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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
http://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
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.
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