Thursday, December 3, 2015

Sleep: The Cure for All That Ails You ~ or ~ Horizontal: My Favorite Position :)

Over the years, I have found there are three major points to consider when working towards optimum health:  Good sleep and good food, which leads to good intestines.  Today, I am writing about good sleep.

For my entire life I have loved to sleep.  My younger sister, April, used to beg me to get out of bed to watch cartoons with her.  After a great deal of begging on her behalf, I would make it to the couch, only to sleep some more.  As I grew up, I took naps more often than not.  My naps are anywhere from 15 minutes to 3 hours.  I realize 3 hours seems a bit long for a nap, but I believe we are to sleep until our body indicates it's time to get up.  More on what I believe to be the importance of naps another time.

Sleep is when our bodies transitions into healing mode.  

As an adult, I was shocked to enter Menopause and discover the rumor of night sweats was true.  Waking up in a sweat and throwing to covers off....only to then be freezing in a few minutes because you are literally drenched in sweat was everything I had heard.  When this happens a few times each night, naturally, sleep is interrupted.  At first, it seemed rather novel to enter into this phase of life.  It wasn't long, though, I was not happy to not have a complete night of blissful sleep.  Waking up feeling like I had missed out on the best part of my life ~ sleeping ~ was not only disappointing, it was exhausting.

I was given an essential blend to cure my night sweats and hot flashes.  The oils caused my sweats to disappear for several months and I was blissfully grateful, and monumentally disappointed when my sweats and flashes returned.  I tried something else ~ some other remedy, which I cannot remember at the moment, but it also worked only for a short time. ....memory loss: another "benefit" of menopause.  Needless-to-say, I spent a good year not getting a good nights sleep.  

Then a friend sent me a YouTube link to a guy who presented how chlorine in our water causes the calcification of our Pineal Gland.  In short, the "pineal gland releases melatonin, a serotonin derived hormone, which affects the modulation of sleep patterns." (Wikipedia)  I listened right away to the 16 minutes video, which gave an overview of how to decalcify your pineal gland.  Afterwards, I went to a video meditation which lasted one hour.  Naturally, I laid down to listen and soon fell asleep.  The beautiful thing is, you still get the benefits of this meditation while listening ~ or hearing ~ even while sleeping.

So.  The point I am getting to is, after listening to the hour long meditation, I haven't had a night with sweats since.  Not once.  No night sweats.  No hot flashes. No kidding.   Not since August 2015.  To date, I have been sleeping like a baby.  This makes me about the happiest girl in the world to be sleeping through the night and enjoying my (almost) daily naps.   

I encourage you to check out the videos.  The binural beats meditation is soothing and a little funky, but worth every minute.  Feel free to share your personal results in the comments area, and by all means....spread the word!  There are a lot of people with insomnia and a lot of women out there who will love you for doing potentially making a difference in their life.

I look forward to sharing something else I find noteworthy. 

In the meantime....be well and be happy.

All the best,

Diane


It's best to listen to this style of meditation with your earbuds in ~ right and left, appropriate.