Sleep: More than 1 Way? Superhumans?!

Insight into "Superhuman" Sleep, Not that Superhuman.
By: Samuel Dybdahl
The Basic: Monophasic 
Here me out on this, the common individual is aware of the recommended 8 hrs of consecutive sleep a night; this is known as the monophasic sleep cycle.  It consists of one extended period of sleep in which there are different phases being hit as time passes, the most known and perhaps important being Rapid Eye Movement  sleep or R.E.M.  It is said that the basic biological functions of the brain are restored and prepared for the coming waking hours.

But wait, it doesn't end there?!

How can People Function with a different pattern?!
Guess what, I have said this post and post again, surprisingly, the human body is relatively intelligent.  Your body recognizes a cyclical pattern of sleeping, and adapts to enter R.E.M. sleep at a faster pace after you lye down. This is referred to scientifically as "REM rebound" Now on to the other patterns...


Polyphasic Sleep Cycles
I am sure you are getting the gist; "poly" the latin root meaning "many" and phasic being a distinction of phases, one can assume "multiple phases"... I digress, Biphasic (classified under polyphasic), or a 2 phase sleeping cycle assumes one to sleep a 4-6 hour duration followed by a shorter bout (still entering REM from adaptations) later within the waking hours.

Uberman cylce
Equates to 6 naps in duration of 20 minutes spaced 4 hours apart. 

Dymaxion cycle
Equates to 4 naps in duration of 30 minutes every 6 hours.

Everyman Cycles
This cyclical pattern ranges from 2-5 naps defined by 1 sleeping bout being longer in duration than the following naps.

Moreover
It is important to understand that I am not telling you to try these patterns, just merely educating the existence of them. Polyphasic patterns are commonly referred to as "Circadian rhythm disorder." Humans adapt biologically when attempting a polyphasic pattern, allowing us to complete a faster sleep cycle before hitting REM.  Many famous people have been said to practice these patterns, one of the most brilliant being "Bucky" Fuller.


On that note I leave you with this:

if you want to practice this at work, the best place is definitely the bathroom.#


















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