Although a formal restorative process might have dramatic impact, informal practices have a cumulative impact because they are part of everyday life.

White Hill was already in surgery when I woke up; there had been no reason to revive her before beginning the restorative processes.

"Sleep is a restorative process, and it's necessary for the immune system to function properly," he explains.

Frequent disruptions prevent the important restorative processes from occurring.

The initial steps in these restorative processes are taken most promptly and effectively when patients remain in bed.

Community service also may be part of the restorative process.

The court is innovative in that it incorporates the victim of the actual crime into the restorative process.

Q.: Has some fundamental progress been made, so that we have a restorative process under way?

People who are socially isolated may report poor sleep quality, and thus have diminished restorative processes.

Yet when we examine this restorative process in operation, we observe considerable redistributive exercises taking place.