The Power of Rest: Why Sleep Alone Is Not Enough. A 30-Day Plan to Reset Your Body

Matthew Edlund

May 2010 · Harper Collins

About this ebook

A proven program to enhance your health, help you look younger, feel restored, and experience a new kind of energy.

Sluggishness. Boredom. Lack of concentration. Too many of us pour another cup of coffee and accept fatigue as the inevitable side effect of hectic lives. Dr. Matthew Edlund shows us there is a better way. (and it's not just sleeping more!)

This groundbreaking program will rewire your body, improving your productivity, creativity, and sense of well-being. Experience the extraordinary benefits—including dramatically decreased stress and increased energy—of the four types of rest:

• Physical: From deep breathing to the “UnNap,” learn how to vanquish stress in seconds
• Mental: Practice key strategies of relaxed concentration, and marvel at how much more you can accomplish
• Social: See how even walking to lunch with a coworker creates a new sense of security and support
• Spiritual: Experience a connection to something greater than the self, the key to internal balance

The Power of Rest introduces one powerful technique each day, many of which can be accomplished in a minute or less. Rediscover the feeling of being truly alert and engaged with your body, your work, and the people you love.

About the author

Matthew Edlund, M.D., is an award-winning expert on rest, body clocks, and sleep. He writes for the Huffington Post and Psychology Today and has appeared on NBC, CBS, MSNBC, and FOX News. Work featuring Dr. Edlund has appeared in O, The Oprah Magazine, Prevention, Shape, Redbook, Real Simple, More, and hundreds of other magazines and newspapers.