Did anyone else try the pzizz example tracks after reading this? I was suprised at how quickly I started sinking into wooziness! $40 is kind of a lot for napping software, but I may have to check out some of the free binaural beat apps.
Back in the days, you could download the sample tracks. I'm sure with a bit of rummaging around the HTML, that's still possible - those are just standard Flash mp3 players, I think. I actually stayed on the sample tracks for about a week when I started. By the 10th time you listen to the same track, though, it gets really tedious. Btw, you have to listen to them with earphones to get the proper effect (which you prob…
How to nap: Power napping without sleeping
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Re: How to nap: Power napping without sleeping
#12Earlier quoted context omitted.
Back in the days, you could download the sample tracks. I'm sure with a bit of rummaging around the HTML, that's still possible - those are just standard Flash mp3 players, I think. I actually stayed on the sample tracks for about a week when I started. By the 10th time you listen to the same track, though, it gets really tedious. Btw, you have to listen to them with earphones to get the proper effect (which you prob…
http://www.pzizz.com/wp-content/uploads/audio/Default%20Slee...
The energizer one was the one I used for napping, rather than the sleep one, fyi.
Re: How to nap: Power napping without sleeping
#13Earlier quoted context omitted.
http://www.pzizz.com/wp-content/uploads/audio/Default%20Slee...
The energizer one was the one I used for napping, rather than the sleep one, fyi.
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#14I will lie in bed, awake, forever thinking and rethinking whatever happens to be on my mind at the time.
That was me until I got some earphones and went to bed listening to podcasts every time. Having another voice chattering away (which I can ignore) stops my inner voice (which I can't ignore) chattering away. Works a treat.
Re: How to nap: Power napping without sleeping
#15I will lie in bed, awake, forever thinking and rethinking whatever happens to be on my mind at the time. That was me until I got some earphones and went to bed listening to podcasts every time. Having another voice chattering away (which I can ignore) stops my inner voice (which I can't ignore) chattering away. Works a treat.
You're lucky that you can do that! I've never been able to sleep with a voice speaking nearby. I don't think I've ever fallen asleep while watching a movie, ever, for example. Even after a big night out, exhausted, wanting to sleep, I had to go and switch off the TV to be able to fall asleep.
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#16Did anyone else try the pzizz example tracks after reading this? I was suprised at how quickly I started sinking into wooziness! $40 is kind of a lot for napping software, but I may have to check out some of the free binaural beat apps.
I did. The sounds were relaxing but the talking was disruptive. Even with my sound settings maxed out, I couldn't hear what he was saying, so the voice was doubly distracting. That said, the software might be worth it if there is no mellow, therapy-guy yakking in the background.
In the actual software you can (thankfully) disable the voice.
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#17My strategy is to stay awake until I start to doze off. At that point, I go straight to bed and usually fall asleep within a few minutes.
If I go to bed sooner than that, my mind races and I can't fall asleep.
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#18sounds like what the author is describing is not so much napping but guided meditation .. nothing wrong with that, anyone interested in this stuff might want to use those keywords if they are going to do a websearch or something.
It may have started as guided meditation, I'm not arguing against that. However, I now nap without any soundtrack, and without even an alarm clock, so whatever it was that I was doing at the beginning, I think it's fair to call what I'm doing now napping.
I teach meditation, and in my opinion, what you're doing is definitely a form of meditation. You have an intentional practice of relaxation that doesn't involve falling asleep. That's meditation.
Specifically, paragraphs like this can be found in hundreds of books on meditation:
The best way I can describe the feeling of napping is that you lie down or sit somewhere, and first focus on relaxing. Relax your muscle groups one by one, from your neck all the way down to your toes. Take a good minute or two to do this properly. Then finally you relax your thoughts. Let them drift off. It’s important to gently nudge those thoughts towards more relaxing topics – you won’t nap very well if you’re rehearsing a conversation with the boss – but at the same time, they need to largely drift on their own. Keep your eyes closed, your body relaxed, and let your thoughts meander from subject to subject without much order.
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#19I was expecting a sales pitch at the bottom. It's a great anecdote and I'll try it out, but there's no evidence aside from his story that this works.
Re: How to nap: Power napping without sleeping
#20I was expecting a sales pitch at the bottom. It's a great anecdote and I'll try it out, but there's no evidence aside from his story that this works.
Just to make this clear:
I have no affiliation whatsoever with Pzizz. I mentioned it a lot because it was a central element of how I learned to nap.
I have exchanged a couple of emails with the guys from Wakemate, and may perhaps get a review unit at some point, but I won't derive any financial benefit from it (I've paid for that unit!).