Sleeping doesn't seem like it should be all that hard. After all, humans have been sleeping for hundreds of thousands of years -- it's not like flying...

Are you a savvy sleeper or a novice in the land of nod? Take this quiz to find out! ...

In theory, sleeping next to a warm body can provide feelings of comfort, safety and security. But in practice, maybe one bed partner is a snorer, or a...

Researchers at Harvard Medical School investigated how a daily yoga practice might affect sleep for people with insomnia and found broad improvements to measurements of sleep quality and quantity.

Suppose after several days you're still having trouble settling down to sleep at the earlier time and you're dragging yourself slowly throughout the day. Here are a couple of suggestions to advance your sleep clock.

Instead of bragging about how little sleep we need, what if we rewarded star sleepers for their healthy habits? First, we'd have to identify those ...

By Deborah Dunham for Blisstree Which would you rather have: good sleep or good sex? This is the dilemma that many couples are facing when it comes...

By Betsy Stephens for Shape.com Whatever your personal trigger, you can put your snoozing back on track fast with our 12-step program. For m...

Given the acute distress often associated with sleeplessness, it's not surprising that so many of us respond to it with limited stop-gap, band-aid type solutions. In my practice I've found that so much of what we do to manage sleeplessness simply makes it worse.

he sooner you start this transition, the less "shock" affects you and your children will experience when it's time to wake up before sunrise again.

The following sleep hygiene tips are tried and true. Check them off your list and you'll raise the odds considerably of getting a good night's sleep.

Your bedroom is more than just the room that happens to house your bed -- it is your personal environment for sleeping.

If sleep is a nightly get-away, then the nightstand is the overnight bag we carry at our side. We can learn a lot about a person and their travels by examining their bags.

Melatonin is a sleep and body clock regulator, not a sleep initiator.

Smiling is a key strategy for getting free of a particularly heavy frame of mind and emotions. It amazes me how something so simple and doable could make such a profound difference in my ability to function effectively again.

Research is showing that long periods of deprived sleep can disrupt our appetite and the way we interact with insulin. Less sleep often leads to a rise in the hunger hormone.

Better quantity and quality sleep is an attractive feature, in everyone. A new study showed that when given a choice, people thought individuals with more sleep looked attractive!

A good number of my coaching clients have difficulty drifting off into a peaceful slumber and/or sleeping through the night.

There's something magical about the rocking motion that puts a baby to sleep. So why couldn't the same or a similar technique help an adult insomniac?