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The iPad Pillow

Brian Yalung — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 17:32:10 +0000

The iPad from Apple has certainly been among the top gadgets in the world today and now you can have it as your bedtime buddy with this iPad Pillow. This is a plush cushion that should help lull you to sleep better knowing your prized (or at least wished for) possession is snuggle up with you when bedtime comes.

The iPad Pillow should be a neat addition to your bed or couch. If you want to get one of these iPad pillows, you can get one for only $25.

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Bad Habits to Avoid for Sleep

Brian Yalung — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 04:27:16 +0000

Some of them may be familiar but these are perhaps they key points why the number of sleep deprived people and insomniacs in the world today are growing. Apparently, they may sound too basic but they do have a great bearing on why sleep-deprived people are finding sleepless nights to go by.

The next time you go to bed, consider these things. Sometimes it all boils down to routine. Changing some of them may eventually lead to better sleep and of course better health and living.

1. Setting a Bright Alarm Clock
The looming glare of your alarm clock can be distracting when trying to sleep. The goal is to have as dark a room as possible. Block the bright numbers with a book or consider buying a small travel clock. Your cell phone alarm may also do the trick.

2. Counting Sheep
When you just can’t fall asleep, it’s useless to stay in bed. If you’ve been trying to fall asleep for more than 30 minutes, the National Sleep Foundation suggests doing something mundane, like balancing a checkbook, reading or watching TV. An activity that demands marginal brainpower will lull your mind. Before you know it, you’ll be crawling back into bed genuinely tired.

3. Exercising Late at Night
Daytime workouts will keep you invigorated for hours. That’s why you don’t want to exercise within three hours of hitting the sack. Intense physical activity raises your body temperature and pumps your energy level—both interrupt a calm transition into sleep.

(Source) Shine

Anne Murray Shares How to Keep Beauty Through Sleep

Brian Yalung — Sat, 10 May 2008 20:08:37 +0000

We are all aware of the term getting the proper beauty sleep and there is no better person to help share their insights on its effective nature other than this famous diva name Anne Murray. She is an acknowledged star in the world today and apparently the key towards retaining her overall beauty is her sleep periods.

Her advice on sleep may not be applicable to most of us, but for the women who want to retain their beauty, it would be best to check out what she has to say on how to get the right amount of beauty sleep.

“She is a bottom-line, no BS, straight-up as tough as anybody in the business,” says Terry David Mulligan, the television and radio personality, who has been watching Murray perform since those days in the late ’60s. “People would look at her and think she was a Doris Day type. She’s not. You don’t mess with her. People are very loyal to her. I like that about her, that she wouldn’t take any guff. She was a woman in a male-dominated business and so she had to do that.”

(Source) Canada.com