THE SLEEP BETTER COMMUNITY CIC
Offering free support to help you sleep better with the support of your community.
HELP ME SLEEP
The class offers time consider what keeps you awake at night and provide you with the tools and resources to help you sleep Better.
This is achieved through shared discussion, peer learning and support.
There is a combination of breath work and mindfulness practices with relaxation techniques.
COMMUNITY
We come together and support each other
You don't have to speak but been able to listen to others experiences is often reassuring.
There isn't one fit for all with this work and of course all life stages offer different challenges.
We try to make better choices to support improved sleep health and are open to advise.
SLEEP WORK BOOK
Once you sign up for a class you will be offered and digital work book to accompany the classes.
This isn't essential, its just there for extra support
There is a sleep diary that is often useful to help you understand your sleep patterns and track how many hours you sleep.
This is a great way to track your progress.
WHAT ARE THE AIMS OF THE SLEEP BETTER COMMUNITY CIC
TELL MY STORY SO FAR
The aim of the the organisation is to help people sleep better. Using local community spaces and GP Surgeries to provide a safe place to share experiences with poor sleep and find ways to improve habits around sleep and optimise an improved quality of sleep.
At the start of 2023 I saw a flyer in a local cafe in Streatham asking people in the community to help people in the community with projects to support people with health and well being. I have taught yoga for 30 years and during the pandemic and locks downs I did some CPD training in sleep therapy. I thought I am probably not the only person struggling with sleep at this current time and this course will give me the tools to help my students.
I have a lot of experience teaching in community spaces and when I saw the flyer I felt that this is something that I can do for my community.
I truly believe that a community can thrive when it comes together, however small these groups might be. Through shared experience we can help each other and although the classes are sleep focused by simply sharing experiences of poor sleep participants are reasured that they are not on their own with their worries.
A lot of us are wide awake at 2am.
I have now received two grants from Streatham Action and have been been running regular classes in the community over the past 12 months.
I have been encouraged to create The Sleep Better Community CIC in order to continue with this work and bring these classes to other communities.
"WHAT PEOPLE HAVE SAID ABOUT THE CLASS I would say I am somebody who has had a history of poor sleep spanning most of my adult life. Easily at least 25-30yrs. It’s something that gradually worsened , until I realised I had to do something about it. I was sent on a sleep study and done a 6 session course at Guys hospital in 2019. Unfortunately this did little to help my situation as I was informed that being a shift worker I was already at a disadvantage to the rest of the participants, as it would be harder to remedy When I received the invitation to Lisa’s class I knew I absolutely had to attend. My sleep this year has without a doubt been the worst it has been in my life. Averaging 3 - 4.5 hours a night. I knew something had to be done I didn’t know what to expect from this course. I had no idea part of the principle was practical as in being able to sleep in the session. The breathing exercises , listening to Lisa’s soothe tones naming objects and visualising them , being present in the moment , finding calmness in creating energy by rubbing your palms and feeling the warmth , etc has all assisted me in a way that nothing else has. I had all but given up trying to correct my sleep issues when this course came along I am now for the first time in what feels like forever practicing a regular bedtime routine. There will be days of course when this is not possible. But for the most part I am trying to go to bed at the same time every night and actually look forward to going to bed. Like a normal average human being .. This course in my opinion has changed my life. I am so excited to keep practicing these techniques going forward and to see how much progress I can continue to make. Simone Robberts "
LISA ASKEM
CLASS LEADER
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