I spent the last 15 years studying sleep, analyzing research from researchers on many different angles including how sleep effects families and their social reaction to everyday life.  No formal research has been done in this area because sleep is not thought to have an effect on our social life.  Solving social problems came from reports from satisfied clients who found that they were waking up in a good mood and not as stressed out from last night’s problems.

With studies at universities showing that students can’t think straight, and can’t answer simple questions if they don’t sleep, can you imagine how a family copes with a social problem if they can’t sleep?  The problem is keeping them from sleeping, and without sleep the arguments increase dramatically.  They wake with the argument still fresh in their minds, and now that they are more agitated by lack of sleep, the problem gets worse, and each day it escalates.

Lack of a deep sleep is our number 1 social and health problem.  The health part is backed by many formal researchers worldwide including a researcher who proved that without sleep we develop illness and our organs die, therefore we die.  All life revolves around sleep.

My specialty is in the practical aspects of what we need to sleep.  There is only one common denominator causing poor sleep, and that is the bed pillow.  I spent the last 15 years studying why a unique sized pillow was solving almost all sleep problems.

This understanding came about by accident.  At first I wanted to solve my wife’s neck related sleep problem; then others found help through our pillow.  I asked doctors why a pillow solved the many sleep problems but they said it could not be the solution; it had to be drugs.  Drugs were killing my wife – so drugs were not the answer.  Why?  The more testimonials came in, the more I became interested in why?   It became an obsession as no one understood sleep or what a pillow was for.  I had to find out.

I asked myself the question “Why me?” I am not a doctor or a researcher.  During research I found the answer was in my past.  I had training in the areas required for me to understand sleep where others could not.  I put my research and interpretations into a book online called “Sleep Right or DIE Early”.  This is a free download, as the information on how important sleep is to everyone is more important than making money.  Money cannot buy you health.  Deep sleep is where the body rejuvenates itself each night, making you healthy.

I like having money to pay the living expenses but having too much money leads to health problems as many celebrities and rich people have found.  Having a love for life, love for your job, love for your family, love for your spouse, and having a healthy respect and desire to help others through what you can do – this is MY right way to live.

My mission and my company’s mission are to help people live healthier lives through sleeping in alignment.  Aligning the body to the brain through a neck support is the only way to good health.

Jim Blondin

The right pillow is the most important thing you need to have for a great sleep.  A pillow is used to give your brain an unrestricted direct connection with your body.  To do that it must fill your “Sleep Triangle” with comfortable support.  It must keep your brain in alignment to your body structure through your neck area.  Proper neck alignment is necessary for your physical and mental health.

Research has proven that our organs shut down if we don’t get a deep sleep.  Other researchers are finding that illnesses are linked to poor sleep, and poor sleep is directly related to poor pillows, which are directly related to poor health.

Imagine your brain not having connection to your right leg or to your left arm; how would you feel or walk?   The brain heals our body at night while sleeping and if it can’t contact different organs to heal them then they will develop an illness and we will die.  The brain even controls high blood pressure.

With this understanding why do the modern day medicine men and women not promote neck alignment?  Doctors have known for generations that the body heals itself but why are they not allowed to recommend neck alignment?

A sized sleeping pillow will keep your neck in alignment for the time the brain needs to heal your body.   If you toss and turn a lot, scrunch, fight or fold your pillow, then you are not getting a deep sleep.  Without keeping your neck in alignment and receiving deep sleep, you will get sick.

I spent over 15 years researching and testing sizes of pillows so that you can live a healthy, longer life.  We even measured peoples’ “Sleep Triangle” and produce charts for side and back sleepers.

Our mission is to help people live healthier lives through sleeping in alignment.

Jim Blondin

President

Align-Right Pillow Company

The question is, is your pillow helping or hindering your body’s healing? Here are three key points to consider:

1. What is inside your pillow?

Bed pillows have been found to house mould, mildew, bacteria, and dust mites. When was the last time you washed your bed pillow? Choosing a pillow that is machine-washable and dryable will make washing your pillow easy.

2. Is your pillow the right size?

Everyone has a unique body size and shape; therefore, you need a pillow that fits you. This is important, because your pillow supports the weight of the head and keeps your neck in alignment; this allows the brain to rejuvenate the body while you sleep.

3. Are you using the right pillow for your sleep position?

Whether you sleep on your back or on your side, the pressure that you put on your pillow will be different. Studies have proven that neck alignment controls the blood and energy flow to and from the brain. A supportive, well-fitted pillow will provide proper neck alignment, reducing tossing and turning. This allows you to achieve deep sleep, and the healing benefits that come with it. It is important to find a pillow custom-fitted to your body structures and your preferred sleep positions.

That’s why Align-Right Pillows are machine-washable and custom fitted to both your size and sleep position; we guarantee you’ll have better sleep in 30 days, or your money back.

As one researcher concluded “lack of sleep did not kill the animals because they all died from organ failure”.

Looking at the research we see that without sleep we will die of organ failure because we are human animals. Therefore sleep must have a healing affect on our body organs. Without sleep our organs start shutting down and we develop an illness; get sick. If you check with many people who don’t sleep well you will find they are often sick and/or on medical drugs.
Many current studies are indicating that without sleep we feel and act as if drugged or drunk. Studying the body structure and spine through studies by MDs, Chiropractics and massage therapy we see how the body works. Brain studies indicated that the brain produced the chemicals to heal the body. It also stated that the brain uses 20% of our total blood flow and uses 50% of the Oxygen in the blood. This research gave me insight into another cause of high blood pressure. Muscle research indicates that the neck muscles if under stress tighten around the arteries restricting the blood flow to the brain.

Other research into how our spine works indicates that all electrical communication to and from the brain goes through the neck area and spinal column. In brain research we find that the brain controls all body functions, muscles, nerves and even gives us the energy required for movement. The brain absorbs and uses over 400,000, 000 bits of information per second, per minute, per hour, per day every day. When would the brain have time to heal our body if it is working at capacity while awake? If we can reduce the intake maybe the brain can spend some energy healing us?

Studies in many health fields indicate that the body heals itself and during sleep is the only time the energy is available.

The purpose of sleep is to keep the body healthy!

During sleep over 50% of the input signals are stopped freeing up the energy required to heal our body. During sleep the body fights infections, heals, rejuvenates and defrags the electrical information, freeing up storage space for the next day. Sleep allows the brain time and energy to heal our bodies. Any restriction of energy or blood flow, to or from the brain during this period would stop or reduce the healing from the brain.
This is where a pillow enters the sleep picture.

There are two ways a restriction can affect the brain; blood flow and electrical energy flow. The neck muscles must be relaxed for good blood flow and the neck vertebra must be open allowing the free flow of electrons to and from the brain.

A support (pillow) must be able to support the head weight while relaxing the neck muscles keeping the neck in alignment on your back or side. Alignment of the spine while sleeping allows the healing to reach all parts of the body. The pillow is the most important part of getting a good deep sleep as proven over 5,000 years ago by a Chinese Emperor who demanded and received the perfect sleep support even though he slept on a wood surface.

Today’s pillow must conform to a comfortable mattress while supporting the head weight and keeping the neck in alignment. Each person must be measured for a sized pillow to fit their body structure and their way of sleeping, side or back.

Now just as we buy clothes in sizes we can buy our pillows in sizes to fit our personal way of sleeping. A Canadian company found a way to measure people’s sleep triangle and develop 5 sizes of pillows to fit everyone. Side sleepers select from the side sleeping chart by cross referencing their body structure to their height. The same for back sleepers using the back sleeping chart.

The company refined deep sleep to a proper size and shape of a pillow. They even named their company after what the pillow did; (Align-Right) aligns the neck right at night.

A pillow is necessary for a deep sleep.

Good deep sleep is necessary for our quality of life.

Deep sleep is necessary nightly or we will die early.

Everything we do revolves around how well we sleep not how long but that is more research and another story.

Good sleeping and a healthy life.

“Another rare disorder, Fatal Familial Insomnia (FFI), is an autosomal dominate disease that is invariably fatal after 6-30 months without sleep. FFI is probably misnamed because Death resulted from multiple organ failure rather than sleep deprivation.”

If by withholding sleep, death resulted from organ failure, then sleep is necessary for the health of our organs without which we die! We are human animals. This research proved most of my observations on sleep over the last 15 years. Sleep is most important for our health and affects all our every day activities.

From our health, family problems, work problems and how we deal with living, all are affected by how well we sleep not by how long.