Some facts will not surprise you about sleep. It’s common sense. The question is why we doubt our common sense so often? If we don’t respect our need for sleep, for example by forcing ourselves to stay up watching useless programs on TV or internet – that we either feel bad about or forget as soon as we turn them off – we basically risk our attention spans and ability to concentration, becoming less capable of learning and making decisions, less creative and productive, and less socially adept, say lots of studies, some made by the Circadian neuroscientist Russell Foster .
That’s not all. Now we also know why we also lose our health. We already explained that the brain detoxes during sleep. What it also does is to turn on or off genes and metabolic pathways to promote our health when we sleep. This means it is pure medicine to sleep and not a waste even if you do it about 36% of your life.
Most grown ups need about 7 hours of sleep. Teens need 9 or more as one thing that happens is that hormones are formed while sleeping. The average teenager only gets 5 hours of sleep during schooldays. The whole body thrives with good sleep patterns. Simply put sleep makes us age more slowly, keeps us healthy and happy. It makes us learn more and better and allows us to make better decisions. So when you apply for a job, make sure your new boss is not saying: “Sleep is for wimps!”, like Margaret Thatcher did.
Good sleep gives you longevity, and while you live it gives you a healthier and happier life, too. On top of this gift it’s cost free. It’s if you don’t sleep that it can be costly. Think of all the accidents we create because of bad sleep, as Chernobyl, Exxon Valdez Oil spill, airplane accidents, about 100,000 car accidents a year only in the USA, etc.
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O•live Retreat demystifies health and in the process it stands clear that health is far from drugs or injections made from petrochemicals.
First we make sure you know yourself, your body and what being healthy means to you, really means. Then we continue to a good cleanse on all levels, Body·Mind·Soul.
With over 15 years in this business and as Conde Nast Travel and some others put it "top-ranked" health retreat, we base our work on the O• method, derived from a multitude of methods, both old as Ayurveda and new as Orthomolecular Medicine. You'll get healthier in all areas of life (as we don't think one can leave health at home while going to work and we can't say we are healthy if we destroy our bodies over the weekend either). One is either healthy or not, within oneself and in ones habits. What that means can only be defined by each and one and if that is to indulge in the unhealthy stuff it's because it's really worth it for the only judge - you.
We offer events such as retreats, workshops, or online courses and we believe in education as the fundamentals of healing is that it's done by oneself. Others can support but it's only oneself that can heal oneself.
The key training for professionals is focused on enhanced productivity through self-inspiration and self-care. As a high equity manager in the finance sector put it - it's all about staying highly inspired. We couldn't agree more and we know how that biochemistry looks like.
Independent studies find that 96% of our guests become more healthy and stay healthy after 6 months, 82% stay healthy after a year. This is a better rate than any other retreat, treatment or training, as far as we know. Our teachings are based on modern science, and ancient evidence based techniques, and a lot of personal experience with trial and error, in the field of being a healthy human in the 21st century.
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I crushed my hand at work because i was crazy exhausted (bosss fault they wanted my to do longer hours i was working for 22 hrs straight- with a lunch break) and i broke two fingers was a terrible experience but i never let them tell me or make me do those crazy hours again.