Most of us experience insomnia at some point in our lives, it is frustrating and exhausting, and really quite common. Lack of sleep can be a temporary situation, or a longer term problem, the longer it goes on, the worse it gets. There is no known cure for insomnia unless you include prescribed sleeping pills, which experts tell us, are not a good long term solution, although effective in the short term. Although there is no one cure-all activity, the World Health Organisation recommend a variety of techniques to improve sleep quality and length.