Mindfulness for Insomnia: A Four-Week Guided Program to Relax Your Body. Calm Your Mind. and Get the Sleep You Need

Break the cycle of anxious thinking and rumination that keeps you up at night. With this much-needed guide you’ll learn to quiet your mind relax your body feel less tense and finally get the sleep you need. Sleep plays a crucial role in our waking lives. While we sleep our bodies are recharging with energy damaged tissue is repaired and our memories are stored. When we don't get enough sleep we are tired less positive less motivated less focused and more likely to feel depressed. We may even experience more intense cravings for high-fat sugar-rich foods. And yet despite the myriad advantages of getting a good night's sleep countless people suffer from chronic insomnia. If you’re one of them this book can help.In this guide a trained mindfulness expert teams up with a behavioral sleep specialist to offer evidence-based meditations and an innovative four-week protocol to address the emotional stresses and anxieties that lie at the root of sleep issues. You’ll learn practices grounded in mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) mindful self-compassion (MSC) and guided mindfulness and acceptance for insomnia (GMATI) to alleviate the mental emotional and physical suffering caused by insomnia. You’ll also learn to identify both internal and external factors that may be compromising your sleep and develop a plan to address these issues.There is nothing we can do to “make” ourselves fall asleep. In many ways this is why insomnia can be so maddening. But what we can do is help create the conditions necessary for healthy slumber. The mindfulness tools in this book will help you do exactly that.
Paperback: 224 pages

Publisher: New Harbinger Publications; 1 edition (July 1 2019)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 168403258X

ISBN-13: 978-1684032587

Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.5 x 9 inches

Shipping Weight: 12 ounces