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• dealing with stress while sleep deprived

  March 13, 2011 at 6:54pm

  In the expert articles, one of the components of stress is lack of sleep. I am currently, and have for over 1.5 years been dealing with nightly wakings to look after my child who has challenges sleeping. I am experiencing adverse health effects because of this as also noted in the article about stress. However, until I have my child sleeping through the night my nights are going to be interrupted. Is there anything I can do, other than the obvious -naps during the day- to help my body deal better with these stresses?

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    mrsquinn

    Hi Allegra, I don't have any suggestions for you, but just wanted to say you are not alone. I am a stressed mother of a child who is sleep challenged too. It sure is hard to manage a child when you are tired! I do find the days I can muster up enough energy to do some yoga, always turning out better after my practise. I hope you find the same! Thinking of all the stressed out mum's who need a good sleep!

    about a year ago in Snells Beach, Auckland, NZ

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    balanceandbreath

    if possible, maybe you could download some songs from Temmy Lewis and when you go back to bed after taking care of your little one you can just yoga breath through the song... try Ocean Sand to start. It's only about 5 minutes. Bernie Clark is excellent to teach meditation. Try his lessons on here so you can learn/achieve yoga breathing/ mindful awareness.

    about a year ago in Farmington, US

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• February 25, 2011 at 6:22pm

  Today I am going to start. I have been experiencing strange health problems related to stress, lack of sleep and little exercise. This all began with the birth of my first child. I need to refocus my energy back towards myself for a bit to reenergize and relax into the wornder of life.

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    ulyana

    Well, you're in the right place for that! I only just joined but I've found this is an awesome focus group. All the information and inspiration you need to get centered and start looking after yourself properly. I hope things get sparkly for you soon : )

    about a year ago in Adelaide, AU

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