According to a poll released Tuesday by the National Sleep Foundation (NSF), American women are very, very tired, says The Newsweek magazine.
“Sixty percent say they don’t get enough rest most nights of the week while 43 percent report that daytime sleepiness interferes with their regular activities.
“Persistent sleep problems are a major public-health issue because inadequate rest puts women at risk for other troubles. The survey found a clear association between poor sleep and poor mood, a connection backed up by other research.
“More than half of the women polled (55 percent) reported that they felt unhappy, sad or depressed in the past month and a third said they had recently felt hopeless about the future.
“Other research has shown that inadequate rest and mood problems create a kind of vicious circle, with each making the other worse.” …Read on…
Who’s to blame??? Please stop looking towards the White House. American women will have to fight their own battle inside their homes…and let the male of the American species take care of the ‘war on terror’ worldwide!!! LOL.
On a serious note let me give a suggestion. Please visit the WIKIPEDIA site on Swami Ramdev. Then go to the section “PRANAYAMA”. Different breathing exercises have been explained.
An exercise that I strongly recommend is Anulom Vilom Pranayama.
This technique (which is centuries old) has cured millions of people of not only insomnia but a variety of other ailments. It is so safe. To be done for three or four minutes every day. And additionally, in chronic cases, repeated three or four minutes before going to sleep. Ideal on empty stomach…but can be done an hour or two after the meals.
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Swaraaj Chauhan describes his two-decade-long stint as a full-time journalist as eventful, purposeful, and full of joy and excitement. In 1993 he could foresee a different work culture appearing on the horizon, and decided to devote full time to teaching journalism (also, partly, with a desire to give back to the community from where he had enriched himself so much.)
Alongside, he worked for about a year in 1993 for the US State Department’s SPAN magazine, a nearly five-decade-old art and culture monthly magazine promoting US-India relations. It gave him an excellent opportunity to learn about things American, plus the pleasure of playing tennis in the lavish American embassy compound in the heart of New Delhi.
In !995 he joined WWF-India as a full-time media and environment education consultant and worked there for five years travelling a great deal, including to Husum in Germany as a part of the international team to formulate WWF’s Eco-tourism policy.
He taught journalism to honors students in a college affiliated to the University of Delhi, as also at the prestigious Indian Institute of Mass Communication where he lectured on “Development Journalism” to mid-career journalists/Information officers from the SAARC, African, East European and Latin American countries, for eight years.
In 2004 the BBC World Service Trust (BBC WST) selected him as a Trainer/Mentor for India under a European Union project. In 2008/09 He completed another European Union-funded project for the BBC WST related to Disaster Management and media coverage in two eastern States in India — West Bengal and Orissa.
Last year, he spent a couple of months in Australia and enjoyed trekking, and also taught for a while at the University of South Australia.
Recently, he was appointed as a Member of the Board of Studies at Chitkara University in Chandigarh, a beautiful city in North India designed by the famous Swiss/French architect Le Corbusier. He also teaches undergraduate and postgraduate students there.
He loves trekking, especially in the hills, and never misses an opportunity to play a game of tennis. The Western and Indian classical music are always within his reach for instant relaxation.
And last, but not least, is his firm belief in the power of the positive thought to heal oneself and others.