: Why We Sleep More: 5 Books To Help You Understand Fix Your Sleeping Habits #IndiaNEWS #Books This article has been sponsored by Wakefit. co With an average sleeping time of seven hours and a minute,

Why We Sleep More: 5 Books To Help You Understand Fix Your Sleeping Habits #IndiaNEWS #Books
This article has been sponsored by Wakefit. co

With an average sleeping time of seven hours and a minute, Indians are the second most sleep-deprived after the Japanese. So it is likely that you are not getting much sleep.
The global COVID-19 pandemic has only worsened the situation and thrown our lives into a tizzy. Various factors like an exponential increase in screen time, anxiety over the rising coronavirus cases, a lack of routine and rising unemployment are taking a serious toll on our mental health and sleeping cycles.
Solutions? If you are interested in the history, science, theory and philosophy behind a good night’s sleep, you should turn to books. Reading is also a great way to unwind at the end of a hectic day.
From understanding what role do our innermost fears play, tapping into our minds to putting an end to sleepless nights, here are 5 books that you can read to understand it all better:

Why We Sleep, Matthew Walker

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Read this book for unsettled common questions like ‘how will caffeine affect my health’, ‘how many hours of sleep can reset the brain’ and ‘how sleep deprivation affects physiological functions’.
Find out if reading a book on an LED screen restricts natural melatonin which is responsible for enhancing our natural sleep-wake cycle. Or if adults aged 45 or above are 200 per cent more likely to suffer a heart attack if they sleep for less than six hours daily.
The writer is an English scientist and professor of neuroscience and psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. His research is generally focussed around the impact of sleep on human health.
After two decades of meticulous research and testing along with his peers, Walker attempts at establishing a direct link between sleep, urbanisation, industrialisation and rapid developments.
He explains the therapeutic powers of sleep and the dire outcomes of not getting enough of it. Statistics and clinical studies back all the theories mentioned in the book.

Sleep: Harness the Power of Sleep for Optimal Health and Wellbeing, Petra Hawker

I can personally vouch for this book that breaks down complex sleeping concepts and the science behind sleep disorders. It lists over 40 proven methods to achieve a natural sleep cycle. From meditation, breathing exercises, body movements to types of light, colour and sound, you can try any or all methods as per your needs.
Apart from serious disorders, the strategies can also help tackle other problems related to sleeping like stress, jet lag and shift work.
Hawker has 25 years of experience in psychotherapy and counselling. She is a clinical hypnotherapist who uses hypnotherapy to break behaviour patterns developed during childhood or due to trauma.