Wellness
Mindfulness Promotes Sleep Awareness to Tackle Stress, Promote Wellbeing Sleep Awareness Week (March 14-20) is a great time to talk about having better sleep habits but it’s a conversation to have all year through. Mindfulness.com, the world’s leading mindfulness platform, offers daily support for stress, sleep and wellbeing, featuring thoughtfully curated content.
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When you look at worldwide statistics on the topic, you quickly realize how important sleep awareness and mindfulness are: • Sleep represents a third of every person’s life and it has a tremendous impact on how we live, function and perform during the other two-thirds of our lives. (American Sleep Apnea Association) • Sleep problems, whether in the form of medical disorders or related to work schedules and a 24/7 lifestyle, are pervasive. In America, 70% of adults report that they obtain insufficient sleep at least one night a month, and 11% report insufficient sleep every night. • It is estimated that sleep-related problems affect 50-70 million Americans of all ages and socioeconomic classes. • An estimated 30% of Americans are regularly sleep deprived. • Forty-three percent of Americans say stress has caused them to lie awake at night at least once a month. • The odds of being sleep deprived (less than 6 hours a night for adults) has increased significantly over the past 30 years as the lines between work and home have become blurred and digital technology has firmly become part of our lifestyles. National data shows that poor sleep health is a common problem with 25% of U.S. adults reporting insufficient sleep or rest at least 15 out of every 30 days. (ASAA)
