Wake Up to Sleep: 5 Powerful Practices to Transform Stress and Trauma for Peaceful Sleep and Mindful Dreams

by Charlie Morley

From work-related stress to the serious effects of trauma, this book teaches practical techniques to achieve the best possible sleep.

Struggling with restless nights? Achieve better sleep with this scientifically verified, holistic approach to healing stress and trauma-affected slumber.

Inspired by his work with military veterans, sleep expert Charlie Morley explores how to combat the harmful effects of stress and trauma in order to achieve restful sleep and healing dreams. This guide shares more than 20 body, breath, sleep and dreaming techniques, all proven to help reduce anxiety, improve sleep quality, integrate nightmares, increase your energy and transform your relationship with sleep.

You'll
· a five-step plan that improves sleep quality in 87 per cent of participants
· the science of how stress and trauma affect sleep
· yoga nidra and mindfulness practices for deep relaxation
· breathwork practices to regulate the nervous system
· lucid dreaming methods to transform nightmares

Whether you're experiencing stressed-out sleep or not, these powerful practices will help you optimize the time you spend dreaming so that you can sleep better and wake up healthier.

Genres: Nonfiction, Self Help, Spirituality, Health, Psychology

288 pages, Paperback

Published October 26, 2021

Reviews

[Britt Gx]

One of the most interesting and potentially effective books I've read on sleep. I say potentially effective as truly testing the efficacy will take time.

[Jamie Bowen]

Charlie Morley works with military veterans who because of stress and trauma have difficulty sleeping, using the processes that have served him well, this book provides the knowledge and the techniques in which you can learn the secrets as well. A friend recommended this book after trying the coherent breathing technique.

[Vooh Eheve]

authentic teacher with practical techniques, highly recommended. very active too, with new books coming out every two years it seems. keep up the good work!

[Cecily Wang]

Charlie Morley's "Wake Up to Sleep" is full of useful information that helped me better understand sleep and the dream state. Employing lucid dreaming to work through past traumas is effective and makes sense, although the outcome can be unpredictable at times. I look forward to learning more from Mr. Morley.

[Annum]

I found the exercises and tips in the book useful and was hoping for more. Start was a little boring!

[LemontreeLime]

I actually read this twice. Helpful stuff.

[Sevda Çelik]

At start I thought that it would be basic since i already read books on lucid but on the contrary it gave me new insight and add methods to my toolbox

[Rebecca Stonehill]

Wise, well-researched, compassionate, fascinating...and these exercises work!

[Maria Chambi]

Amazing book... Mostly because it introduced me to the amazing world of deep breathing, but without the fluff or complexity you expect from most deep breathing practices. I also discovered Yoga Nidra which I love... There are also so many options tailored to unique symptoms or needs - It's opened up a whole new world for me!

[Dianne Wood]

great book, put me right to sleep!

This is a great book. I have suffered from insomnia for many years but now I am finally getting a good night’s sleep. Now I am even exploring lucid dreaming. My life has changed for the better thanks to this amazing book.

[Lici]

Read this book to prepare for a webinar on sleep. It's so well written and researched that it's the basis for almost all of my talking points!

[Meriel Murray]

Very informative. Lots of tips to help achieve better sleep.

[Emily Simmer]

A refreshingly different take on why we can’t sleep and ways we can work to improve this essential life skill that eludes so many of us.