environment, we now need artificial sources of magnetic and far-infra-red energy, unless we are working outside all day and sleep with our windows wide open at night. This is why we feel so relaxed and recharged when we go on holidays, spending all day outside in the warm relaxing sun and air. Fortunately modern technology has produced some solutions that we can adapt into our daily lives, to enable us to live in a healthier environment.

• Are you one of the many who drag themselves out of bed in the morning?
• Do you feel tired and ready for a knap in the afternoon or early evening?

If the answer is yes, it could be you are one of the 60 % of the population that is not getting enough sleep i.e. 5-6 hours instead of 7-8 hours

If you feel lack of sleep is affecting your work and concentration and maybe your ability to drive long distances. or you would like to have more energy during the day, there are solutions.