Learn About EMFs

According to a recent article by Sleep Counselor Janet Kinosian, ” Somehow, bedrooms have transformed from a simple place for sleep and rejuvenation into info/entertainment centers.”

“If you’re a good consumer, you’ll have a TV, portable phone, CD player or iPod, cell phone, electric alarm clock, radio, perhaps a computer, laptop, fax, scanner, a DVD or video player, and even the dreaded BlackBerry — you get the idea. These electronics — particularly the television and computer screens — jam up your air and emit energy waves long after they’ve been turned off.”

“Madison Avenue will never tell you about electromagnetic fields when they try to sell you the latest entertainment gadget, which today inevitably gets placed in the bedroom; its buyer and sleeper beware.”

Janet Kinosian is a sleep counselor as well as author of The Well-Rested Woman: 60 Soothing Suggestions for Getting a Good Night’s Sleep. She has seen the quality of sleep fall as the amount of electronics in the bedroom rises.

“It’s bad enough being so wired on the info-mania highway during daytime, but please don’t drag it into your sleep hours. If you want to get better sleep - and even if you think you do sleep well enough - clean out the electronics from your bedroom,” says Janet.

Sleep is the body’s time to heal. Providing yourself with a healthy sleep environment that allows the body to do its nightly repair work has always been of utmost importance in ancient systems such as Feng Shui.

According to the National Institute of Health, one in three adults has occasional insomnia and one in ten adults suffers from chronic sleeplessness. According to Thomsan Healthcare, the use of sleeping pills is on the rise for all age groups, with a sharp increase in use by young adults.

According to Janet, there is an alternative to sleeping pills.

“Tally up the electronic devices in your bedroom, and weed most out.”

For those electronics that you are unable to remove from the bedroom, Feng Shui recommends moving them at least four feet away from the bed, since EMF Fields dissipate with distance.

Janet recommends neutralizing EMFs from devices that can not be removed.

“Plants help absorb some of this electrical pollution: the rule of thumb is one big plant per item of electronic equipment. Palms, peace lilies, and spider plants are said to absorb the most electrical charges.”