How much sleep does the human body actually need?
When it comes to sleep, peoplenever arrive empty-handed. Everyone brings a theory, a reason, and a confident explanation. Some sleep five hours and call it...
Category : Sleep disorders
What Your Dinner Does to Your Dreams?
Every dinner plate is also a movie ticket. Paneer butter masala might buy you a horror film, while moong dal khichdi gives you a lullaby. Evening...
How Your Obsession With Good Sleep Is Keeping You Awake?
It’s 2 AM in Bengaluru. The city’s dogs are conducting their nightly orchestra, the fan hums, and you’re lying wide-eyed in bed. You glance at...
What an Insomniac Chef, a Retired Banker, and a Tattoo Artist Taught Me About Healing
This week began with too many questions and too little sleep. Not mine—my patients’. Though I must admit, some of their insomnia seemed contagious. It...
How Ayurveda Treats Insomnia: Real Stories and Timeless Remedies
A patient once told me, “Doc, my sleep is like a prepaid SIM—worked fine in the beginning, now completely deactivated.” Another swore his body had...
The Silicon Valley Dreams That Cost Us Our Sleep: A Doctor’s View from Bangalore
“I can’t remember what silence sounds like anymore,” confesses the 29-year-old tech lead sitting in my clinic, his eyes fixed on his phone. Three missed...
How can Bhramari Pranayama help you get a better night’s sleep?
TV serials first, now social media robbing our sleep. Sleep is the new luxury. If you are sleeping 8 hours, you are a lucky person....
Does Exercising Right Before Bed Affect Sleep?
As a seasoned Ayurvedic doctor, I’ve had my fair share of intriguing patient encounters that have challenged my diagnostic skills and sharpened my understanding of...
Can loss of sleep raise blood pressure?
Yesterday I received an urgent call from a patient requesting the last appointment slot of the evening. He told me he is an extremely busy...
Is Binge-Watching Netflix Killing You?
I was troubled when I read the recent quote from Netflix CEO Reed Hastings stating that their biggest competitor is sleep. While likely meant in...