Power Naps - What Most
People Don't Know About Naps
One of the biggest questions I get asked all the time is “Are naps good
for you? Or bad? I've heard both sides of the story.” I'd like to settle this
argument once and for all right here, and reveal to you how you can properly
manage your sleep to create an abundance of energy in your life, with LESS
sleep.
Yes, naps are VERY good for you, IF you understand how the sleep system
works, and you know how to nap PROPERLY.
In my “Powerful Sleep” course I teach people how to properly understand
their sleep system, circadian rhythm, light exposure, and how it affects their
inner sleep system. While we can't get in this article, here's what is
true:
Most people don't realize that sleep is actually quite a complex and
fascinating inner system. When we're sleeping, we're not just dead zombies off
in an unknown universe. Your inner sleep system is a mechanism which follows
specific time periods and stages to energize your body.
So how do you nap properly?
You take what are commonly referred to as “Power Naps”, or what I usually
refer to as “Stage 2 limited naps.”
You see, when you sleep you go through what are called “sleep stages”,
there are 5 stages in total. The
first two stages, Stage 1 and 2 are your “Light Sleep”. It's during this stage
that we sleep “lightly”, we are easily wakable, and our circadian rhythm isn't
altered enough to create a disturbance in the sleep system.
The Energizing effects of Stage 1 and 2 sleeps are very beneficial, just
10 minutes of sleeping in these stages can restore your energy to the point
where you feel as if you slept for 8 hours.
However, why do most people do more HARM than GOOD to themselves by
napping?
It's simple, they don't know about “deep sleep.” Deep sleep comprises of
all the other sleep stages. It's during deep sleep that your body undergoes a
MASSIVE physiological change, your body temperature, heart rate, respiration
drops. Your blood vessels dilate and all the blood that is usually stored in
your main organs during the day is channeled to your muscles to repair
them.
If you enter
deep sleep during the day, your circadian rhythm, and your “inner sleep clock”
(see link below for details) will be altered and out of wack, often resulting in
an in-balanced, weak sleep system and lower energy levels all
together.
For an average person it takes about 45-90 minutes to enter “deep sleep”,
this is why for an effective nap you MUST keep your nap down to a MAXIMUM of 45
minutes. Even 45 minutes is sometimes too much. The most energizing naps are
usually 10 to 20 minutes long.
If your naps last too long, you will enter deep sleep. Waking up from a
deep sleep phase is more harmful to your sleep system and your energy levels
than good! You will often feel lethargic, low on energy, and in that “zombie”
state of mind.
If you use naps properly, you can boost your energy levels drastically,
and lower your sleep time down drastically.
However, there are still two vital things you must know
about napping in order to make them super effective during your day, so that
you're capable of lowering your sleep, and boosting your energy.
1. You must know exactly what the best time during the day is to take
your nap.
2. You must know what to do AFTER your nap to speed up your body
temperature rise.
Both these sleep secrets are exposed in the Powerful Sleep package,
download it today at www.PowerfulSleep.com
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About The Author:
Kacper
Postawski is an innovative sleep science researcher and the creator of the
“Powerful Sleep - Secrets of the Inner Sleep Clock” system on
http://www.PowerfulSleep.com. He can show you how to reduce your sleep by up to 3
hours, create more time, and an abundance of energy in your body by sleeping
LESS! Not more. He dispels the “8 hour sleep myth”, tells you what most people
never realize about sleep, and what the drug companies DONT WANT YOU to
know. Go to:
http://www.PowerfulSleep.com to find out more about Powerful
Sleep
