Sleep

Research suggests that meditation can change brain structure, enhance mental abilities and work alongside traditional medicine to speed up healing. 

Certainly, when I learned Transcendental Meditation through a formal course many years ago it was in some ways a life-changing experience, although I quickly moved away from the more cultish aspects of TM. 

I don't entirely buy the claim that just a few minutes' daily meditation can make a difference between an anxious existence and a life of quiet contentment...but it helps.

An astonishing number of conflicts and catastrophes can be traced back to the brute fact that one of the parties hasn't slept enough - Alain de Botton, http://twitter.com/alaindebotton

To flop into bed bone-weary and be fathomlessly asleep as your slurred finger sets the alarm for the morning is a simulacrum of heaven - AA Gill, ST Style, 01/10/06

Nice guys finish last, but we get to sleep in - Evan Davies

An astonishing number of conflicts and catastrophes can be traced back to the brute fact that one of the parties hasn't slept enough - Alain de Botton, http://twitter.com/alaindebotton

• Sleep - sleep deprivation is widely considered a "normal" side effect of a 24/7 society, but it now appears that sleep loss of even two-three hours per night can hamper body and mind functioning, and quality of life.

• Sleep - sleep deprivation is widely considered a "normal" side effect of a 24/7 society, but it now appears that sleep loss of even two-three hours per night can hamper body and mind functioning, and quality of life.

• Sleep - sleep deprivation is widely considered a "normal" side effect of a 24/7 society, but it now appears that sleep loss of even two-three hours per night can hamper body and mind functioning, and quality of life.