a)     Physical

b)    Mental

c)     Behavioral
2.     Sleep Apnea – serious condition where there is intermittent cessation of breathing during sleep, which forces the individual to repeatedly wake.  Sleep apnea can be linked to irregular heartbeat, heart attack, high blood pressure, stroke and SIDS.  These folks are usually under conventional medical care.
3.     Narcolepsy – a chronic sleep disorder in which people experience daytime sleepiness so excessive that they fall asleep at inappropriate times for a few seconds to 30 minutes.  Attacks occur in the course of normal daily activities like talking, eating, working and walking – even after a full nights sleep.
4.     Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome (DSPS) is a condition in which people chronically stay up quite late, usually until 3-4 am and then sleep all morning arising about 10 or 11 am.  If DSPS sufferers have to wake earlier in the morning, they do so with great difficulty and experience daytime drowsiness and impaired performance, but still cannot go to sleep until the early morning hours.  Advanced Sleep Phase Syndrome is the direct opposite of DSPS.
5.     Hypersomnia – sleep disorder in which people sleep too much – either for prolonged periods at night or during the day.  Some people normally sleep longer than others – ten or more hours a day – but this does not necessarily indicate a disorder.

cyndiwins, Naturopathic Medicine http://balityinc.com/43/types-of-sleep-disorders/

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a.       Caffeine

b.      Sugar (hypoglycemia = uneven blood sugar levels = insulin rebound

c.       Drugs, alcohol and nicotine

d.      Food Intolerance – most common: dairy, wheat, corn and chocolate (histamine release)

2.      Environmental Factors – electromagnetic fields: from electric blankets to power lines.

3.      Mental/Emotional Factors

a.       grief,

b.      depression,

c.       anxiety,

d.      fear,

e.       excitement

Example:  Your digestive system is stressed and unable to digest protein, the amino acids that affect neurotransmission will not be available to your brain and you can become ill emotionally without having anything emotionally stressful going on in your life.

Stress and pent-up emotional issues can wreak havoc on the brain, deregulating brain chemicals and organs that are instrumental in procuring a good night’s rest.  Unmanaged daily stress can deplete your hormonal and nutrient reserves and create a vicious cycle of less sleep and more stress.

Unresolved psychological issues, such as deep-seated internal fears or relationship conflicts, can disturb brain chemistry and hinder deep sleep.

4.      Physiological Factors

1.      High nighttime levels of cortisone.  (hormone secreted by adrenal glands during periods of wakefulness activity)

2.      Stomach or bladder ailments, rheumatic disorder or nervous system illness, sleep apnea may be linked to obesity says Dr. John Hibbs, ND of Bastyr University.  Particularily if the patient also has heart disease or lung problems from chronic smoking

3.      Colon and Liver health – these organs remove externally acquired toxins and metabolic waste from the body.  If not working properly, the toxic body can produce food allergies, bacterial overgrowth and depletion of vitamins and minerals essential to inducing a good night’s sleep.

4.      Hormonal Imbalances – menopause andropause as estrogen and progesterone in women and testosterone in men shift and decline ~ psych, emotional and physical transitions = sleep disruptions.

5.      Lack of regular exercise – stress buildup – structural imbalances (esp. spinal)

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Marilyn Shannon

Do you know that you can be brain dead, but you can not be heart dead? Does your breathing make you sick? Do you know that improper breathing can trigger panic?

Do you know the secret formula of life?

Event + response = outcome

Our response is dictated by our stress level. Our stress level affects our breathing that becomes fast and shallow. Our breathing affects all our organs and first of all the heart rate. Increased heart rate destroys the harmony that exists in our body and induces excessive production of stress hormone cortisone. Too much cortisone is not healthy and is hard to get out of the system. Cortisone also stops the production of DHEA, a vitally important hormone building block, dramatically decreasing our memory, immune system response and muscles flexibility

For seven years, Marilyn Shannon, a life coach and a mediator and the founder of Power of Dialogue, used HeartMath breathing technique to training clients of all ages to change the response, shift attitude, and create different emotional landscape and as a result changing the outcome.

HeartMath breathing technique helps with:

• ADD
• Stress management
• Eating disorders
• Concentration and creativity
• Addictions
• Test preparation
• Insomnia
• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
• Intuition
• Positive emotions development

“HeartMath breathing technique helps developing ability to live the moment, to be present in the moment.”, – said Marilyn. –“It gives us opportunity to be clear, to receive the information faster, and to react appropriately.”

The sensor attached to the ear or finger measures the HRV, heart rate variability that is closely related to our emotions, and sends a reading to sophisticated software that presents heart’s beats on the computer screen.

“When you develop the balance, you can do anything. “, – Marilyn uses numerous therapeutic computer games assisting her clients with the proper breathing techniques so they can achieve their goals from concentration and stress management, to addictions and depression.

Many American hospitals use HeartMath. Our local emergency room staff at Duke Hospital, one of the top American hospitals, uses HeartMath to lower doctor’s and nurses’ stress level.

HeartMath breathing techniques is easy to learn and easy to apply even by children as young as three years of age.

Marilyn Shannon can be reached at:
(919) 362-7133
http://www.powerofdialogue.com/

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