Rubin Naiman: Falling in Love With Sleep

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

Tami Simon

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 1 November 2011

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Tami Simon speaks with Dr. Rubin Naiman, an internationally recognized leader in integrative sleep and dream medicine. Dr. Naiman serves as the sleep specialist at the University of Arizona’s Center for Integrative Medicine, directed by Dr. Andrew Weil. With Sounds True, he has produced the audio programs Healthy Sleep (coauthored with Dr. Weil) and The Yoga of Sleep, as well as the online course Ask the Sleep Doctor: Relieve Insomnia, Sleep and Dream Deeply, Wake Up Refreshed. In this episode, Tami speaks with Dr. Naiman about how hyperarousal interferes with healthy sleep, the power of weaning ourselves off the alarm clock, and how we can embrace the deeper dimensions of sleep and dreams. (57 minutes)

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0:00.0	This program is brought to you by sounds true.com.
0:04.0	At sounds true.com you can find hundreds of downloadable audio learning programs,
0:09.0	plus books, music, videos, and online courses and events. We also host an annual conference, a five-day
0:18.6	experience of transformation, held in August each year in the beautiful Rocky Mountains.
0:25.0	That sounds true.com, we think of ourselves as a trusted partner on the spiritual journey,
0:31.0	offering diverse, in-depth, and life-changing wisdom.
0:36.4	Sounds True.com, many voices, one journey. You're listening to Insights at the Edge.
0:47.0	Today I speak with Dr. Rubin Nyman. Rubin
0:53.7	Nyman is an internationally recognized leader in integrative sleep and
0:57.6	dream medicine. He's director of Circadian Health Associates, an organization that provides information, goods, and services in support of sleep health.
1:09.0	Dr Niamen serves as the Sleep Specialist and Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Arizona's Center for Integrative Medicine, directed by Dr. Andrew Weyl, with whom Dr. Nyman co-authored the Sounds True Audio Program, Healthy Sleep.
1:27.0	Also with Sounds True, Dr. Nyman has released the audio program The Yoga of Sleep, Sacred and Scientific Practices to
1:36.6	heal sleeplessness and he will be the host of a new three-part online video series beginning on November 2nd called
1:46.6	Ask the Sleep Doctor, relieve insomnia, sleep and dream deeply and wake up refreshed.
1:54.0	In this episode of Insights at the Edge,
1:57.0	Rubin and I spoke about the contemporary problem of hyper arousal,
2:01.0	how it interferes with healthy sleep, and the psychological roots of hyper arousal in our society.
2:09.2	Rubin also shared with us do's and don'ts for getting a good night's sleep, including useful bedtime
2:15.9	rituals and the power of weaning ourselves off of an alarm clock.
2:21.9	Finally, Rubin and I spoke about some of the deeper dimensions of sleep, including
2:27.6	the function of dreams and what it might mean to approach our life from what he calls a United States of
2:35.6	consciousness where we appreciate the commonality that exists between
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