Useful research for you today on two interventions that specifically helped patients with anxiety levels and poor sleep. As a perimenopausal woman, I am coming to know insomnia pretty well unfortunately – it’s very common in times of hormone change! Happily, I’ve decided it gives me extra thinking and writing time so I’m not letting it stress me!
Both yoga and cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) provide meaningful improvements in worry, anxiety, and insomnia in older adults that last even 6 months after discontinuing treatment, new research suggests.
The study is the first to compare the long-term effects from the two interventions; and the results offer clinicians and patients two effective choices for reducing worry and anxiety, researchers note.
Medscape
So, take up yoga would be my advice. Even better, I find Tai Chi and Qi Gong can also help, especially if you need something a little less focused on asanas (the poses you hold in yoga).
I’ve put a great Qi Gong video with tips for deep sleep in a new Extras Playlist for you on my You Tube channel. Check that out here. (It’s video number 2. Number 1 is how to peel beetroot so just click on two!)