Friday 14 December 2018

A Spiritual Approach to Beating Insomnia and Getting a Good Night's Sleep

a post by Wendy Leeds for the Tiny Buddha blog


“Our spiritual mission is not to ignore the darkness, but to bring light to the darkness.” ~Marianne Williamson

It’s 3:17AM. You’ve been staring at the clock since 1:42AM, mind racing, body tense. In five hours you’re going to have to drag yourself to work, terrified that you’re going to fall asleep at your desk—again.

If you have trouble sleeping, you’re not alone. I know what it feels like to lie awake, reliving mistakes, making lists of things that might go wrong, waiting for sleep that never seems to come.

In fact, almost one-third of the adult population in the US has trouble falling asleep from time to time. Ten percent of us have long-term insomnia, which means we struggle to fall asleep at least three nights a week for over three months.

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