by sherps | Jun 9, 2012 | Alternative Therapies, Alternative Therapies, Sleep Awareness, Sleep Awareness
The Daily Mail this week reported how Team GB Olympic swimmer Lizzie Simmonds has suffered from insomnia since she was 12. Attributing her trouble sleeping to an irregular sleeping pattern as a youngster with early morning training sessions, she never really been able...
by breatheasighofrelief | Apr 25, 2012 | Alternative Therapies, Alternative Therapies, Alternative Therapies, Health, Sleep
Working as an Osteopath and a traditional Chinese Acupuncturist I encounter a number of patients with varying respiratory problems. The most common by far is snoring, affecting approximately 45% of men and 30% of women. Although it is not often the primary complaint,...
by breatheasighofrelief | Apr 24, 2012 | Alternative Therapies, Alternative Therapies, Alternative Therapies, Health, Sleep
The words hypnosis and sleep are often used in the same sentence. As a hypnotherapist I like to make people aware of the stark differences between the two, and that the assumption that hypnosis is sleep, is a huge fallacy. When in hypnosis the subject is wide awake...
by sherps | Apr 12, 2012 | Alternative Therapies, Alternative Therapies, Sleep Awareness, Sleep Awareness
This week Sky News reported on a new sleep app called Dream:ON, which uses music to influence the sleeper’s dreams. For regular readers of the Breathing Relief Sleep Blog, a smartphone application claiming to induce/influence sleep is nothing new. So what makes...
by breatheasighofrelief | Jan 26, 2012 | Alternative Therapies, Alternative Therapies, Alternative Therapies
Since my bike-car-accident-extravaganza back in October I’ve had to contend with recurring lower-back issues. These range from stiffness in the morning, easily relieved with some simple stretches to searing pain and inflammation within my sacroiliac joint.Back...
