50-70 million people in the US suffer  from sleep or wakefulness disorder. The National Departments of Transportation estimates drowsy driving to be responsible for 1550 fatalities and 40,000 non-fatal injuries. Dr. Ric will discuss how he encourages patients to fight disease with better sleep hygiene. The basic foundations of proper circadian rhythm will be elaborated and he will share his 'Saguil Approach-Sleep Protocol'. Dr. Saguil relies on yoga, breath awareness meditation, aromatherapy, supplements, nutrition, and when necessary, prescription medicines. The people he heals in the clinic or yoga class always go through an in-depth history and physical to clear any possibilities of hidden medical illness.

Dr. Ric is a family medicine doctor in Arlington Heights, teaches yoga at Northwest Community Hospital Wellness Center, and has trained with Deepak Chopra and Andrw Weil. His healing style involves complimentary and alternative medicine techniques in addition to traditional medicine...whatever is safe, sustainable, and well-studied to help the individual patient.