Want to “wake up”? Go to sleep!

If you aren’t getting enough sleep (7-9 hours) and deal with lack of energy, depression, difficulty with focus, low sex drive, lack of creativity and ambition,  obesity, fibromyalgia and connective tissue/joint issues…you may want to look more closely at this single issue.  Without resolving it, it is totally possible that you are dealing with symptoms rather than causes.

If you want an extraordinary quality of life, you must have a daily ritual of thought, emotion, and motion that prepares you for growth and constant action.  But if you are caught in a cycle of doing what is IMPERATIVE as opposed to what is IMPORTANT, you are killing your dreams in their cradle.

On May 9, 2015 we are doing a LIFEWRITING RADIO SHOW about this precise issue, at 11am pst:  http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/137903

If you missed it, you can still download and listen.

If you listened, I suggested that you come here for some additional information, and resources.

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/obesity-prevention-source/obesity-causes/sleep-and-obesity/

Good article – a bit old

http://sleepfoundation.org/sleep-tools-tips

Resources from National Sleep Foundation

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-05-loss-impedes-decision-crisis.html

This is about sleep and critical decisions

http://www.physiologyinfo.org/mm/Reference-Library/Press-Releases/2015-Press-Releases/Good-Nights-Sleep-Is-Important.html

This is about sleep and glucose/ metabolism

Here is the “Moon Salutation” which practiced OR IMAGINED fully, will help prepare you for sleep (personally, I’ve never been able to even imagine the whole thing without dropping out!)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-sJE4JvEuw (note: if you are not familiar with yoga, show this video to a yoga instructor, and ask them to help you create a routine that is SAFE FOR YOU, that covers the same patterns in approximately the same time.  Safety and relaxation is KEY.)

Here is the official “Warrior Sleep” program:  http://store.payloadz.com/details/907728-audio-books-health-and-well-being-warrior-sleep.html

Here is the “ancient child” program, which contains the MP3 that teaches a deep relaxation, the YOGA NIDRA, which can help you go to sleep…

theancientchild.com

 

And here is the LIFEWRITING 10 WEEK PROGRAM, which offers the “Ancient Child” as a free extra:

www.lifewritingworkshop.com