There’s an empathizing article in the May/June issue of Spirituality & Health about why we sleep. Written by Jill Neimark, a writer who contributes the Open Mind, Open Heart column to the magazine, the article documents her first-ever bout with insomnia and what she learned while dealing with it.

One of the things she says: “If you can’t sleep, you look for someone or something to blame.” Jill targeted her boyfriend and her bed, of all things. She devotes an entire page to the anatomy of her bed.

This fascinates me.

She ends up with a wool-filled futon covered by an organic cotton cover by Surround Ewe Sleep Systems. She added a wool felt from Shepherd’s Dream.

Her new bed definitely helps her resume her normal good night’s rest. But after her seven-month ordeal with sleeplessness, her revelations about what we need to know about sleep are perceptive and profound.

Spirituality & Health just recently upgraded its website, so I hope this article is available online soon. If not, consider subscribing to it, or at least to their new newsletter (upper right-hand corner of the home page).

I look forward to reading every issue, whether I’m sleepless or not.

Janet Muniz

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