Trouble falling asleep? Try Yoga

This article on about.com suggests that yoga is “an ideal method of relaxation for your pre-bedtime routine,” in other words, a great way to get to sleep. The article goes on to provide the uninitiated with a brief overview of what yoga is all about. This article from Yogi Marlon also touts the benefits of Yoga as a sleep aid; the article also includes tips for improving your sleep schedule.
If you are interested in learning more about yoga, you can find a yoga studio near you. Have you tried yoga as a sleep aid? If so, let us know in the comments.

Sleep Disorders Blog

A reader, Chris, was kind enough to bring a related blog to our attention – “About Sleep Disorders“

Hopefully those of you who suffer from sleep disorders will find this to be a useful resource. Some recent posts include:

Conquering Restless Legs

Alternative Therapies for Sleep Apnea

Bipolar Disorder and Sleep

How Much of a Difference Does a Good Bed Make?

We’ve been seeing more and more advertisements for mattresses, beds and “sleep systems” in recent months and it has made us wonder, How much of a difference does a good bed make? After doing a bit of research on the different types of beds available, we came up with a few more questions -

What is the difference between each of the different types of beds available?

Are different beds better for certain types of sleep disorders?

How do you know what type of bed is best for you?

Further research turned up some great resources with answers to these questions. If you are thinking about buying a new bed, or just wondering if a new bed could improve your sleep, we suggest cjecking out:

WebMD Article – Can a Mattress Improve Your Health?

This article has some quality information about the different types of beds on the market and how they vary.

Epinions.com – Mattress Reviews and Prices

This section of the Epinions website contains independant, community-sourced reviews of a large selection of mattresses. It’s always nice to hear what current owners of a product think – before you buy it yourself.

What’s the Best Mattress

This site may seem gimmicky at first, but they do actually have a decent buying guide and a forums section with advice on buying a mattress.

More Sleep Schedule Madness

Our regular readers will note that we’ve posted about “alternative” sleep schedules on a number of occasions. Most of those posts have been short descriptions of and links to older articles or experiments. This time, we’ve got a fresh one for you – a fellow blogger, “causalien,” has decided to embark on a journey into polyphasic sleep (triphasic to be more specific). As you probably guessed by now, causalien has also been kind enough to document the experiment on his blog, Ultracrepidate.

You can read more about the Causalien’s experiment in the “Human Improvement Mind” section or via the “Triphasic Sleep” page.