Sleep 90 Minutes And Wake Up Refreshed

April 9, 2010 by admin  
Filed under Insomnia Problems

Well maybe not 90 minutes total but it has been found that plotting your sleep in 90 minute increments will help you get a better night sleep.


You may know that when you sleep, your body goes through five distinct stages, of sleep. These stages last a total of about 90 to 100 minutes, they will then repeat continuously until you wake.


Stage One


This stage is where you transition into wakefulness and sleep. Some people believe that this stage only happens once, but it will happen every time that your body enters a state of wakefulness, even if you are not aware that you are awake and including when waking in the morning. This stage lasts for about five minutes before you go onto stage two. People, who suffer from insomnia or apnea, may remain in this stage for a longer period.


The brain waves during this stage is predominantly Theta waves but some Alpha waves also occur. Your eyes may start to roll slowly during this stage of sleep.


Stage Two


In Stage two, sleep peaks of your brain waves become higher, these are called sleep spindles. The spindles can be followed by k-complexes (where the peaks suddenly descend and then pick back up). Theta waves can also be found in this stage. Stage two is a period of light sleep and initially only lasts a few minutes. Gradually though, stage two sleep increases to take most the sleep cycle. During this stage your heart rate will slow and your body temperature will decrease as your body prepares to enter a deep sleep.


Stages Three and Four


These two stages make up your Delta sleep and occur when you are at the deepest sleep. These stages are longest in the first two sleep cycles and are when your body achieves the greatest amount of restoration. If you have not slept in a while, then this is the sleep that your body will crave. Delta waves will be most prevalent in these stages; but theta waves are also present. It is believed that Stage three is extremely small and will transition into stage four very quickly.


In children, delta sleep takes up about 40% of their sleep time and it will be very hard to wake them from this stage.


Stage four will then go to stage three and then to stage two before moving onto the next stage.


Stage Five


During this stage your brain becomes very active. Your eyes start to go rapidly from side to side, your heart rate and respiration speed up, and your muscles (face, fingers, and legs) may twitch. Groups of voluntary muscles may also become paralysed during this stage and due to increased brain activity, you may start to hallucinate, or dream. The first period of this stage five can last ten minutes but this can gradually increase. Beta waves, which are in high occurrences while awake, are most prevalent here during the sleep cycle.


After Stage five the body will usually go on to stage two.


Sleep specialists have named the first four stages as Non-REM or NREM and the last stage as REM. REM stands for Rapid Eye Movement and is named due to the increase eye movement during stage five.


Your sleep cycle is pretty variable and can be affected by stress levels or certain medication which you may take. If you are not consistent with when you go to sleep and how long you sleep, your body might vary the cycles during sleep or even the length of certain stages. It is very vital to stick to a schedule, such as going to sleep at midnight and always waking up at 6AM. This is about four sleep cycles and should be enough sleep for your body.


If you have sustained some type of injury or reckon you may be coming down with a sickness, you may require more sleep, but always make sure to try wake up during stage two sleep.


If you wake during any other stage, especially delta sleep, you will most probably feel as though you have not slept at all.

Kevin Sinclair is the publisher and editor of Be Successful News, a site that provides information and articles on how to succeed in your own home or small business.

Sleep 90 Minutes And Wake Up Refreshed

April 9, 2010 by admin  
Filed under Insomnia Problems

Well maybe not 90 minutes total but it has been found that plotting your sleep in 90 minute increments will help you get a better night sleep.


You may know that when you sleep, your body goes through five distinct stages, of sleep. These stages last a total of about 90 to 100 minutes, they will then repeat continuously until you wake.


Stage One


This stage is where you transition into wakefulness and sleep. Some people believe that this stage only happens once, but it will happen every time that your body enters a state of wakefulness, even if you are not aware that you are awake and including when waking in the morning. This stage lasts for about five minutes before you go onto stage two. People, who suffer from insomnia or apnea, may remain in this stage for a longer period.


The brain waves during this stage is predominantly Theta waves but some Alpha waves also occur. Your eyes may start to roll slowly during this stage of sleep.


Stage Two


In Stage two, sleep peaks of your brain waves become higher, these are called sleep spindles. The spindles can be followed by k-complexes (where the peaks suddenly descend and then pick back up). Theta waves can also be found in this stage. Stage two is a period of light sleep and initially only lasts a few minutes. Gradually though, stage two sleep increases to take most the sleep cycle. During this stage your heart rate will slow and your body temperature will decrease as your body prepares to enter a deep sleep.


Stages Three and Four


These two stages make up your Delta sleep and occur when you are at the deepest sleep. These stages are longest in the first two sleep cycles and are when your body achieves the greatest amount of restoration. If you have not slept in a while, then this is the sleep that your body will crave. Delta waves will be most prevalent in these stages; but theta waves are also present. It is believed that Stage three is extremely small and will transition into stage four very quickly.


In children, delta sleep takes up about 40% of their sleep time and it will be very hard to wake them from this stage.


Stage four will then go to stage three and then to stage two before moving onto the next stage.


Stage Five


During this stage your brain becomes very active. Your eyes start to go rapidly from side to side, your heart rate and respiration speed up, and your muscles (face, fingers, and legs) may twitch. Groups of voluntary muscles may also become paralysed during this stage and due to increased brain activity, you may start to hallucinate, or dream. The first period of this stage five can last ten minutes but this can gradually increase. Beta waves, which are in high occurrences while awake, are most prevalent here during the sleep cycle.


After Stage five the body will usually go on to stage two.


Sleep specialists have named the first four stages as Non-REM or NREM and the last stage as REM. REM stands for Rapid Eye Movement and is named due to the increase eye movement during stage five.


Your sleep cycle is pretty variable and can be affected by stress levels or certain medication which you may take. If you are not consistent with when you go to sleep and how long you sleep, your body might vary the cycles during sleep or even the length of certain stages. It is very vital to stick to a schedule, such as going to sleep at midnight and always waking up at 6AM. This is about four sleep cycles and should be enough sleep for your body.


If you have sustained some type of injury or reckon you may be coming down with a sickness, you may require more sleep, but always make sure to try wake up during stage two sleep.


If you wake during any other stage, especially delta sleep, you will most probably feel as though you have not slept at all.

Kevin Sinclair is the publisher and editor of Be Successful News, a site that provides information and articles on how to succeed in your own home or small business.

Jaw Dropping Home Insomnia Cure – Get Results In Minutes!

March 21, 2010 by admin  
Filed under Insomnia Treatment

If you’re tired of trying all those small insomnia tips and tricks and coming up empty handed, then you have come to the right place; as you are about to learn the best home insomnia cure, guaranteed.

Believe it or not, the best home insomnia cure has nothing to do with taking a warm bath or sleeping with the lights out, nor does it have anything to do with drinking 5 cups of sleep inducing herbal tea. Although those things may help get you to sleep quicker, they really don’t pack enough of a punch to get the job done all by themselves. In truth, all you really need to sleep soundly through the night is “sound”. That’s right, sound — it’s the best home insomnia cure there is.

Obviously, not just any ancient sounds are going to do the trick, they have to be specially crafted sounds that can really aid in getting you to sleep, as well as aid in keeping you asleep. A honking car won’t do anything beneficial for you and can in no way be referred to as a home insomnia cure. On the other hand though, a rhythmic drumming/beating and/or rain falling onto glass CAN lull you to sleep quite quickly.

As you can undoubtedly guess, it does no excellent for you to wait around and hope that these sounds find you at the precise moment you go to bed. That type of thinking is, well, unrealistic; especially when it comes to finding a reliable home insomnia cure. Instead, you have to go out, find those sounds, and then bring them to where you sleep. Luckily for you, though, YOU don’t really have to find those specific sounds and record them — you can just go out and find the CD/tape that holds them.

Such “sleep” CD’s are plentiful and can be picked up in a wide variety of places, including online or over the phone. In fact, one of the most well loved sleep soundtracks happens to be “SleepTracks”, which has it’s own website and can be bought & ready for delivery within about 3 small minutes.

“Hey, this sounds more like a sales pitch rather than just user-friendly information.” If that’s what you reckon, then by all means, go out and record different sounds and test them out while you try to sleep. Odds are that you’ll find that perfect combination of sleep inducing sounds EVENTUALLY. But, most people find that it’s just simpler to buy the CD rather than spend weeks and weeks of their time searching for that perfect combination of sounds. After all, if someone already did the work, why should you have to re-do it, right?

Best home insomnia cure: Why and How Does This Treatment Work?

Well, it’s a bit hard to clarify without going into lengthy detail and dull you with huge words and lots of fancy medical jargon. So rather than bore you to death, let’s just keep it simple.

The process of using sleep sound tracks is a bit like having your brain deeply massaged and caressed. The sounds, rhythms, and gentle pulses from the tape/CD will penetrate your subconscious and reverberate throughout your brain. You won’t likely feel anything at all, as everything will be happening behind the scenes within your very brain. You won’t know the sounds are working until you wake up the next morning, feeling both well rested and energized.

Are sleep sound-tracks guaranteed to work for you? No, as no single insomnia remedy will work for every insomniac out there. But, sleeptracks have been scientifically proven to be one of the best, if not THE best, home insomnia cure. Having said all that, you should still give this remedy a shot — it might just be the perfect insomnia solution for you.

Want to be pointed in the direction of the best sleeptrack system around? Then simply visit http://www.SleepTracks.org, a highly well loved website that specializes in insomnia natural cures.

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