A Change of Plans
I don't know how your brain works but mine rides on the ADHD train quite a lot. Meaning, I get started on one thing and my attention is immediately captured by something that may or may not be related to what I was doing to begin with. Sometimes this results in doing a lot of things partway, sometimes in hyper focus where one thing gets done really well until I've exhausted it, or sometimes in me staring at a wall, trying to figure out why I can't read, listen, or speak. All of this is to say that, while reading on the topic of the effects of meditation on sleep deprivation, I have discovered a new interest that I want to examine more closely. It is called Nidra Yoga. Nidra Yoga is quite literally "yogic sleep," (Sanskrit) a form of meditation and deep relaxation. I became interested in it when reading an article (see link below) on it being used in midwifery in the UK in order to combat exhaustion and sleep deprivation in the midwives after a woman crashed her c