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The Importance of ZZZs

  • All About Napping
    Boston Globe interactive guide to napping.
  • Learning About Sleep
    Getting enough sleep helps your body and mind rest and repair and is essential to obtaining the energy necessary to manage stress.
  • Helpful Hints to Sleep Better
    Great techniques developed with college students in mind.
  • Dreams
    Think about keeping a dream journal – it is a fun way to learn more about yourself.
  • Relaxation Techniques
    Deep breathing, progressive relaxation, stretching and self massage are soothing techniques to help you sleep.
  • The Science of Sleep
    Human beings spend on average one third of their lives asleep. We know we need to sleep but most of us have never really given a whole lot of thought to why. Why do we spend seven or eight hours a night immobile and unconscious? What really happens inside our brains and bodies while we're sleeping? What is the biological purpose of sleep? It turns out no one really knows for sure. 60 Minutes CBS correspondent Lesley Stahl reports, why we sleep is one of the biggest unanswered questions in all of science, which is why researchers all over the country are doing studies and coming up with some new and intriguing discoveries.
  • Sound Sleeping
    This Web site provides free relaxing music and nature sounds to aid sleep, reduce stress, and provide a relaxing atmosphere. Download some soothing sounds now!
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for Insomnia
    This Web site offers online treatment program for insomnia using cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) that was developed by Dr. Gregg Jacobs based on his 20 years of extensive research and clinical practice at Harvard Medical School and the University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center involving over ten thousand insomnia patients. Check it out!

 

 

 

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