Theconsequences are far-reaching. When the brain is deprived of
sleep it closesdown the parts that allow us to perform complex tasks, and relies more on theprimitive part, the amygdala, which acts on instinct and emotion. The Twins Research Unit at St Thomas’ Hospital, London, found thatidentical twins, with the same genes, often suffer the same sleep disorders. I had topromise to be in
bed by 11pm and to stop reading in bed and drinking coffee inthe day. As the needle slid in I felt a warm ache and then a sense of radiationand release. I treated the meridian pathways related to her kidney and bladder torestore the natural balance of active during the day; inactive at night.Then Iwould hop on to the treatment bed, face down, and the aromatherapist, AmandaBerlyn, would massage me with aromatherapy oils. However, despite the odds, mysleep improved. Key essential oils calm the emotional and physical body. Treatment:I went for four
sessions and the first thing the
therapist David Samsondid was to explain to me what hypnotism was: essentially extreme relaxation. So,the results of my sessions were never going to be dramatic. I see thetechniques that I have learnt as a future weapon against insomnia. “Theconscious control of the mind is thus inhibited and this allows thesubconscious mind to be accessed. The only way that this ‘bad information’ canbe removed is by re-programming the subconscious.” I’ve had problems sleepingall my life, mostly because I always get up in the middle of the
night to go tothe loo. It feels like massage but on the
feet and toes. I was telling herabout my job as a cab-driver, but she suggested that I relax and go to sleep. Itold her that I never slept in the company of strangers. My sleeping
improved from the first session. Therapist:“Reflexology is a holistic therapy,” says Grant,“based on the theory that there are reflex points on the feet (and the hands)which correspond to every organ, gland, system and structure of the body
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