http://sleepcompass.com "Sleep, Rock Thy Brain" And Discover The Gift of Sleep! Tue, 04 Oct 2011 15:30:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://sleepcompass.com/2008/08/hot-flash/ http://sleepcompass.com/2008/08/hot-flash/#comments Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:00:40 +0000 Nancy http://sleepcompasscafe.com/?p=190 If you’ve had one, there’s no mistaking; it’s sudden and intense! The flash usually affects your upper body and face, perhaps preceded or accompanied by a number of disruptive symptoms such as rapid heartbeat and sweating, anxiety, or headache. The flash is followed by a flush, leaving you reddened and perspiring and there is no [...]

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]]> http://sleepcompass.com/2008/08/feng-shui-and-the-bedroom/feed/ 0 http://sleepcompass.com/2008/07/what-happens-in-deep-sleep/ http://sleepcompass.com/2008/07/what-happens-in-deep-sleep/#comments Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:00:14 +0000 Nancy http://sleepcompasscafe.com/?p=220 We know that there are stages of sleep and the deepest stage is Delta sleep, when the body restores itself and growth hormones are released. This typically occurs in the first few hours of sleep. If you’re a sleep technologist you will see that the brain waves slow and the body seems to show a [...]

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