"SLEEP IS THE BEST MEDITATION"
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Head out to your yard and hook up a hammock. New research backs up what many people have long suspected : Gentle rocking helps you fall asleep faster, Nancy Shute reports in NPR's health blog, Shots.
A slight sway also put volunteer nappers into a deeper sleep (thought to help people cement the memories they made during the day).
The researchers call that finding unexpected, but a million mothers are nodding to themselves - science has validated all that rock-a-bye business.
A second study offers another possible aid. researchers gave 12 bad sleepers a nightcap- not the liquid kind but a wearable one with water circulating through it to cool the brain, according to AARP Bulletin.
The cooler the brain, the deeper the sleep, scientists reported at the SLEEP conference last June. The lead researcher has applied for a patent on the cooling cap, but until appears in fetching flannel, try a tip from nurse-practitioner Karen Roush, whose What Nurse Know....Menopause includes tips for women left sleepless by night sweats.
PUT YOUR PILLOWCASE INTO A PLASTIC BAG, Roush SUGGEST S, AND LEAVE IT IN THE FREEZER UNTIL BEDTIME.
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