Discover how to get deeper, more restful sleep with our deep sleep tips. Plus, learn about the stages of sleep and the reasons you might not be sleeping deeply.
“Waking up while in deep sleep is like trying to sprint before you’ve warmed up,” Vallat says. Not just metaphorically – literally! During deep sleep, your body temperature is the lowest. When you get abruptly woken out of deep sleep, your brain has to warm up and get some blood ...
Practice relaxation techniques such as deep breathing or progressive muscle relaxation (where you tense up your body and then gradually and consciously relax it, piece by piece, from head to toe) before bed to help your body relax into the back-sleeping position. Visualization can also be helpfu...
He has (fingers crossed) never woken in the night wanting to play…I think he just knows it’s time for sleep. Rachel Norman says Yes I do that too. my husband sometimes tried to help change diapers but took so long the baby woke up. He says “how can you do it so fast?” ...
My baby is four and a half months and used to sleep really well in her own cot, waking once or twice a night for a feed. Then for the last two nights she has woken up every 45 minutes. She cries each time until she is picked up, then instantly stops when in our arms, and fall...
While Stages 1 and 2 consist of eye and muscle movement, they come to a halt in Stage 3. However, movement is possible, which is why sleep disturbances like sleepwalking and night terrors can still occur. And, if you’ve ever woken someone up during this stage, you may have noticed the...
I don’t regret all of those sweet cuddles, but it was time for me to start waking up earlier than they do. For the past, oh, six years now…I’ve woken up to my children. I’m not kidding. And my health, my productivity and, sometimes, my sanity have suffered. The crazy ...
In addition, establishing patterns of living are integral for amnesia patients to get on with daily life. Read on to find out how amnesia is medically detected and how it can sometimes be prevented. Deep Brain Stimulation Treatment Recently, doctors in Canada chanced upon a potential new ...
Great – you have just woken up to your intuition. Leaving your comfort zone may seem challenging. When we face challenges, feel restless, or suffer, we tend to seek a cure from the external, material world rather than looking deep into ourselves. We are so used to purchasing our comfort...
And in those moments, I wish we’d woken up 15 minutes earlier just for this ritual to last a little longer. While I certainly don’t welcome the alarm each day, I know I’ll miss those footsteps running down the hall. Their failed attempts at trying to be quiet and surprise me as...