Lack of sleep

Archive for January, 2009

I like to meditate regularly, it is one of my ‘hobbies’, so to speak. While cruising some of the meditation blogs for that interest me, I found a great post regarding meditation and sleep that I have to mention, because it touches on a point I wanted to write about sooner or later anyway.

Did you know that one of the easiest treatments for lack of sleep is a sleep meditation, which is one of the available meditation types that you can practice? Read the rest of this entry »

Sometimes lack of sleep is an illness by itself. At other times though, lack of sleep is a symptom of something else more serious, of one of the byproducts of our modern lifestyle, called nervous tension, or stress.

In today’s society, we are constantly pressured to get from one place to another. Or sometimes we are asked to accept more responsibility than we feel physically or mentally capable of handling. Anxiety or the stress of an unpleasant situation at home or work can put us on edge so we experience lack of sleep at night. Even if we are not confronted by these problems, a barking dog or wailing siren may produce just enough noise to keep us from enjoying a sound, energy-restoring sleep. Read the rest of this entry »