My Story …

It was only 2 years ago when I found myself at my wit’s end. I had 8 weeks of poor sleep. I was only averaging 2 hours of sleep a night each week and had tried everything from lavender baths, lavender soaks, sleep rubs to cutting out caffeine after mid-day, with no success. I had become a serial tosser and turner at sleep time… and if it were an Olympic sport, I’d win gold!

I had a constant headache and brain fog. I cried easily as everything was just so hard to do. Everything was such an effort. I was tired, sleep-deprived, lacked focus and concentration. It was the most frustrating 8 weeks of my life. It was only when I forgot how I had got to my yoga class one afternoon (because I may have had a micro-sleep behind the wheel), that I decided to get help.

I chose to see my Kinesiologist (who 10 years earlier had healed my “Chronic Shoulder Pain”). I only needed the one session with him and started sleeping 7-8 hours straight a night! This stuff works! Kinesiology works! It’s done for me on so many occasions and that is why I chose to add it to my skill-set to compliment my Physiotherapy training.

If you’re finding it hard to sleep, and want a drug-free option to get your sleep back, see your Kinesiologist. Don’t have a Kinesiologist yet? Get in touch and let’s get you back “in balance”!

Healthy Sleep Hygiene Habits to Adopt:

1. Limit your screen time 3 hours before bed. Turn off all electronic devices 3 hours before bed.
2. Have a regular sleep schedule. Sleep and wake at the same times everyday to develop a consistent sleep pattern.
3. Have a relaxing bed time routine. Read a few pages of a book, meditate, have a hot shower, do gentle yoga. Avoid difficult conversations, work or activities just before bed.
4. Avoid stimulants like coffee, tea, sugary or energy drinks and nicotine before bed. Only drink alcohol in moderation at night (if at all).
5. Keep you your bedroom clean, tidy and clutter-free. Too many distractions in your room can make it less than easy for one to unwind. Keep your bedroom aired and temperature between 17 – 21 Degrees Celcius (or 60 – 70 Degrees Farenheit).
6. Block out noise and light. Use blackout curtains or a sleep mask.
7. Only use your bed for sleep and intimacy. Avoid watching TV or using your electronic devices on your bed before bed time. This will help you associate your bed with sleep.
8. Try to do regular light exercise (not intense) before bed. Spend some time outside in natural light and even go for a short walk during the day to help improve your sleep.
9. Eat healthy. Avoid heavy, fatty, fried or spicy foods late at night (especially if you experience indigestion).
10. Don’t stay in bed if you can’t get to sleep. Get up and repeat some of the above bed time routines and try to sleep again a little later.

What To Expect From A Kinesiology Session?

If you have tried everything and still can’t get good quality sleep and want to give Kinesiology a go, this section will give you an idea of what it involves.

Depending on how long you have had the sleeping issue, the stresses you are facing in life at the time and your baseline health status, expect up to 3 sessions to get to the root cause of your sleeplessness.

Your kinesiologist will ask you a few questions around your current sleep concerns and lifestyle and then depending on their style of Kinesiology and training, establish where in your body your energy dysfunctions are that are causing a disruption to your sleep patterns.

Using your muscles as a bio-feedback tool, your Kinesiologist will then find the “correction” needed to help restore your body to equilibrium. “Corrections” can be in the form of physical (rubbing or holding of specific acupressure / acupressure points) and non-physical means like talking about emotions that come up in a session. These emotions help guide a session to help one gain insights into why they may be going through a situation and possible management solutions to adopt.

I had my sleep programs reset in the first session and the next 2 sessions were used to delve deeper into why my sleep problems started in the first place. Everyone’s body is different and we all “fall out of balance” for to various reasons.

Kinesiology is about restoring “balance” to the body. It is about maintaining homeostasis, the balance between all functioning physiological processes in the body.

Some causes of “imbalance” in the body leading to sleeplessness could be due to:
• Stress in various forms from the environment, work-related, physical stress, emotional stress, psychological stress, all contributing to a change in the hormonal balance in the body.
• Food-related causing changes in blood chemistry, affecting physiological processes in the body.
• Mechanical or Physical causes like posture structure of your head, spine and pelvis.

In a nutshell, something has caused a stress in some organ, structure, gland or system in your body and this in turn has sort of “flicked a switch” or “short-circuited” your body’s wiring around sleep. Kinesiology help re-wire and reset your sleep programmes using your body’s energy pathways and circuitry (meridians, acupressure points and so on).

The whole process is drug free and non-invasive.

Book a free clarity call with Esther to find out if a session is for you, or if you’re at the end of your tether and want to see a change, book in a session. To save yourself disappointment (and waiting times) and to get the appointment slots you want, book early!