Welcome to Wenatex - Healthy Sleep for a Better Life!

Sleep is vital for our health, because when we sleep, we heal our bodies and minds. Wenatex conducts seminars all around Australia and New Zealand educating people on how to achieve a “Healthy Sleep for a Better Life”. Use this website to book into our events, or access articles and sleep tips that can help you improve your sleep environment.

Is Your Pillow Waking You Up?
There are many factors required to achieve a good night’s sleep. One of these is a good quality pillow, which must maintain a natural curve of the spine. This article has checklist to use when purchasing a good quality pillow.

Sex, Sleep & the City
Times have changed and our sleep habits have also changed. This insightful article uses the Three Musketeers and Sex and the City to examine how differently we now live our lives and the reasons for these dramatic changes.

Ageing and Sleep
Advances in science are altering our internal clocks. We now enjoy average a life expectancy of over 80 years which is likely to reach 100 years in the future. Have our bodies and brains adapted enough to cope with such old age?

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Almost 90% of people suffer a sleep disorder at some point of their lives ¹
15% to 20% of accidents on road, air and sea are caused by disturbed sleep ²
The effects of 18 hours sleep deprivation is equivalent to the effects of acute alcohol intoxication over the legal limit ³
Alcohol and nicotine both affect REM Sleep ⁴
Sleep restores your Immune System ⁵
In 1953, Eugene Aserinsky from the University of Chicago observed for the first time a relationship between the movement of the eyes during sleep and dreaming ⁶
Go to bed and get up at about the same time every day, even on the weekends. Sticking to a schedule helps reinforce your body's sleep-wake cycle and can help you fall asleep better at night.⁷
Start a relaxing bedtime routine. Do the same things each night to tell your body it's time to wind down. This may include taking a warm bath or shower, listening to soothing music. Relaxing activities done with lowered lights can help ease the transition between wakefulness and sleepiness.⁸
Regular exercise is a great way to improve your sleep. Just be careful not to do it close to bed time as exercise produces stimulants that stop the brain from relaxing quickly.⁹
Avoid caffeine and alcohol before going to bed.

¹ Wake up Australia: The Value of Healthy Sleep. Sleep Health Australia, October 2004
² Karolinska Institute, Stockholm Sweden, 2001
³ Veteran Affairs Health Care System, USA, 2004
⁴ Scientific American September 20, 2007
⁵ Professor Laura Redwine, 2000
⁶ The Oxford Companion to the Mind. (1987) Edited by R.J. Gregory, Oxford Press
⁷ http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/sleep/HQ01387 (April 2008)
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⁹ http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/sleep/HQ01387 (April 2008)

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