SOUNDER SLEEP: End the Vicious Cycle of Pain and Insomnia (Space Available)
An Educational, Interactive and Immediately Applicable ONE-DAY Course

2010-11-20
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
TORONTO, ON

Instructor: Arne Heayn, RPT
Arne Heayn, BSc(PT) Queen's University ’71, has recently retired after 40 years of active physical therapy practice. He is certified in The Feldenkrais Method of Somatic Education, Buteyko Eucapnic Breath Re-Training, and Sounder Sleep. These and other complementary therapies were incorporated into his practice.

Now he passes on his evidence-informed clinical experience and knowledge to a wider audience through Body-Help Wellness Education, teaching self-help classes to individuals and guiding practitioners to a more holistic approach.


COURSE OBJECTIVES

Trauma generates stress reactions and sleep disturbances. Research indicates the negative effects of disturbed sleep as relates to pain and healing. This experiential sleep-shop will teach you practical, effective tools for stress reduction and improved sleep.

Simple techniques coupling movement and breath can be used during the day to promote relaxation and calm, reducing the stress build-up that interferes with that proverbial 'good night's sleep'. The same techniques can be used to promote sleep at bedtime and to return to sleep when wakened in the night.

At the end of this one-day workshop participants will know how to...


• Relieve their own stress and improve their sleep
• Help their clients with sleep and stress disturbances
• Ease pain syndromes for client healing
  
  "...up to 88% of patients with chronic pain also demonstrate sleep disturbances ... loss of sleep had a hyperalgesic effect ... Significantlydecreased pain thresholds... Sleep-disordered breathing was common in chronic pain patients on opioids."
  Reference: Webster LR, Choi Y, Desai H, Webster L, Grant BJ. Sleep-disordered breathing and chronic opioid therapy. Pain Med. 2008 May-Jun;9(4):425-32.