After a sumptuous meal of Rambutan fruit, I noticed this Parakeet staying hidden in the thick foliage of the tree! I noticed a similar behaviour of another Parakeet on another occasion in the last week!
I have noticed Parakeets hiding in the foliage of trees unlike the Bulbuls who prefer to be perched on bare branches open to the sky!
The hidden presence and visible presence!
The parakeets while staying hidden in the foliage makes the foliage its bed! Parakeets being large in size, need to rest their body after staying perched holding on to a branch or flying!
The hidden presence of a parakeet symbolises the resting presence!
How unlike it is, when compared to the way humans view life in the current context. The pressure to perform and achieve makes humans steal time from sleep. From conversations with people in mid life, I noticed that the average time of sleep is between five and six hours! Our body is given less time for recovery and regeneration. With new insights we receive from regenerative medicine, the centrality of sleep in restoring and healing body functions is receiving more attention.
Does sleep provide us rest! Only if the Non Rapid Eye movement phase of the sleep cycle is uninterrupted, the needed level of rest can be experienced.
For that to happen, we need to regulate the sleep schedule as much as possible!
One enquiry which I made with a group of professionals in mid life made me realise that the sleep schedule was dysfunctional for many. While discussing with them about synchronising sleep time with the cicardian rhythm of the body, I sensed a discomfort!
We live in our body. The body is our home! We have our being in our body!
I realise that attending to the wellness of our body makes us live restfully in our body! Although diet, exercise and medical attention receive our consideration, the regularity of sleep schedule, adequate duration of sleep and preparing the body for sleep to experience sleep offering rest to the body does not receive adequate attention.
It was while watching a Parakeet in its restful hidden posture in the foliage, some of these thoughts crossed my mind!
I have been recently engaging families who stay in touch with me, to prepare them to develop a structure of a sleep schedule for adults and children. There are different ways to measure the quality of sleep. The duration of sleep is one of them. The depth of sleep is another equally important factor.
When we pay attention to sleep, we upbuild our body to stay in the wellness and restful zone!
M.C.Mathew(text and photo)
