Sleep-Safe Routine: Re-Engineering Your Nightly Calm

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Sleep-Safe Routine: Re-Engineering Your Nightly Calm

Amplifying Alpha and Beta Brainwaves

Bringing your day's Stresses to Bed

Confusing your body's Circadian Rhythm

Excessive Daytime Meditations

Mindfulness Performance Anxiety

Misunderstanding Sleepiness for Meditation

Over Vigilant Brain during Sleep Onset

Upregulating the Brain's Focus System

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For decades, meditation has been the universally prescribed cure for a poor night's sleep and chronic insomnia. Yet recent research from the fields of sleep medicine and neurobiology confirms that the link between the two practices is a bit more complex than just "breathing your way to a good night's sleep." While meditation is the ideal way to guide your nervous system toward a state of deep rest, it can have the opposite effect if you are meditating incorrectly, at the wrong time, or with too high expectations. 
 

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