Resting deeply is more than just sleeping the recommended hours each night, and there's actually seven types of rest. Here's how to find rest that truly restores you.

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I've experienced periods of insomnia since I can remember. It worsened over the last decade, due to a combination of a difficult life situation and, I assumed, getting older. A particularly stressful ...

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In a culture that tends prize busyness above all else, rest can feel like rebellion. We push through afternoon fatigue with another cup of coffee, scroll through our phones during “breaks” and wear ...

Light sleep is the beginning of your sleep cycle and your body's way of winding down. Breathing, heart rate and muscle changes prepare your body for the deeper sleep to come. Light sleep is broken ...

Don’t sleep on an early bedtime. The average American goes to bed at 11.39 p.m., but one expert says we should be preparing for shut eye hours earlier than that. Nutritionist Kate Booker says the best ...

REM sleep goes even deeper into brain recovery, dreaming and processing memories and emotions. This is the sleep stage in ...