The Anatomy of Sleep: Understand Your Body’s Nighttime Systems and Build Nervous System Rituals for Deeper Rest

You can be exhausted and still feel wide awake. Understanding why is a more useful beginning than trying harder to relax.The Anatomy of Sleep explores the body systems and everyday conditions that shape rest: your internal clock, sleep pressure, brain networks, light, temperature, breathing, and attention.In clear, compassionate language, Cenaris helps you distinguish between needing a gentler evening, needing more protected time for sleep, and needing professional assessment. The aim is not to perform the perfect bedtime routine. It is to recognise the difficulty you actually have and choose a response that fits.Inside, you will discover: - Twenty illustrated chapters explaining how sleep is organised.- Twenty-six adaptable practices for attention, bodily comfort, evening transitions, and difficult nights.- The REST planning framework: Read the pattern, Ease one obstacle, Support the timing, and Test gently.- A flexible thirty-day learning path, six worked examples, practical records, and a guide to evaluating sleep-related claims.- A glossary, research references, linked contents, and a useful subject index.There are no forced breathing exercises, sleep-deprivation challenges, or promises to cure insomnia. The book explains where self-help ends and appropriate care begins.Book Three in The Embodied Calm Series. Read it independently or alongside The Anatomy of Calm and The Breathing Body.Less pressure to perform the night. More understanding of the body living through it. Also available on paperback, hardback and audiobook