Improve Your Sleep Workshop

This FREE workshop is for you if you want to change and improve your sleep pattern. You will explore, learn and make simple changes to your sleep habits. It’s for you if you just want to sleep easy and dream deep. You can have more energy and less fatigue.

Sleep is that golden chain that ties health and our bodies together.

Thomas Dekker

Sleep easy after a cancer diagnosis
Together. We can do this!

Let’s improve your sleep!

Join others just like you who want to improve their sleep. Everyone will have a similar experience of sleep problems and really want to feel better so they can get a good night’s sleep.

After spending a few hours once a week for either 4 or 6 weeks you will be able to:

  1. use the techniques that will enable you to sleep easy
  2. create a personalised sleep plan and know how to adjust it
  3. attain your realistic sleep goal
  4. reduce your anxiety and have more energy
  5. understand the need to think, act and feel differently
  6. hold positive beliefs about your ability to get a good night’s sleep
  7. and stay in contact with your new friends

So what’s it all about?

It’s about getting to know each other and feeling comfortable and safe with each other and the workshop facilitator, Sallie. You’ll learn a little about the process of sleep and why you should improve your sleep. Share experiences with each other so you feel less alone. Discover what keeps you awake at night. You’ll also participate in a 15 minute guided relaxation with a download for you to use at home.

You’ll get to discover how your thoughts and beliefs influence your ability to sleep. Share what you do to help you sleep with others. Gain an understanding of how behaviours and your bedroom can affect your sleep. Find out about what changes you might need to make to help you get you a good night’s sleep.

You can create your personalised sleep consolidation plan and schedule. Learn how your mind can help you to get you a good night’s sleep. You’ll experience a group hypnosis for sleep session along with a download to use at home.

You will evaluate your sleep plan and move into the sleep expansion phase. There are activites to demonstrate your mind body connection. You’ll experience quick and easy ways to relax and calm or raise your energy and reduce fatigue during the day. You will learn top tips to help your body, help you to sleep.

Sessions will be specifically tailored to your groups requirements from previous sessions. You’ll also find out how to problem solve and meditation can help you have peaceful sleep. You will discover and understand why looking after yourself is key to your wellness and rest.

There will be a sesion about how having purpose and goal setting is crucial for a good night’s rest. You’ll review your sleep goal progress and adjust for the future. You will also have the opportunity to share top tips on how to improve your sleep with your future self.

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Where, when and how can you improve your sleep?

Our FREE Improve Your Sleep workshops are held across Huntingdonshire.

The workshops are held consecutively once a week for either 4 or 6 sessions. This is to allow you to put into practice all that you have learnt and for change to happen ready to discuss the following week.

Sessions are held either at the weekend, during the working day or in the evening.

Places are limited to 8 people to ensure confidentiality and trust.

It’s not just about you. Your partner or carer is more than welcome to attend the workshop with you. Their places are also free of charge.

Get in touch with Amanda Burridge
Email: aburridge@nhs.net or call 01480 416410

Let her know you’re interested and your perferred timings. You’ll be added to our wait list and we will be in touch with dates when there are enough requests.