Cat Naps & Power Naps
It is a little known fact that cat naps do you the world of good and for more reasons than you could possibly imagine.
Research has shown that just a short nap in the afternoon refreshes your body in numerous ways and enables you to face the rest of the day with much more vigour.
It has been shown that the human body runs on a 24 hour clock and that there is a biological need for sleep around two or three hours after lunch.
Most people end up fighting the urge to sleep by drinking more coffee and eating sugary snacks but this just masks the need to sleep.
It has been proven that people who go with the flow, so to speak, and take some time to sleep, even though it is usually only 15 minutes or so, have more energy and it has been claimed that they even end up living longer.
The thing to remember is not to allow the cat nap to turn into a longer sleep as you will end up feeling drowsy and generally horrible and no amount of coffee and sweet snacks will be able to rouse you.
As you get used to taking these naps on a daily basis you will find that your body clock will automatically wake you but whilst you are getting accustomed to them it is worth taking the precaution of setting an alarm to wake you.
These naps are also known as power naps and these types of naps are more associated with this afternoon sleep rather than the cat nap which can really be taken throughout the day.
One method to awaken you from a power nap which is said to be effective is to hold something in your hand such as a bunch of keys. When the sleep turns into more of a deeper sleep you will drop the keys which will then awaken you.
If you are having trouble relaxing enough to take a cat nap or power nap the answer may lie in a Pzizz machine.
A Pzizz machine is a small portable hand held unit which plays a mixture of soothing sounds which consist of spoken suggestions, binaural beats and uplifting music.
This has the effect of relaxing the body and enabling it to lower stress and basically letting you completely chill out for around 15 minutes.
It is not a nap as such but it is claimed that it has the same or if not better an effect on the body, so using a Pzizz machine is becoming an increasingly popular method of trying to compensate for the need to take a short nap in the afternoon.
However, for many people, you just can't beat the feeling of taking a short nap and the incresed performance this gives you for the afternoon or evening.
Why not give the Pzizz a try.
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