Sleep Quotes / Insomnia Quotes

Sleep / Insomnia Quotes
 
          "Sleep is the best meditation." —Dalai Lama, quoted in Balancing the Sleep-Wake Cycle.
 
          "Pick something up every day and notice the shape, color, texture, sound, taste, smell, temperature, and consistency. What changes in you when you truly see your natural environment and the people around you?  —Kimberly Burnham, PhD, The Nerve Whisperer in Balancing the Sleep-Wake Cycle.
 
          "Change your relationship with light: sunlight, artificial light, visual information, and your sight or sensory experience of light." —Kimberly Burnham, PhD, The Nerve Whisperer in Balancing the Sleep-Wake Cycle.
 
          "This exploration of the sleep-wake cycle will help you release the symptoms of insomnia (not sleeping well), narcolepsy (sleeping at the wrong time), fibromyalgia (chronic pain and fatigue), and restless leg syndrome (movement disturbing sleep). Start with one exercise. Sleep better, wake up energized, and be productive by resetting your cyclical nature. Sleep better at the end of an interesting and enjoyable day. Achieve comfortable, restful, and restorative sleeping."—Kimberly Burnham, PhD, Balancing the Sleep-Wake Cycle.
 
          "Employers spend approximately $3,200 more in healthcare costs on employees with sleep problems than for those who sleep well."—The Institute of Medicine quoted in Balancing the Sleep-Wake Cycle.
 
          "The hormone, melatonin, produced in the pineal gland and in the intestines is associated with brain health and sleep as well as the ability of your digestive system to recover from inflammation, injury and food poisoning. Specifically, melatonin balance is associated with the Earth elements. The Traditional Chinese Medicine elements are Wood, Metal, Earth, Fire and Water. The organs associated with the Earth elements are Spleen (melatonin, GABA), Pancreas (insulin) and the Stomach (acetylcholine)." —Kimberly Burnham, PhD, The Nerve Whisperer in Balancing the Sleep-Wake Cycle.
 
          "Worrying is like praying for what you don't want." —Anonymous quoted in Balancing the Sleep-Wake Cycle.
 
          "Regulate your emotions, improve your liver health, and reset your internal Chinese clock as well as your circadian rhythms." —Kimberly Burnham, PhD, The Nerve Whisperer in Balancing the Sleep-Wake Cycle.
 
          "Seriously, though, it is not something to laugh about. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s statistics show that 100,000 vehicle accidents occur annually due to drowsy driving––and an estimated 1,500 people die each year in those collisions."—National Highway Traffic Safety Administration quoted in Balancing the Sleep-Wake Cycle.
 
          "I spoke with a police officer whose shift ran from ten at night to six in the morning. His main job was to catch drunk drivers. However, he has found himself increasingly pulling over tired drivers instead. He can’t impound their cars, so he usually ends up scaring them enough that they stay awake till they get home. And it is scary, because according to this officer, there is little difference between the weaving of a drunk driver on the highway and the weaving of a tired driver." —Kimberly Burnham, PhD, The Nerve Whisperer in Balancing the Sleep-Wake Cycle.
 
          "These solutions are for people who want to have some steam left at six in the evening so they can enjoy the last part of the day without feeling like they are going to pass out from exhaustion. They don’t want to be like a friend of mine, who says, “I know I am too tired when, at night after work, I find myself stopping at a stop sign and waiting for it to turn green.” —Kimberly Burnham, PhD, The Nerve Whisperer in Balancing the Sleep-Wake Cycle.