Nourish to Flourish – Week 3

The Importance of Healthy Sleep

In this session, we will discuss healthy sleeping behaviors and the importance of maintaining healthy sleep for overall health and well-being. We will also discuss neuroplasticity.

Participant Manual

• Please click the following link to be directed to the Participant Manual – Week 3.

Home Practice Assignment

Mind-Body Practice

• Practice the body scan, 6 out of 7 days
  • Link:
• Practice meditation, 6 out of 7 days

Daily Life Practice

• Write down 3 things that you are grateful for in the journal.
• Bring mindfulness to your routine activities. Try brushing your teeth, washing dishes, taking a shower, driving, and eating mindfully.

Manual Activity

• Fill out the Pleasant Events Chart.

Health Topic Videos

• The Importance of Healthy Sleep:
  • The Biology of Sleep Video:
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNaxM0H9S-I
  • Why We Sleep:
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-8b99rGpkM

Other Helpful Resources

• Coronavirus Recovery: Breathing Exercises:
  • https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/coronavirus/coronavirus-recovery-breathing-exercises
• The Neuroplasty Project:
  • https://www.nia.nih.gov/research/labs/neuroplasticity-project
• Trees over Time Article:
  • https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/trees-over-time-part-1-resilience-duncan-slater
• Pea Plant Timelapse:
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiVIz8R0JWI
• Neurological Involvement of COVID-19
  • https://doi.org/10.1515/revneuro-2020-0092
• Neuroplasticity Visual
  • https://www.nicabm.com/sample/nicabm-infographic-neuroplasticity/
• Humming Your Way to Relaxation
  • https://connect.mayoclinic.org/blog/living-with-mild-cognitive-impairment-mci/newsfeed-post/humming-your-way-to-relaxation/