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This is the third post from Doug S. of Build Better Sleep, our January Featured Blogger. In this post, Doug dives into the mysteries of melatonin, explaining what it is, how much one should take, and the different sleep issues it could help with. Melatonin is one of the more popular and available over-the-counter (OTC) [...]
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Sleep data is cool stuff. I mean, really cool, wicked awesome, holy-cow caliber stuff. The obvious reason is that it’s like getting a report from the other side. You don’t remember being there but your sleep data each morning says “yes you were there – and we’ve got the Facebook photos to prove it.” But [...]
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This is the final Featured Blogger post from the Hypnagogia blog. In this entry, they discuss how an experiment in monitoring body temperature gave them new insight into both REM and sleep apnea. Given that we inhabit a planet with a 24 hour day, it is no surprise that our bodies have become roughly linked [...]
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Sleep has something of a love/hate relationship with light. It hates it when you’re trying to fall asleep and stay asleep but absolutely needs it to help wake you up in the morning. Confusing? Absolutely. Explanatory? You better believe it. Something you can influence to your benefit? Dang skippy. Got Light? The science behind light [...]
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Biological sex, that is. The kind that operates within your body, affecting everything from blood pressure, to hormone production, to sleep. We like to say that it doesn’t matter, that we’re all equal – until it does. A recent Wall Street Journal article was just another reminder that sex, indeed, does matter. Men are From [...]
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On your “good sleep” list, you’ve got all your sheep in place, so to speak. Deep Sleep De-Mystified? Check. REM remastered? Check. 7 Steps for Sleeping Soundly? Check. The only thing your missing is Wake. Or rather, you’re not missing it – you want to know what to do about it. I’ll know it when [...]
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Okay, so you’re not happy with your sleep. Specifically, you’re not happy with the amount of Deep Sleep you get. Every day, you wake up wanting more. But what to do about it? I mean, you’ve tried everything under the sun. Everything. You’ve even done all 7 things to improve your sleep, and still that [...]
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Editor’s note: When I came across Laurie Frick’s sleep inspired works of art, I thought “Yes! This is a whole new way of using and looking at Zeo data that we never imagined–but here it is!” I was even more excited to learn that Laurie has been at this for years, using bio-feedback and bio-rhythms [...]
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Quick: What do sleep and a symphonic work have in common? No, this isn’t the set-up to a bad joke. In terms of structure and function, both are strikingly similar. Both are comprised of several distinct movements Both need a whole group of different instruments Each utilizes a conductor There are different and distinct parts [...]
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Here’s some things you may have heard before: “Go to bed and wake up at the same time, even on weekends.” “Our bodies are creatures of habit; they love a good routine.” But what about this: “Our cells and internal organs each have their own internal biological clock.” Wait; what? From Circadian Rhythm to circadian [...]
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