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Like it or love it, we all need sleep, yet 40% of all Americans are pathologically sleep-deprived. Health scientists say what we really need is good sleep that is deep, uninterrupted, and stable. This 3 session series will introduce you to current information on behavioral medicine and psychological approaches to improving adult sleep patterns. Each 90 minute meeting will include practice in mediations and asanas from the Kundalini yoga tradition, as taught by Yogi Bhajan and link them with strategies endorsed by sleep researchers.
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The sessions will provide information and practice concerning the following:
Maintaining good sleep hygiene
Understanding the neurobiology of normal sleep
Use of autogenic “cool down” scripts for sleep onset
The role of herbal and pharmacological sleep aids
Establishing a sleep monitoring practice
Yogic forced nostril breath for relaxation
Cognitive-behavioral approaches to deal with insomnia
Developing a yoga sadhana (asana and meditation) for sleep onset
Regulating the sleep cycle with bright light exposure training
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The series is scheduled for Monday nights from 7:30 to 9:00pm on December 3, 10, and 17. The fee for the three sessions is $60. It will be held at Alive and Well - 528 Pacific Coast Highway in Hermosa Beach.
This may be covered under your health plan. Contact the instructor prior to the first session to determine eligibility. To enroll, contact Edward Dunbar at 310/536-0211 or edunbar@ucla.edu.
The series instructor, Ed Dunbar is licensed psychologist in practice in the South Bay and a Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychology at UCLA. He has taught yoga in health care and correctional settings and is a graduate of the teacher training program for Kundalini yoga at Yoga West. He has been practicing hatha and Kundalini yoga for the past 30 years. |
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