{"id":363,"date":"2019-08-22T08:37:43","date_gmt":"2019-08-22T08:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.ibiza-therapie.com\/?p=363"},"modified":"2019-08-22T08:53:28","modified_gmt":"2019-08-22T08:53:28","slug":"sleep-improvements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.ibiza-therapie.com\/?p=363","title":{"rendered":"Sleep Improvements"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Meditation and Sleep<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Meditation has a history that dates back thousands of years in Asia, but only recently has it started to take hold in the United States. According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the use of meditation\u00a0increased from 4.1 percent in 2012 to 14.2 percent in 2017<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In addition, medical research about meditation has grown and validated that this mind-body practice has the ability to provide numerous health benefits with limited or no downsides.<\/p>\n

By inducing relaxation, meditation has great potential to help people with sleeping problems, including\u00a0insomnia<\/a>. It offers a low-cost method that is accessible to virtually everyone and can be done in the comfort of your own bedroom.<\/p>\n

This guide serves as a primer about meditation, how it affects the body, and how it can be used to promote sleep. It reviews the best types of meditation for sleep, answers common questions that people have about meditation, and offers links to learn more and to get started meditating.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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What is Meditation?<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Meditation can take many forms, and this can make it challenging to define.<\/p>\n

At a broad level, meditation is a mind-body practice for creating calmness. In practice, it usually\u00a0involves four elements<\/a>:<\/p>\n