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The Insomnia Solution: The Natural, Drug-Free Way to a Good Night's Sleep

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I first came across this book at 3 am on another insomnia night and was impatient for a solution. I didn't want any more pills that made me feel drugged the next day. I didn't want any more useless sleep hygiene advice, which worked intermittently. I also didn't want to pay $2,000 for a sleep study that would tell me I needed more pills and better sleep hygiene! Having suffered from insomnia for eight years, I was ready for a real solution.

Two things caught my eye about this book. One, a large percentage of the reviewers were medical professionals who used the method in their practices. Two, the book suggested an approach that would actually relax the body and calm the mind, not drug it or try to control everything around it and hope it behaves. This was what I was looking for!

After trying the methods, I can confirm that they work spectacularly; however, I do have a word of caution on the methods. Follow the steps in the book as exactly as possible, and don't go on memory alone when first doing them. Doing them incorrectly--even slightly so--can give you poor results.

The Sounder Sleep System(TM) is one of those rare methods that actually WORKS! After years of insomnia due to long work days and stress, I began attending Michael Krugman's workshops and was amazed that his easy mini-moves(TM) put me to sleep in bright daylight in a room surrounded by other insomniacs--now all asleep!

I was so impressed that I became a teacher of this system! Since then I find his work also helps my clients who suffer from tightness in the ribs, shallow breathing, stress--and, of course--insomnia.

This book is incredible! I was beginning to think that sleeping poorly was a result of getting older(I am in my 30s). Now I know that you can learn to be a good sleeper just like you learn other things! Read it and enjoy.

As a very tired single mother of two, I have been using this method for a few years. It changed my relationship with sleep. Recently my 8 year old had a very painful infection and was unable to sleep. I did some of the techniques with her as she tried to relax. It worked! We both got a decent nights sleep.
Thank you.

Caution: The tools in this book can produce tremendous pleasure. Side effects include: inner calm, peace, quality sleep, relaxation and joy.

As a physical therapist and Feldenkrais(R) practitioner I have found The Sounder Sleep System(R) an invaluable tool in helping patients to achieve their goals in healing. These tools are quick, easy and effective-three of the most important criteria for success in any progam.

After reading through nearly one-hundred pages of what is basically autobiographical information, I learned that if I put my hands together and grip each of my thumbs in the opposite hand while meditating for five minutes, I would be relaxed and refreshed. The author calls this exercise "the healer" and, from what I understand, it is one of his own patented "mini-moves". In this book you'll find several mini-moves to practice and learn (with a partner, of course, as it is difficult to learn the mini-moves by yourself) based upon what type of sleeper you are. Are you a "nervous sleeper"? Perhaps you are a "tense sleeper"? Maybe you're "just plain sleepless". Once you figure this out, you will be ready to begin learning the sacred mini-moves, which will no doubt lull you to sleep. Hmm... Well, nothing in this book worked for me, and I honestly can't believe it has helped anyone. But I am an insomniac, and in the author's defense, he is not. On page 30, he states that during one period of his life, he was only sleeping at night for "five hours by the most liberal reckoning." Wow, I'd give up ten years of my life to sleep five hours every night. He also states on page 8, "Chronic insomnia and sleep disorders are medical problems, and therefore beyond the scope of this book." Really? Then why is the book titled "The Insomnia Solution"? If you're still not convinced this book is worthless, then go ahead and read it yourself. Maybe "Advanced Air-Painting" (pg. 149) is just what you need to start catching some z's.

For forty years, I have searched for ways to bring about healing and health in the individuals I worked with professionally. The ways I found that worked best all shared a basic characteristic: they were based on evoking, connecting, activating, and supporting what is naturally already within us. Exploring many methods, I selected only a few that excelled in this regard. From my own training with Michael Krugman, I know that what he teaches in this book is one of those methods. His knowledge of the problem and his successful experience with it is vast, and his every word of instruction is carefully thought through so as to be of maximum possible help to the reader.
Karl E. Humiston, M.D. (retired), Certified Rolfer

This is a fantastic book. It's wonderful for anyone who needs better sleep and, probably, most people in our fast-paced society. It's well rounded, with theory, explanation and to do "practice." I love breath surfing!

It addresses body, mind and heart. The author's heart is evident throughout and is bound to touch yours if you're open to it.

On a deeper level, I think these practices are useful for becoming more aware of patterns that keep us from reaching our full potential as human beings.

These wonderful tecniques in the book were invaluable these last couple of weeks. My youngest son has been very ill with a virus that completely disturbed his sleeping. We thought it would change, but didn't, so I taught him some of the Mini-moves in the book and he was able to relax and finally get the much needed rest he needed for healing.

Excellent writing
clear instructions
apprpriate research
I am certified SOunder Sleep Specialist- this is our textbook
Thank you