A Grown-Up Lullaby A Grown-Up Lullaby
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A Grown-Up Lullaby

Songs for Sleeping
Iza Smelczyńska
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How far can music take us, especially if it accompanies us on our journey within, touching the boundary between dreams and reality? Let’s get comfortable. Our senses will soon be hit by an extravaganza of stimuli and mad improvisation.

Suggested background music: Robert Rich, Somnium

What role does sleep play? Is it only about rest? The principles of good sleep hygiene created to help us sleep properly through the night and wake up rested involve measures like limiting stimuli, and this includes auditory stimuli. But is that what we really need? For starters, let’s reminisce on our first childhood memories: Hush Little Baby, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Rock-a-Bye Baby. These are popular and appreciated tunes; with their help, we were able to fall fast asleep, much like an old bear. We no longer listen to

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How to Fall Asleep

An Interview with Adam Wichniak
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How can we fall asleep quickly, sleep well, and wake up rested? Adam Wichniak, a psychiatrist from the Sleep Disorders Centre at the Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology in Warsaw, talks to Aleksandra Pezda about how to cope with sleep problems.

Aleksandra Pezda: It’s late at night. I’ve already watched the eighth season of Homeland, scrolled through my Instagram and Facebook newsfeed, and I still can’t fall asleep.

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