Lifehackers- Naptime

Just thought this was pretty cool. We should take more naps more often, Or at least if you're taking any naps, maybe one every now and again would be a good idea..

http://lifehacker.com/tag/naps

Your thoughts? Do you guys/dolls take naps? Personally, I take them rarely but I quite like them. I think it's also a little like meditation to quiet your mind as you have one,

*Or at least if you're NOT taking any naps, maybe one every now and again would be a good idea.. Excuse the grammar problems and for saying the opposite of what I meant, Oops.

I take naps often....

Almost every day... On the weekends, we have an 'unofficial' naptime of 1:30... LOL.. Me and the Mrs, that is...

Sometimes 10 minutes, sometimes 2 hours, lol...

Love them all...

But those 2 hour ones really make going to bed a tough job, lolol...

Vusuki,
Your web link very much reminded me of bi and polyphasic sleeping patterns. I'm going to be attempting a polyphasic sleeping pattern beginning on September 23rd because I will, for the first time in my life, be in a scenario where I will have a perfect opportunity to do so. Are you familiar with this sleeping method/pattern?

humans were never meant to sleep only one big night. modern life created that situation. Not so long ago, people would wake up in the middle of the night an do stuff. That's where "burning the midnight oil" comes from I believe.

I've tried recently a few times getting up at 5am, then at 7am (since I'm still sleepy, but awake) doing a meditation to try and connect conscious awareness into a lucid dream, and then bring it back up again. A good analogy for this would be pinching out a candle flame with your fingers.

Another good way to make a good nap is to have a light breakfast and a late lunch. I find that I have insufficient energy to properly stay awake and digest the lunch, making a post-lunch nap quite easy and a deep dream state. A good analogy for this would be blowing out a candle flame with your breath.

ren wrote: humans were never meant to sleep only one big night. modern life created that situation. Not so long ago, people would wake up in the middle of the night an do stuff. That's where "burning the midnight oil" comes from I believe.

It is true, Ren, that this retired practice is where the phrase you have mentioned comes from. We, as humans, are also animals. How many animals can you think of that have a monophasic sleeping pattern other than us? I honestly feel as though it is unhealthy for us in long term practice, and the vast majority of the human population go their entire life without breaking from this practice. In my short period when I was able to sleep a shorter period for my major phase and then supplement that with a couple of naps throughout the day I did sleep less total hours but felt wholly more refreshed and awake throughout my waking periods.

I've been getting some naps in lately. Just go to sleep whenever you're tired and wake up whenever you feel like it... makes sense to me.

There was a guy who trained himself to sleep 4-5 equidistant segments of time, short enough that he could do significant activities but long enough to satisfy REM cycles. No "overnight sleep", and his productivity was always high.

Connor Lidell wrote: There was a guy who trained himself to sleep 4-5 equidistant segments of time, short enough that he could do significant activities but long enough to satisfy REM cycles. No "overnight sleep", and his productivity was always high.

If I could trick my brain chemistry into this, it would rooooock.