Comments on: A No Nonsense Guide to Napping

By: Keeping Healthy During Christmas and New Year | Zen to Fitness

Keeping Healthy During Christmas and New Year | Zen to Fitness — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 07:08:18 +0000

[...] Naps and Unwinding time (Don’t hesitate taking a long nap after a big meal!) [...]

By: cathy fisher

cathy fisher — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:26:49 +0000

I agree. A GOOD nap can really recharge you emotionally and physically. I use an aromatherapy eye pillow to put over my eyes. I use a peppermint scented one because it opens up my sinuses and that helps me to breathe a lot better and helps any sinus or tension related headaches. The cold flax seed inside the eye pillow surrounds my eyes and temples, the weight of the flax seed applies just enough acupressure to soothe and relax my facial muscles. I searched online and found several sites that had them. The one I decided to go with was A Touch Of Satin. I liked them because their ingredients were organic and that was important to me. I also love the feeling of satin on my skin. I also bought one of their travel pillows to use as a nap pillow and I keep it on my sofa. It feels as comfortable as the pillows I sleep on in my bedroom. They had a page on their site that talked about the benefits of their aromatherapy scents. It was very interesting. If you want to check them out, their website is here..... Well, I hope this helps you. Let me know what you think. Good luck and keep up the great articles!

By: Say Goodbye to Office Stress | Zen to Fitness

Say Goodbye to Office Stress | Zen to Fitness — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:50:58 +0000

[...] very common. If you think any of your physical symptoms and related to stress take some time off nap or practice [...]

By: Tim Rosanelli

Tim Rosanelli — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:46:57 +0000

I love taking a 20 minute afternoon nap to refresh me for the evening. Also, one more point is that naps should be about 8 hours after you wake up and 8 hours before you go to bed at night. ~1 to 3pm Tim Rosanelli View my blog at Sensei Talks Join our sit-up challenge at 60 Situps in a Minute Challenge

By: Sleep

Sleep — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:08:06 +0000

I can vouch for pzizz being an excellent program. I used it every day for about a year with great results. Just an iPod + good headphones + a hoodie (for a pillow) and suddenly the library became my habitual napping location.

I’d also recommend to be aware of something called “sleep state misperception”, which is when you’re in stage 1 or 2 sleep but are still cognizant and unaware that you’re asleep. This can happen a lot with naps. But don’t worry, these naps are just as refreshing, even if you feel you’re only “half asleep”

By: Seamus Anthony

Seamus Anthony — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:42:55 +0000

I tend to find that I feel groggy after a nap (maybe I don’t do it right) but I truly dig a 20 minute meditation session if I can grab one for similar results.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:02:40 +0000

@ Roelant: Great observation it definitely helps push up that post workout GH spike, so its an excellent thing to do. To be fair there is nothing more natural than working out hard in the gym then just lying down for 20 minutes when you get home. Being in no rush to feed post workout is something vital. You will start to notice that your hunger only kicks in about 1-2 hours after working out anyway…Thanks for stopping by!

By: Roelant

Roelant — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:28:56 +0000

Hey Chris,

great website. Thanks for the comments. I just wanted to say, that I haven’t tried the nap thing post workout(I do my workouts in the evening), but I did try what Art De Vany suggests, and that is to be in no rush to feed myself post workout (eating blunts the GH response to building muscle and burning fat), so in a nutshell, we’re doing the same thing (only you’re probably optimizing it by sleeping, which further increases GH). Interesting stuff no? RE: naps, hell, I’ll take a snooze whenever I can, I’m a University Student….never in class though!

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 04:33:40 +0000

@ Grace: If you can afford to have mid afternoon naps pounce on them, not many people have the luxury with 9=5 jobs etc. The great thing about napping is after a while you will become a pro and able to sneak one in anywhere> i routinely sneak one in on a starbucks sofa with a chai tea,.,,,, Thanks for stopping by!

By: Grace

Grace — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:24:01 +0000

It worked for Winston Churchill, and what’s good enough for Winny is good enough for me.

I have cats that get up at the crack of dawn, so the only way to get enough sleep is to squeeze a nap in there someplace.

good post! G.