The Power of Rest: Why Sleep Alone Is Not Enough. A 30-Day Plan to Reset Your Body

by Matthew Edlund

Overview

A proven program to enhance your health, help you look younger, feel restored, and experience a new kind of energy.

Sluggishness. Boredom. Lack of concentration. Too many of us pour another cup of coffee and accept fatigue as the inevitable side effect of hectic lives. Dr. Matthew Edlund shows us there is a better way. (and it's not just sleeping more!)

This groundbreaking program will rewire your body, improving your productivity, creativity, and sense of well-being. Experience the extraordinary benefits—including dramatically decreased stress and increased energy—of the four types of rest:

• Physical: From deep breathing to the “UnNap,” learn how to vanquish stress in seconds
• Mental: Practice key strategies of relaxed concentration, and marvel at how much more you can accomplish
• Social: See how even walking to lunch with a coworker creates a new sense of security and support
• Spiritual: Experience a connection to something greater than the self, the key to internal balance

The Power of Rest introduces one powerful technique each day, many of which can be accomplished in a minute or less. Rediscover the feeling of being truly alert and engaged with your body, your work, and the people you love.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780061989957
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	11/21/2023
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	292
Sales rank:	587,604
File size:	766 KB

About the Author

Matthew Edlund, M.D., is an award-winning expert on rest, body clocks, and sleep. He writes for the Huffington Post and Psychology Today and has appeared on NBC, CBS, MSNBC, and FOX News. Work featuring Dr. Edlund has appeared in O, The Oprah Magazine, Prevention, Shape, Redbook, Real Simple, More, and hundreds of other magazines and newspapers.

Table of Contents

Part 1 The 30-Day Plan to Reset Body and Mind

Chapter 1 Why you need Active Rest 3

Chapter 2 Sleep Renews You 23

Your One-Week Sleep Makeover

Chapter 3 Physical Rest 77

Chapter 4 Mental Rest 105

Chapter 5 Social Rest 135

Chapter 6 Spiritual Rest 159

Chapter 7 Rest at Home 181

Chapter 8 Rest at Work 201

Part 2 Putting it Together-Making Life Musical

Chapters 9 Sequencing 223

How to Deal with Multitasking and Boredom Through Flow

Chapter 10 "I Have to Do It" 237

Eliminating the Required; Doing the Essential

Chapter 11 Tuning your Life 251

Setting a Rhythm for Your Day

Selected Bibliography 275

Acknowledgments 277

Index 279