In this exclusive podcast with Anandi, The Sleep Guru, we hear about sleep retreats - a chance to relax and recharge but also learn new skills to improve sleep and wellness. Anandi starts by telling us how she found balance through yoga, breathing and Ayurveda.  "In fact, it changed my life." says Anandi. She continues telling the listeners how she went from a seasoned insomniac to someone who sleeps normally and feels amazing most of the time using the tools she is now teaching.  "I know personally what it’s like to suffer from insomnia night after night, month after month, year after year. I looked 10 years older than I was and felt awful all the time." Lack of sleep ruins your creativity, affects your relationships and has serious effects on your health.  Plus, lack of sleep will affect the way you look and how fast you age.  Drugs are often the only thing being recommended by professionals for insomnia, but drugs have side effects internally and externally.   Using tools to calm the mind, physical cleansing techniques and nutrition, in the right order, you can overcome your insomnia and improve your vitality.  Health and good sleep is possible when you are in balance.  You don’t need drugs. The only way to achieve balance is to learn how to make the right lifestyle choices and rituals that keep you healthy. Sleep retreats are becoming more popular as our lives become more stressful, complicated and wired.  Many corporations are now turning to sleep and wellness retreats for sales incentive trips, allowing employees to return to work refreshed and ready to work.   Anandi will even craft a retreat at the location of your choice and personalize it based on your circumstance. Anandi explains that one of the fundamental reasons she started running retreats was because she realized that people needed the space and time to let go of the stress they accumulate through sleep deprivation and over work.  It’s very difficult to do it alone and it becomes too tempting to turn to drugs for respite from sleeplessness. The retreat is just the beginning.  Anandi will craft a day by day instructions on lifestyle, food, yoga and breath work and meditation.  After your retreat, there are many different options for your continued journey to better sleep.  You can work with Anandi in your home or on line. If you’re struggling with sleep deprivation or exhaustion, make the time to get to a retreat. Some people say “I can’t afford it”, or “I can’t take the time”.  Think about what would happen if you don’t do something?  Fast forward five years of pushing yourself to the limits and think about how that could manifest?  Taking time for yourself is a necessity, not a luxury.  Find out more about sleep retreats with Anandi here