Comments on: Yoga can help cure insomnia http://www.thehealthblogger.net/exercise/yoga-can-help-cure-insomnia Sat, 19 Nov 2011 18:06:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Michael Schwartz, MA, Sleep Coach http://www.thehealthblogger.net/exercise/yoga-can-help-cure-insomnia/comment-page-1#comment-14908 Michael Schwartz, MA, Sleep Coach Wed, 26 Oct 2011 02:37:08 +0000 http://www.thehealthblogger.net/?p=83#comment-14908 Yoga is very helpful for sleep, and definitely better earlier in the evening. As we sleep, our body temperature falls. So if we engage in strenuous activities close to bedtime, this can delay sleep onset. If falling asleep is the problem, best to tryaerobic exercise in the morning, then relaxation (such as yoga) later in the day. I cover this and other behavioral sleep concepts in my Wide Awake Webinars at micro-sleep.com. -Michael Yoga is very helpful for sleep, and definitely better earlier in the evening. As we sleep, our body temperature falls. So if we engage in strenuous activities close to bedtime, this can delay sleep onset. If falling asleep is the problem, best to tryaerobic exercise in the morning, then relaxation (such as yoga) later in the day.

I cover this and other behavioral sleep concepts in my Wide Awake Webinars at micro-sleep.com. -Michael

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