Americans frequently fall into a vicious cycle, with stress during the day causing them to be too tense or worried to fall asleep at night. And then the lack of sleep, in turn, creates more stress on the job and at home. Others simply choose to short-change their sleep. For whatever reason, Americans today often sleep less than six hours a night, making them highly vulnerable to sleep disorders, the stress syndrome, and to multiple health problems. Plus, they undermine the immune system.
Doctors tend to prescribe valium-like drugs that are addictive within even a week of use.
Millions of Americans are addicted to tranquillizers to reduce stress during the day, and sleeping pills to induce sleep at night. He also recommends the natural lifestyle tips and products of MAPI's Blissful Sleep program. The goal of the ayurvedic approach is to create more ojas, the finest product of digestion that provides energy, enthusiasm, happiness, clarity of thinking, better coordination between the heart and mind, and immunity. A good quality of sleep provides deeper rest to the mind and senses, and enhances capacity for mental and physical work the next day. On the other hand, lack of sleep increases ama, or toxins in the body.