{"id":12428,"date":"2022-05-17T12:27:58","date_gmt":"2022-05-17T10:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.foreo.com\/mysa\/?p=12428"},"modified":"2024-04-09T15:46:51","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T13:46:51","slug":"mysa-book-club-how-to-sleep-rafael-pelayo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.foreo.com\/mysa\/mysa-book-club-how-to-sleep-rafael-pelayo\/","title":{"rendered":"“How to Sleep” by Rafael Pelayo Is Your This Week’s Must-Read"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yes, we are living in times where we need instructions for something that seems like the easiest thing – sleeping. Crazy, isn\u2019t it? Well, not if you consider that these times one of the most stressful times that keep on bringing us different kinds of disorders. One of them is a sleeping disorder. The book \u201cHow to Sleep\u201d by Rafael Pelayo is showing us what we have to know about sleeping hygiene<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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It may help you fall asleep faster<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Dr. Rafael Pelayo, an expert sleep clinician, and professor at the world-renowned Sleep Medicine Clinic at Stanford University offers a medically comprehensive and holistic approach to the myriad issues that might be affecting your sleep.<\/span><\/p>\n

He begins by grounding us in the biology of sleep including the extremely reassuring fact that no one actually sleeps through the night\u2014we naturally wake up every ninety minutes. Dr. Pelayo then tackles the major sleep issues one by one<\/strong>, such as snoring and its causes; the difference between transient and chronic insomnia, and how to treat each; strategies to combat jet lag<\/strong>; how lifestyle choices affect your sleep, including exercise<\/strong> (even ten minutes helps), meditation<\/strong> (try it right before bed), and food and drink<\/strong> (alcohol is a double-edged sword\u2014it may help you fall asleep faster, but it often interferes with staying asleep).<\/span><\/p>\n