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Well, ladies, that was an amazing sleep last night. Everyone feel rested? Leslie legs? I know human’s fur balls (be nice), fur kids, were snuggled tightly against each of Leslie leg. Oh, you and your twin leg did not mind? Good. Although that one cat is rather heavy. I know, be nice. He’s a strong, broad-shoulder dude tuxedo cat.

 

 

At least he’s quiet and a slow mover. That girl cat is a talker and a mover. She flies around the tiny apartment and jumps on the counter like she’s training for the ninja show. And, she lays on human and insists on kneading away. Poor Lucy lungs, hard to take a good breath when she does that.

 

 

Okay, back to the sleeping routine. Ever since she started closing down the addictive Facebook scrolling, and logging off her email at least an hour before our bed time, we get our chance to shut down. Edith eyes is even happier when human shuts down the laptop.

 

 

You’re correct Brenda brain. Having her router, laptop, e-reader, cell phone, tablet, all in one corner by the kitchen counter is great. No electronics or EMFs in the bedroom!

 

 

Mindy mind and especially Edith eyes: we heard you two saying how much you love the eye pillow she places over you. Yes, I know it’s not an eye pillow. But, it’s multifunctional: headband, wrist band, eye shade. Human bought several in different colors when her hair was longer.

 

 

We love how quiet the apartment gets around 9 pm, well, pretty much. Occasionally the upstairs neighbor moves about, opening and closing drawers, running bath water in the wee hours of the night. She must work odd hours, or, maybe she’s a night owl. But, it’s okay, human falls right back to sleep.

 

 

Heck, human has slept through storms that have the weather alert sounding loudly on her phone that is in another area of the apartment! Yep, she slept through the last few hurricanes. Yes, it’s true Belinda bladder, as human has taken more revolutions around that bright star called the sun, you have been waking her around 2 or 3 am to pee.

 

 

Probably because even though she stops feeding us several hours before bedtime, she is still drinking that poison they call pinot grigio and sipping lots of filtered water too. Well, Mindy mind has been having some serious chats with human about the poison. We’ll address that in a much later chapter.

 

 

So, restful, undisturbed, sleep. No electronics, no blue light, no noise, slightly cooler room temperature. Shutting down stimulating activity early. All good.

 

 

We all love that near-infrared sauna in the morning!

 

 

Okay, human could only afford the single lamp. PHOTON is the name the company gave it. At least the small closet offers a way to feel the heat and the deep healing energy. Human loved the outdoor saunas she got to take the summer of 1968 when she travelled to Finland for the entire summer. Her uncles found it amusing that she wanted the fire started in the wood-burning sauna every evening. They said they only used it once a week. She was a surprised since the two bachelors were farmers, and worked their shared farm together.

 

 

Sauna back home became those at gyms. She was saddened that the gyms, at least the ones she goes to since moving to Florida, require the body to have on some clothing, usually suggesting a bathing suit, or underwear. Of course human understands the towel to sit on, silly. Human is not parking her butt on the questionable wooden bench at the gym saunas. She does miss being able to just wear her birthday suit and lie on a towel. Wonder if the gym in back in Maryland still allows sauna time in the buff?

 

 

Not important. She got the PHOTON and we get to get naked and sit on a hand towel daily. Closet door closed, rotating ¼ turns every 3 minutes. It’s a warm, meditative half hour ritual. And, human does her second gratitude meditation of the morning bathed in the hot red light. Infrared penetrating deep into us. Yes, it is the near infrared Sally psoas that goes deeply to sending healing energy. The other saunas are hotter, but, heat from outside, in. Yes, all are healthy, but, human has been reading the nerdy, geeky articles about the differences.

 

 

You asked about her meditation practices? Let’s talk meditation and breath work in another chapter.