The lightning nap

Several studies reveal that napping is a good method for your body to recover, especially when you are very tired or stress takes over your body. However, there are different types of naps that adapt to your needs.

Although naps seem to be made to torture us slowly, they could actually become our day's allies. Today we talk about 3 different types of naps you should know and above all try once to experience their benefits.

 

The lightning nap

In this short nap (15 minutes) you will reach the second stage of sleep, which is great to improve memory. The important thing is to quickly reconcile the dream and for that we recommend that you try a progressive muscular relaxation: tense and relaxes the muscles of your body starting from the feet upwards.

 

 

The solid nap

Naps are best when you take them six hours after waking up and only for 30 minutes, because at this time your circadian rhythm decreases and the sensation of sleep increases. You will achieve level two of the dream very well and you will be able to get up as soon as the alarm sounds. Usually we achieve a deep sleep after half an hour, so when you interrupt the siesta at 30 minutes you will avoid feeling like a zombie.

 

The restful nap

This is the queen of naps because in 90 minutes you will achieve a complete sleep cycle. Research shows that cognitive benefits are generated when sleeping for this period of time. Also when you wake up you feel refreshed and super rested (a lot like how you feel when you wake up in the morning).

The important thing is that you do not forget that these types of naps are complementary and do not replace the sleep hours your body needs to recover.


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