Sleep Heath Articles

If you're looking for a way to stave off coughs and colds this winter, a better night's sleep is super important, and a good mattress is a wise investment.

Winding down after a busy day whether you’re a worker bee, a busy parent or if you’ve just had a hectic day can be difficult. This can then impact your sleep pattern and set you up for a vicious cycle of reduced sleep, low mood and a lack of quality rest. A good way [...]

We’re at that time again... When your ice-cream melts before you have time to remove the wrapper, you know your sleep is in trouble. (The fact that you’re craving ice cream is also a good clue.) We rely on a fall in our core body temperature as a cue for sleep. If the bedroom [...]

There are times when we need to extend our days and borrow from sleep time. It might be to meet a work deadline, for travel, or you might have volunteered for an endurance challenge! This year thousands of people will volunteer to undertake an activity for 24 hours to help raise money for homeless charity, Crisis . Bensons for [...]

If you’ve been having trouble getting to sleep lately, it might be time to give bedtime yoga a try. Yoga has the ability to impact sleep in all the right ways. Studies suggest that some people experience improved sleep quality after practicing yoga at bedtime. Given that yoga exercises involve the process of stretching [...]

Halloween is a fun and interesting time of year for children, whatever their age. But, with an increase in scary imagery pretty much everywhere, it’s hardly surprising that kids are more susceptible to bad dreams – or even nightmares – at this time of year (1). From the Halloween costumes and decorations in supermarkets to the creepy decorations [...]