Woman & Home Online – How to Become a Morning Person:
‘Yoga and meditation expert, Anandi, says: ‘Never go to bed on a full or empty stomach. Eat a big lunch and a lighter, low-carb dinner in the evening as it’s easier to digest.’
You look tired
“but sleep guru Anandi has another noise-cancelling trick for a restful night: “The one noise that can comfort us is humming. Hum for 15 minutes before bed as it stimulates serotonin leading to a great, and hopefully blissful, night’s sleep.”
Did you know that you can control of your mind with the breath?
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We heard about Anandi via Vanity Fair’s The A-List newsletter and immediately a health fad alarm sounded. The Sleep Guru? Now that’s a first for us from the land of yoga and naturopathy!
This former beauty therapist, who counts Sting among her clients and Deepak Chopra among her teachers, trained in hypnotherapy, NLP, massage and over 500 hours of yoga with her guru in India — to treat her own insomnia. It obviously worked because now it’s her career.
Anandi has a sleep retreat in Le Marche, Italy, conducts sessions at a London clinic and even does sleep coaching consultations via Skype or phone for international clients.
“I have a passion for sleep because of my own history; trotting off to the doctor for sleeping pills is not the answer,” Anandi told Alice B-B of The A-List. “If you’re not on the right path, stuck or going round in circles, it can keep you awake — so you need to make a change.”
We often don’t think that being out in the sun could be a treatment for insomnia, but there are lots of benefits to getting a bit of sun!
I wonder if insomnia is just a modern day problem, or has it always been a human issue. Personally, I think insomnia is an epidemic in this day and age, and if it existed at all in ancient times, in comparison, I imagine it was a very low percentage! People throughout time have worshipped the sun for its power.
One bad night’s sleep is grumpy-making, but weeks and months of insomnia can be devastating, as Anandi – aka The Sleep Guru – discovered.
A divorce and money problems resulted in years of insomnia for former beauty therapist Anandi. “I was in a bad way; I had ulcers in my mouth and rosacea and my friends were really worried about me.” But it was in 2000, when Anandi was invited by her client Sting to his house in Italy that something clicked………
‘Sting turned me on to Yoga’
My spiritual journal began in the most unusual and surreal way. I was a beauty therapist and used to go to Trudie Styler and Stings house in Wiltshire to do treatments for Trudie….After 10 years of doing Trudie’s waxing, manicures and pedicures…Read the article here
June issue of Harper’s Bazaar which features the Sleep Retreat in Italy in a round up of ‘Boutique Bootcamps’