The Ultimate Exercise Supplement: Sleep

Today I struggled like a little girl in the Bikram class. Actually, girls are quite flexible, and I'm not, so I'm using that as a manly metaphor for having difficulty.

Last night I slept 7 hours, from 11pm - 6am. I went to bed so late because I waited up for Adam to arrive from Sydney, and then had prasadam with him and Prem, Vraj, and Josh.

The night before I also slept 7 hours, but from 7.30pm - 2.30am. And that day I did two classes, back-to-back, like I was drinking a glass of water.

The conclusion? As any Ayurvedi will tell you - the hours before midnight are worth twice those after in terms of sleep.

Maha-mantra wrote me a while back with this gem:

Oil massage is medicine for the vata body type,
Exercise for the pita body,
and Sleep for the Kapha.

My body type is a combination of pita and kapha, so I need to do hard exercise and sleep. My New Year's Resolution for 2009 is to get more quality sleep. Pretty spiritual, huh?