When it comes to sleep, we’re doing it wrong. At least, that’s the allegation of some historians and sleep researchers who suggest that bedding down for seven to eight consecutive hours of rest is unnatural. I find this interesting on a personal level, as I have no problems sleeping through the night. Yet their argument [...]
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Anxiety,
Bedtime Routine,
circadian rhythm,
Sleep Stealers,
Society & Sleep
You wouldn’t believe how many people don’t get enough sleep; 64 million people are walking around tired. It’s absolutely critical to one’s health and yet it can get downgraded so easily. Fact is, most people, on average, want to get at least an hour more of sleep a night because they don’t feel as rested [...]
This is the third post from our February Featured Blogger, polyphasic students Diego, Liam, Taus, and Amanda of Get Polyphased. In order to keep their project on track, the kids decide to move from the Everyman Sleep Schedule to the Überman, a (rather grueling) schedule that cuts sleep down to 2 hours for every 24. [...]
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naps,
Sleep Deprivation,
Sleep Stealers
Seth Roberts is a pretty interesting guy. He’s a bestselling author, a psychology professor at Tsinghua University in Beijing, and Emeritus Professor of Psychology at the University of California at Berkeley. He’s also a big believer in the power of Vitamin D3. Dr. Roberts believes that taking 4000-5000UI of Vitamin D3 in the morning can [...]
Here at Zeo, we talk a lot about the importance of a comfortable sleep environment. We’ve told you about the importance of having a dark bedroom. We’ve told you about the importance of white noise. It’s time to talk about Sheex. No, that’s not a typo. Sheex are specialized sheets that are designed to keep [...]
This is the second post from our February Featured Blogger, polyphasic students Diego, Liam, Taus, and Amanda of Get Polyphased. In this post we get an update on their adaptation process – the make or break period that many in the polyphasic community say is key to this new sleeping style. Each one has handled [...]
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naps,
polyphasic sleep
In my house, time no longer matters. My wife and I are both going to bed late at night, and waking up long after the sun rises, but our sleep in between is erratic and broken by periods of restlessness. It’s like we have become untethered to the cycles of the sun or any other [...]
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health & wellbeing,
naps,
polyphasic sleep,
pregnancy,
Women's Health
For February’s Featured Blogger we’re thrilled to present not just one but four bloggers. Diego, Liam, Taus, and Amanda are high school students who decided to try out polyphasic sleep for two weeks to see if they could reap the benefits of all that extra time without sacrificing on “good” sleep. In addition to their [...]
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Featured Blogger,
lifestyle,
polyphasic sleep,
Sleep Deprivation