Dream On

My daughter and I were watching Ryan sleep on the night of the 8th day of Chinese New Year. Fire crackers were booming across the sky at the stroke of midnight. The Hokkiens were welcoming the New Year with aplomb with elaborate preparation of food and rituals for the night.

From a distance amidst the crackling sound of the fire crackers, I could hear very soft soothing music. It was a perfect set up for a good slumber coupled with the dim pinkish glow from a salt lamp nearby.

It was then I remembered reading a passage from the book "ESP For Kids". It talks about dreamwork and that dreams take place in the Alpha level of brain activity ie when the brain is pulsing/producing a steady wave of electric current cycling from 14 to 7 cycles per second (cps). And dream research attests to the fact that for physical and mental well-being, we need our Alpha dream-sleep. Therefore it is recommended that you do not have the TV, radio, cassettee or CD player to be left on while you sleep. This sleep cycle will be disrupted and can result in irritability, memory loss, physical coordination problem etc.

I shared this with my daughter and she immediately asked me to help her turn the radio off. So remember folks, while music is great for the body, mind and soul, it can also have some adverse effect when your body cries for total rest. I will be covering more on dream work soon