Healers, philosophers, poets and a lot more people have dealt with the question which areas of life are crucial for the personal rhythm of body, mind and soul and therewith for the overall health. Corresponding to the spirit and knowledge of our time, find below the most important levels and aspects:
• Physical body
• Balance of mind, soul and emotions
• Thinking and believing patterns
• Relation(s) to oneself and others
• Outer living circumstances
• Personal finances
• Attitude towards the environment
• Ability of handling stress and conflicts
• Meaning of life and spiritual balance
The most important mediator of all these inner and outer influences we are exposed to is the very complex process of sleeping! One of the pioneers in the field of sleep research and sleep medics and therewith a real sleeping expert, Prof. Dr. Karl Hecht (Berlin), got to the heart of it: “From the regulatory point of view, sleeping is a way more dynamic and complex process than wakefulness.” And concerning health and well-being, sleeping has to be rated much higher than the state of awakeness.
Altogether, we are having a difficult starting position in our rather sleep-adverse society: a study carried out on the occasion of the “Word-Sleeping-Day” has pointed out that already 45 % of the global population are affected by sleep disturbances. 15 % with acute and 30 % with chronical sleeping problems. More and more people are complaining about the phenomenon of “non-recreational sleep” – in the USA more than three quarters of the population are affected by that! But, once you are focusing on conscious awareness and improvement of sleeping you will notice, that the individual inner and outer influencing factors are changing relative to each other positively and mainly self-regulatory.
To belong in future to the group of people who sleep healthy and recreational, you can set targeted measures that will support you thereby.
In the first step, the necessary measures refer to constant key factors, like
• Your house or your apartment
• Your bedroom
• Your sleeping place
• Your sleeping equipment (bed)
In the second step, you are dealing with variable key factors, like
• Waking up and falling asleep (light and darkness)
• Your daily routine
• Your thinking and acting
• Your countless habits (life-style)
• Your working-place (if it is more or less stationary)