Difficulty Falling Asleep

Dr. Patterson has found that most reasons why people struggle with falling asleep is because the mind, or
conscience, is being weighed down with emotions and negativity. Clearing these negative emotions and
energies can greatly help to decrease the time to fall asleep as well as the frequency of waking up during the
night. Clearing these emotions and negative energies may be done through deep breathing, the use of a tool
with a high frequency such as a tuning fork or Tibetan singing bowl, or forgiveness.

There may be other reasons why falling asleep becomes difficult. A chemical imbalance may be one of the
causes. This can be from lack of nutrition, which we can address through the diet, or supplementation with
herbs and natural vitamins and minerals. Chemical imbalances can also be from side effects from
pharmaceutical drugs; many of which can impair mental capacities.

The pineal gland, in the back of the brain and at the top of the brainstem, is the primary gland that regulates
our sleep-wake cycles. When the sun rises in the morning, the light goes through the eyelid hitting the back of
the retina which signals to the pineal gland to convert melatonin into serotonin so we wake up. When the sun
is setting, the lack of light stimulates the pineal gland to switch the conversion from serotonin to melatonin to
make us sleepy. This gland also seems to be correlated to being very active upon having a spiritual experience;
because of this, Dr. Patterson may suggest ways to increase spirituality to help with your ability to sleep.