Health Solutions - Sleep

For those struggling with insomnia, this thorough DVD offers short-term solutions to use on a sleepless night, and long-term lifestyle changes designed to eliminate the problem. Dr. James Rouse, an M.D. with another degree in natural medicine, outlines the need to increase serotonin by day and melatonin by night. Under short-term solutions, he offers guided relaxation, self-massage with simple yoga, and suggestions for sleep-inducing snacks. In the long-term section, an expert leads meditation and guided relaxation and Yoga guru Rodney Yee provides a daily yoga practice, with another specifically geared toward sleep at night. Then Rouse weighs in on daily diet ideas to increase readiness for sleep. Recipes and nutritional information are provided in an accompanying booklet. Clocking in at 110 minutes, it would be hard to find a more comprehensive natural sleep program. This DVD contains information similar to--and, in some places, the same as--the info in Health Solutions: Stress Relief. --Kimberly Heinrichs