Lavender Dream Pillows

For years lavender has been credited as a drug-free alternative sleep aid.  With today's hectic life style, always on the move, over worked, over scheduled, and over loaded it's no wonder we as a society have a hard time getting the rest we need.  Doctors, according to the National Sleep Foundation, recommend:

Infants                  0-1yrs      14 - 15 hours of sleep daily
Toddler                1-3yrs       12 - 14 hours of sleep daily
Pre-schoolers       3-5yrs       11 - 13 hours of sleep daily
School age           5-10yrs     10 - 11 hours of sleep daily
Teens                   10-17yrs    8.5 - 9.5 hours of sleep daily
Adults                  17 & up     7 - 9 hours of sleep daily

Yet this recommendation seems impossible with our minds running a mile a minute, muscle cramps at night, growing pains, anxiety and stresses of the day.  How are we supposed to get to sleep, not to mention restful sleep?

The scent of lavender has been proven in study after study as having many relaxing and calming properties, which is why it is used as a natural ‘relaxant’ when people are nervous or ‘over-active’. In fact, doctors usually recommend using lavender (before sleeping pills) for cases of insomnia.  A test on just under 50 people proved that lavender helped the sleeping patterns of people with insomnia.

However, lavender is probably most beneficial for people who suffer with anxiety, depression, emotional stress or a combination of all of these. In a Japanese study, researchers found that a chemical called linalyl (found in lavender) relaxes muscles.  This fact is especially important to those who have muscle cramps at night, and youth with growing pains.

Various tests have been carried out on lavender to prove that it helps people fall asleep fast and stay asleep. This is helpful for parents of young children, who habitually wake up throughout the night.

A customer of our reported that her teenage son was having problems sleeping, stressed over finals and sports demands.  Concerned, our customer bought a dream pillow for him.  He didn't want anything to do with 'herbal' stuff and refused to use it.  One late night she checked on her son and found him still awake.  She placed our Lavendoola Dream Pillow next to him without him knowing, kissed him good night and left.  The next morning she asked him how he slept.  He responded with,  "Best sleep I've had in months!"  She told him about the dream pillow, and he began using it every night there after, until one morning, he came into the kitchen, late for school, and said, "I've got to stop sleeping with that lavender pillow you got me.  I slept right through my alarm."

Whether it is a teenager stressed over school, a toddler with a pattern of waking up, or a spouse with night leg cramps and work stresses, Lavendoola has a pillow that's right for you.  www.Lavendoola.com