If you have sleep apnea then you probably know how terrible it can be. It is the culprit of many chronic illness that affect millions across the world. Amongst these various illnesses are depression, fatigue, lose of sex drive, weight gain and a raft of other problems. Sleep apnea literally...
Most people intuitively know that it is important to sleep in the dark, our bodies tell us by responding to darkened environments and waking up in lighter surrounds but recent research has shown how incredibly vital it is to sleep in the dark. The problem is that as we have more and more devices...
Our dreams have always featured heavily in human society, from the fuel of our ambition to the revelations of our psyche, dreams are a prominent yet enigmatic aspects of our reality. Now however, modern technology and science is providing us with new and powerful ways of taking control of our dreams....
As little as we understand them dreams have always been an important part of our lives. We use the term to describe our hopes and ambitions, which shows how central these enigmatic and confusing apparitions are. While most dreams are uncontrollable we do have the ability to lucid dream. This...
Being pregnant causes a whole raft of changes in your body, it changes your desire for food, it changes the amount of times you need to go to the toilet and it changes the way you sleep. One major problem for many pregnant women is that they struggle to get comfortable, all of a sudden they cannot...
There are some incredibly stubborn and hard to defeat myths and old wives tales that seem to be unkillable despite the fact that they are not true. One of the most powerful of these is that humans should sleep for exactly 8 hours a night, that 8 hours is the best amount of time to sleep. This...
Dreams are often seemingly random, but in fact, there is more structure and commonality than most of us would imagine. This is not just within each individual but across all humans as well. In fact, researchers have proposed that there are 20 common dream themes that reappear in people’s dreams...
It will come as no surprise to many that as you get older the way you sleep, when you sleep and how much you sleep will change. While much is known about the changing sleep habits of infants and children less work had been done on elderly sleeping habits until more recently. Recent research...
People have been trying to find easy ways to study since they began studying. Every teenager has developed some system of study that they think will save them time, though these are almost always total failures that end up taking more time than simply studying properly. Now however, it seems...
Our beds are our refuges, the place where we can escape the madness of the day, a sanctuary where we can rest our weary heads. However, for an increasing number of people their beds have become a source of allergies. While the rise of allergies in the western world is still puzzling many medical experts,...
Everyone’s mum has told them to go to bed at some point in their lives, and for many it was every night until they left home. It turns out that mum was right, that going to bed early is incredibly good for you. How good, you may ask? Well, going to bed early can help curb depression. Depression...
While the majority of people do not find getting ready for bed to much of a problem there are some problem sleepers out there who really struggle. Here is a guide for those poor people who must battle with sleep each night. Before you go to sleep each night, you need to develop a routine, a set...
On the land and waters that we sleep, we walk, and we live, we acknowledge the Traditional Owners and Custodians of these lands. We pay respects to Elders past, present and emerging, and recognise their connection to the land.