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Mental Health - Rest and Sleep Programming
We curate Rest, Resist the Stress, and Relax Soul Soothing Events
Based on the books ‘Rest is Resistance’ by Sleep Bishop, Tricia Hersey
‘An Affirmation: NiteBabyNite’ by Irene Smalls
Raison d’etre: A recent report from the Institute of Medicine identified “sleep
deprivation and sleep disorders” as a major unmet public health problem. Short
sleep duration puts individuals at increased risk of depression, reduced quality of
life, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and death, among other conditions. Post
Covid people are under great stress. There is a great need for all of us to learn
how to rest, relax, and sleep better. Our lives depend on it!
Sleep Facts
- Add 5 years to your life by getting enough sleep each night
- You spend 1/3 of your life sleeping
- Sleep improves mental and physical health
- Sleep reduces type 2 diabetes, heart disease, obesity, and depression
- Sleep improves daily brain performance
Programming: Hour long sleep activations and ‘RESTINGS’
Objectives:
- (1) 20 -25 minutes of supported tranquility, mental rest and training.
- (2) Provide the knowledge and tools to start and continue a nap/sleep practice.
- (3) Give information on Rest and Sleep training for adults and children.
- (4) Increase self-care and reduce stress through napping and sleep.
A Rest Sleep Activation can take place at any time but there are several dates tying in naturally with Relaxation and Sleep. Resting activations can be designed to fit your school, organization, group or business.
Asleep on the job, doing the hard work of mental healing, health and learning.
Sleep and Rest Holidays
- 1. National Nap Day Monday (March 11, 2024).
- 2. World Sleep Day (March 15th, 2024).
- 3. National Relaxation Day (August 15, 2024).
Organizer: Irene Smalls, MBA has a Masters in Behavioral Science. She has
spend a decade researching sleep and its impact on physical and mental health
and academic achievement.