Power Sleeping – Are your Naps Robbing you of Energy? by Craig Desorcy

Power Sleeping – Are your Naps Robbing you of Energy?

To nap or not to nap? That is the question. There seem to be arguments

on both sides of the question of whether napping is beneficial. The simple

answer is that naps can be very effective for increasing energy levels when one has a proper understanding of how the sleep system works. Failure to

understand the inner sleep system and sleeping to long during the day can

actually result in sleep that actually robs you of energy.

Contrary to popular belief, our bodies are actually very busy when we are

sleeping. In fact, our inner sleep system involves a complex process of

sequential sleep stages. There are a total of five sleep stages. The first

two stages, Stages 1 and 2, are considered light sleeping. During Stages 1 and 2 we can be easily awakened and we do not enter a deep enough sleep cause

a disturbance to our inner sleep clock. Generally we are in Stage 1 and 2

sleep during the first 45 minutes of sleep. If we sleep longer than 45 minutes

we will enter the later stages of sleep which involve deep sleep.

Deep sleep, Stages 3, 4, and 5, involves physiological changes in body

temperature, heart rate and respiration. It is during deep sleep that our

bodies work to repair themselves and fight disease. This is why people tend

to sleep more when they are sick and why lack of quality sleep can lower the

immune system. You can see how taking naps which are more than 45 minutes and

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About Author:
Craig Desorcy Is a published author and an active advocate of holistic life styles. Craig(at)effective-info.com

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