"Learn simple yoga techniques--poses, meditations, and breathwork--to sleep better and longer, from master yoga teacher trainer and author, Mark Stephens. As modern science unravels some of the mysteries of our sleeping, dreaming, and waking states, age-old yoga practices are helping us to enjoy better sleep, clearer minds, and healthier bodies. Over 65 percent of U.S. adults are sleep deprived. Sleep deprivation causes and worsens many ailments, including stress, heart conditions, high blood pressure, obesity, and depression. This book provides easy-to-do and effective yoga activities--including postural sequences, breathing exercises, and meditation tools--for better quality and quantity sleep across the life cycle from childhood to older age. Long-time yoga instructor, teacher trainer, and best-selling author Mark Stephens integrates the ancient wisdom of yoga with the practical insights, age- and condition-specific sequences, and discussions of neuroscience and psychology to offer practical tools for improving sleep--naturally and drug-free" -- Provided by publisher.

Part I : Foundations : The myths and nature of sleep -- the nature of sleep disorders -- The art and science of sleeping well -- Part II : Practices : Essential elements of Yoga practice -- The basic Yoga sleep sequence -- Yoga sleep sequence for hyperarousal -- Yoga sleep sequence for depression or lethargy -- Better sleep for young and old -- Yoga sequence for sleep apnea -- Chair yoga for better sleep -- Daily and nightly rituals for better sleep -- Appendices.