A mattress is a piece of bedding typically consisting of multiple layers of foams and fibers, along with an innerspring unit used to provide support to one's back during sleep. Mattresses are usually used along with a foundation, which might include metal springs or torsion bars on a wooden frame, which supports the mattress. Increasingly, mattresses made with various foam materials such as latex foam, visco-elastic foam and other polyurethane type foam but without metal spring units are becoming common and accepted. Although mattresses are sold with fillings of air, water, or foam, innerspring or coil mattresses currentl ...

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• Mattress - History
• Mattress - Mattress dimensions
• Mattress - When does a mattress need replacing?
• Mattress - Components of an innerspring mattress
• Mattress - Spring mattress core
• Mattress - Number of coils
• Mattress - Gauge of the coils
• Mattress - Connections between the coils
• Mattress - Types of coils
• Mattress - Foundations
• Mattress - Traditional wood foundation
• Mattress - Box spring
• Mattress - Grid foundation
• Mattress - Upholstery layers
• Mattress - Insulator
• Mattress - Middle upholstery
• Mattress - Quilt
• Mattress - Choosing a mattress
• Mattress - Testing a mattress
• Mattress - What to look for
• Mattress - Firmer or softer
• Mattress - Fluff & sag
• Mattress - Size
• Mattress - Maintenance and care
• Mattress - Glossary
• Mattress - Trivia

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Mattress, Mattress - History, Mattress - Mattress dimensions, Mattress - When does a mattress need replacing?, Mattress - Components of an innerspring mattress, Mattress - Spring mattress core, Mattress - Number of coils, Mattress - Gauge of the coils, Mattress - Connections between the coils, Mattress - Types of coils, Mattress - Foundations, Mattress - Traditional wood foundation, Mattress - Box spring, Mattress - Grid foundation, Mattress - Upholstery layers, Mattress - Insulator, Mattress - Middle upholstery, Mattress - Quilt, Mattress - Choosing a mattress, Mattress - Testing a mattress, Mattress - What to look for, Mattress - Firmer or softer, Mattress - Fluff & sag, Mattress - Size, Mattress - Maintenance and care, Mattress - Glossary, Mattress - Trivia

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There is no proven scientific way of finding the right mattress, so the best advice is to try it out. Mattress - Testing a mattress. The prospective buyer should lie on it at for least 10 minutes, trying different positions. Lying on the back: If a user slides his/her hand under the small of the back, and it is very easy and his/her shoulders and hips are uncomfortable, the mattress is too hard. If there is no space between the user's back and the bed, it's too soft. Rolling over: I ...

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Mattress, Mattress - History, Mattress - Mattress dimensions, Mattress - When does a mattress need replacing?, Mattress - Components of an innerspring mattress, Mattress - Spring mattress core, Mattress - Number of coils, Mattress - Gauge of the coils, Mattress - Connections between the coils, Mattress - Types of coils, Mattress - Foundations, Mattress - Traditional wood foundation, Mattress - Box spring, Mattress - Grid foundation, Mattress - Upholstery layers, Mattress - Insulator, Mattress - Middle upholstery, Mattress - Quilt, Mattress - Choosing a mattress, Mattress - Testing a mattress, Mattress - What to look for, Mattress - Firmer or softer, Mattress - Fluff & sag, Mattress - Size, Mattress - Maintenance and care, Mattress - Glossary, Mattress - Trivia

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The best form of visualisation is when you try and affirm your oneness with the Divine Spirit. Sit, relaxed and comfortable, in a chair with your spine straight, or on a mattress in the meditative/cross-legged posture. Focus your gaze on the area of the third eye in between your eyebrows.

This in yogic terms is the seat of concentration and will power. Fill your heart and your mind with the joy of God or any other happy feeling that you are able to relate with. Know yourself to be a being of light. Forget the heaviness of the body. See yourself surrounded by this ball of light. It is immersing you in its warmth and permeates you into the space around. This light is the presence and consciousness of God.

(See also: Meditation and Visualisation, Meditation, Meditation for Beginners, Meditation Techniques)

Air mattress - For sleeping. An air mattress is an inflatable mattress, usually made of plastic or textile-reinforced plastic or rubber. The deflated mattress can be rolled up and carried or stored relatively easily, making air mattresses a popular choice for camping trips and for temporary bedding at home for guests. They are inflated either orally, by blowing into a valve, or with a manual, foot-powered or electric pump. Traditional mattresses sizes are available — twin, full, queen, king, ...

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• Air mattress - For sleeping
• Air mattress - As a water toy

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A vacuum mattress (vacmat) is a medical device used for the immobilisation of patients, especially in case of a vertebra, pelvis or limb trauma (especially for femur trauma). It is also used for manual transportation of patients for short distances (it replaces the stretcher). It was invented by Loed and Haederlé, who called it "shell" mattress (matelas coquille in French). It consists in a sealed polymer bag (bigger than an adult human body) that encloses small polystyrene balls, with a valve, strap ...

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• Vacuum mattress - Use of the vacuum mattress
• Vacuum mattress - Preparation of the vacuum mattress
• Vacuum mattress - Moulding the mattress
• Vacuum mattress - Advantages and disadvantages
• Vacuum mattress - External links

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A pillow is a type of bedding— a small (and usually soft) support for the head, usually used while sleeping in a bed, or for the body as used on a couch or chair. There are also throw pillows which are pillows that are purely decorative and not designed for support or comfort. By analogy, in engineering and construction, supporting elements may also be called pillows. Pillow - Pillow construction and parts. The pillow has parts and can be dissected. Starting at the center, pillows contain a ...

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• Pillow - Pillow construction and parts
• Pillow - Types of pillows
• Pillow - History
• Pillow - Modern pillow sizes

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Bedding is a generic term that refers to all types of material which make up a bed (generally excluding the mattress, box spring and bed frame, which are less portable). As such, it can refer to: Bed sheets Blankets Comforters Duvets Pillows Quilts Other related archivesBed sheets, Blankets, Comforters, Duvets, Pillows, Quilts, bed, box spring, mattress

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A waterbed or water mattress is a bed or mattress filled with water. Waterbed - Construction. Waterbeds primarily consist of two types, hard-sided beds and soft-sided beds. Early waterbeds were hard-sided consisting of a frame resting on a deck and platform, upon which was the water-containing mattress. Soft-sided waterbeds look very similar to conventional beds and are designed to fit on existing bedroom furniture. First generation waterbeds had only one water chamber, hence when distu ...

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• Waterbed - History
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A bed sheet (also known as a "flat bed sheet" or a counterpane) is a type of bedding— a large rectangular piece of cotton or linen cloth bed cover. It is this sheet that one typically lies on. They were traditionally white, but now often various patterns are used. They are larger than the bed, so they can be tucked under the mattress in order to be kept in place. A "fitted" bed sheet is not a simple flat cloth, but is sewn to match the shape of the mattress. The corners are fitted with elastic so they can be stretched over th ...

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A bed is a piece of furniture or location primarily used or intended for sleeping upon, but also commonly used for sexual activities, relaxing, sitting, and reading. Beds come in a wide array of shapes and sizes. Early beds were little more than piles of straw or some other natural materials. An important change was raising them off the ground, to avoid drafts, dirt, and pests. To make beds more comfortable the top layer is frequently a mattress. Originally these were bags of straw for most people and filled with feather ...

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• Bed furniture - Bed sizes
• Bed furniture - Standard sizes
• Bed furniture - Other U.S. sizes
• Bed furniture - Other UK sizes
• Bed furniture - Other Australian sizes
• Bed furniture - Other European sizes
• Bed furniture - Types of bed

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Cellulite describes the orange peel or cottage cheese-type dimpling of skin, caused by the protrusion of subcutaneous fat into the dermis creating an undulating dermal-subcutaneous fat junction adipose tissue. The term cellulite originated in France more than 150 years ago and began appearing in English language publications in the late 1960s. Descriptive names for cellulite include orange peel syndrome, cottage cheese skin, the mattress phenomenon, and hail damage. Synonyms include: adiposis edematosa, dermopanniculosis deformans, st ...

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Canyoning (also known as canyoneering) is the sport of travelling down canyons using a variety of techniques including walking, scrambling, climbing, jumping, abseiling, swimming and "li-loing" (using an inflatable air mattress). It requires navigational skills, ropework, and other skills required for wilderness travel. Hiking down a canyon that is non-technical is called canyon hiking or just plain hiking. The terms Canyoning and Canyoneering refer to technical descents - those that require either ropework (rappels or abseils), technical do ...

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A cot is a small bed (called a crib in American English) specifically for babies and infants. A crib can also refer to a stand that contains hay (a 'hay crib'), used to feed animals. Cots are specifically designed to restrict the occupant to the bed, by having sides too high for a baby to climb and providing no footholds. The thinking behind this design is that if a child awakens and isn't restricted to the bed, then they will roam instead of returning ...

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• Cot furniture - Cots in American English

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Counting sheep is a mental exercise used in some Anglophone cultures as a means of lulling oneself to sleep. It most likely arose from the practice of sheep counting, a traditional numbering system used by some British shepherds to count their flocks. In most depictions of the activity, the practitioner envisions an endless series of identical white sheep jumping over a fence, while counting the number that do so. The idea, presumably, is to induce bordom while occupying the mind with something simple, repetitive, and r ...

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Coir (from Malayalam kayaru - cord) is a coarse fibre extracted from the fibrous outer shell of a coconut. Coir - Structure. The individual fibre cells are narrow and hollow, with thick walls made of cellulose. They are pale when immature but later become hardened and yellowed as a layer of lignin, is deposited on their walls. Mature brown coir fibres contain more lignin and less cellulose than fibres such as flax and cotton and so are stronger but less flexible. They are made up of small threads, ea ...

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• Coir - Structure
• Coir - Processing
• Coir - Major producers

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Bioenergetic Analysis is a body-oriented psychotherapy based on the expression of feelings and the re-establishment of energy flow in the body. Developed out of Wilhelm Reich's character analysis technique by Alexander Lowen and others, it is practised under the auspices of the International Institute for Bioenergetic Analysis. Bioenergetic Analysis recognises several clearly circumscribed human character structures, each able to be "read" in the form and posture of the individual's body: schizoid, oral, masochistic, psy ...

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Genus Cimex Cimex lectularius Cimex hemipterus (C. rotundatus) Cimex pilosellus Cimex pipistrella Genus Leptocimex Leptocimex boueti Genus Haematosiphon Haematosiphon inodora Genus Oeciacus Oeciacus hirudinis ...

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• Bedbug - Biology
• Bedbug - Genera and species
• Bedbug - Physical characteristics
• Bedbug - Feeding habits
• Bedbug - Reproductive habits
• Bedbug - Infestations
• Bedbug - Method of initial infestation
• Bedbug - Common location of infestations
• Bedbug - Size of infestations
• Bedbug - Detection of infestations
• Bedbug - Living with infestation
• Bedbug - Removal of infestations

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Zostera japonica Zostera marina Zostera is a small genus of widely distributed seagrass, commonly called eelgrass. It contains twelve species. Zostera is found on sandy sunstrates or in esturaries submerged or partially floating. Most Zostera are perennial, they have long, bright green, ribbon-like leaves, about 1 cm wide. Short stems grow up from extensive, white branching rhizomes. The flowers are enclosed in the sheaths of the leaf ...

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Back pain (also known as "dorsopathies") is pain felt in the back that may come from the spine, muscles, nerves, or other structures in the back. It may radiate from the lower, mid or upper back. The pain may be a tingling or burning sensation, a dull aching, or sharp pain. Weakness may also be felt in the legs or feet. Back pain is one of humanity's most frequent complaints and does not always reflect any underlying condition. Back pain that does not improve after a few days can sometimes indicate significant and seriou ...

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• Back pain - Underlying causes
• Back pain - Management
• Back pain - Back manipulation and spinal manipulation
• Back pain - Physiotherapy exercise and behavior modification
• Back pain - Medical procedures
• Back pain - Related topics

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