“The world always seems brighter when you’ve justmade something that wasn’t there before.”

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This sleep position is all about maintaining asmuch contact as possible – so this person needsreassurance. Do they have a need to be comfort-ed in everyday life too? If the cuddler sleepsalone, you will find them snuggling up to a pillowor teddy bear as a substitute. Many children usu-ally sleep in position, with a soft toy. It is popularwith kids as they are still learning to be confidentand need assurance to feel safe.

A person whosuffers fromanxiety will usu-ally wear layersof clothes to feelsafe – and it’s nodifferent when we sleep. If a person likes to betotally covered by their bedding, it identifies aneed for protection from the world around them.

Sleeping asclose to theedge of the bedas possibleshows a few keypoints about aperson. They need to show they can spring out ofbed whenever they need to. This person is anindependent and self-reliant individual.

This person mayhave an ailmentand need to besupported in bedto sleep. Whereelse in their lifedo they need extra support? If they sleep like thisand in good health, it means subconsciously thatthey want more out of life and feel unsatisfied.

Most psychologists agreethat our unconsciousbody language says a lotabout our state of mind.

You may think that wiggling into yourmost comfortable sleeping pose is simply a habit or a good way to helpyou drop off.

But experts say the body languagebehind our sleep positions give a greatdeal of insight into what’s going on

internally. They have also revealedthat the best position to sleep in is onyour back, followed by your side –both allow your spine to rest.

The worst way to sleep is thoughtto be on your stomach, because itputs too much pressure on yourjoints. Here, behaviour expert Adrianne Carter gives us the low-down on what our sleeping positionssay about our personalities…

CUDDLING THE COCOON THE BABY

ON YOUR BACKTHE STAR

ON YOUR FRONT

LIVING ON THE EDGE

PROPPED UP

If you were to ask people, almost half claim tofavour this position. However, studies have proventhat this is the most common way for women tosleep. It looks like how a baby sleeps on his/herback. A person who sleeps like this values theirown company and is happy to look up to them-selves for security. It’s a relaxed position thatshows a carefree attitude towards life and living.

When a person sleeps like this, it shows their needto stay organised and righteous. They are also deepsleepers who are confident and need nothing morethan good rest to recharge their batteries. Withouta good night’s sleep, they can be grumpy. They haveclear priorities and they value their aspirations andgoals in life as well as their me time.

The person whosleeps like thistakes all theavailable spacein bed and fillsit. They are usually confident in themselves and their right tobe comfortable. They also want to be leaders inall walks of their life.

Comfort is kingto this sleeper.They lay like thisbecause it allowsthem both move-ment and relax-ation. They are the kind who throw themselvesinto all sorts of situations because they are will-ing to try out new things and take risks.

WAYS TO GET RESTFUL SHUT EYE

➤ Humans sleep best in moderate tempera-ture – neither very coldnor hot. ➤ You do need a wind-down period before bed but make sure it isn’tregimented. Dim the lights 30 minutes before youwant to go to sleep and switch off all screens. ➤ Reduce your caffeine intake five hours beforeyour bedtime. ➤ Going to bed and waking up at the same timeforces your body into a good rhythm. It will soonrecognise when it’s time to go to bed and easeinto sleep mode before bedtime.

FITNESS NEWS

WELLNESS

New study reveals...According to a new study by UT Southwestern Medical Centerin Texas, US, a single workout can boost your metabolism forup to two days. Yes, you read right. In the study, which wasconducted on mice, researchers from the UT SouthwesternMedical Center studied the effect of exercise on the brain.The findings? It was found that a single workout (consisting ofthree 20-minute treadmill runs) can boost your physical andmental health for up to two days.

The Benefits➤ Based on the results of

the study, it was foundthat getting out of bedand exercising even once

in a semi-intense mannercan help you reap benefits for

two days.

➤ Another benefit of working out isthat you feel less hungry for next sixhours after working out due to activatedneurons. Plus, when you are hungry, youcrave protein and good fats, not sugarytreats and junk food. TNN

The power of ‘one workout’We all need motivation to get out of our bed and engagein some form of workout. If you are looking for a reasonto be regular, here’s help

Hello, ape-person Sandra!A

33-year-old orangutan — Sandra — who was grantedlegal personhood by a judgein Argentina is settling into

her new surroundings at the Center forGreat Apes in central Florida, US. San-dra was born in Germany and spent 25years at the Buenos Aires Zoo before ar-riving in Florida few months ago.

Judge Elena Liberatori’s landmarkruling in 2015 declared that Sandra islegally not an animal, but a non-humanperson, thus entitled to some legal rightsenjoyed by people, and better living conditions. This historic ruling gal-vanised animal right activists who havefor years been working for the ‘greatape personhood movement’ (check box).

NEW ON THE BLOCK

In 1993 – Peter Singer – professorof bioethics at PrincetonUniversity, US, and known as themost influential living philosopher,co-founded the Great Ape Project,to advocate for great apes to begranted rights such as life, libertyand the prohibition of torture

Photo: Getty images

➤The Great Ape PersonhoodMovement aims to extend legalpersonhood to apes, a distinctionthat recognises these non-humananimals as beings with the capaci-ty to hold both rights and duties.➤The movement has had severalsuccesses in advocating forchanges to laws, and in court ver-dicts freeing apes from captivity.➤Proponents hope that grantingapes legal rights will also helpbridge the gap between humansand non-human animals, along withthe greater natural world.

WHAT IS THE GREAT APEPERSONHOOD MOVEMENT?

Take babysteps toform NEWHABITS

We’re all creatures of habit. Sowhy is it so hard to form newhealthy habits? Behaviouralscientists say many of us

make bold resolutions to start exercis-ing or lose weight, for example, withouttaking the steps needed to set our-selves up for success. Here are sometips for forming new healthy habits.

STACK YOUR HABITS: Tie the new habitto an existing habit. For many of us, themorning routine is our strongest rou-tine, so that’s a great place to stack ona new habit.

START SMALL: Big behaviour changesrequire a high level of motivation thatoften can’t be sustained. Tiny actionscan make acquiring a new habit easy.

DO IT EVERY DAY: A study published inthe ‘European Journal of SocialPsychology’ shows that the amount oftime it takes for a task to become auto-matic, or a habit, ranges from 18 to 254

days. The median time is 66 days. Thelesson is that habits take a long time tocreate but they form faster when we dothem more often.

MAKE IT EASY: We are more likely toform new habits when we clear awaythe obstacles that stand in our way.Packing your gym bag and leaving it bythe door is one example of this.Choosing an exercise that doesn’trequire you to leave the house is another way to form an easy habit.

REWARD YOURSELF: When we brushour teeth, the reward is immediate – afresh mouth. But some rewards, likeweight loss, take longer to show up.That’s why it helps to build in someimmediate rewards. NYT

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FACT: Leading a group of 80 otherSatyagrahis, Gandhi started thismovement from hisbase at SabarmatiAshram. Theyoungest Satyagrahiwho accompaniedhim was 16-year-oldVittal LiladharThakkar, a student from Gujarat, whileGandhi himself was the oldest.

FACT: Anne Frank called her diary‘Kitty’. She dreamed about becoming

an actress. Thediary has beentranslated into 70languages. In 1960,the building atPrinsengracht 263,home to Secret

Annex, opened to the public as amuseum. Her original diary is there.

1455: 1st record of Johannes Gutenberg’s Bible.

1930: Gandhi began his 200-mile march to thesea that symbolised his defiance of British ruleover India (against salt tax).

1945: Anne Frank, Dutch diarist and Jewish victim of the Nazi Holocaust, passed away.

2011: A reactor at Fukushima Daiichi nuclearpower plant melted, exploded and releasedradioactivity into the atmosphere a day afterJapan’s earthquake.

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