As you've learned, your body
temperature is really an internal clock that keeps us awake and sleeping at
certain times.
It's also extremely
important to understand that the rise and drop of body temperature is a hint for
our body to produce the feelings of being awake or being tired.
Whenever your body
temperature begins to fall, you will feel tired, lethargic, and drowsier.
Whenever your body temperature rises, you will feel more energetic, alert, and
be able to focus better.
Don't mistake the fall of
body temperature at certain times during the day as the need to sleep. Your
body temperature may rise and drop several times in the day as a response to
the activities you're doing at the time.
Whenever you put big physical
demands on your body your body temperature will rise above the norm. As a
response to any intensive physical activity, the body temperature drops for a
while as soon as you stop the activity.
For example, if you work an
8 hour shift at a job that requires intense activity, one might feel totally drained
and ready to fall asleep when you come home at around 4 PM. What you'll actually find is that this feeling of
tiredness is not a sincere desire to sleep, but rather a response from your
body due to the drop of body temperature.
If you resist sleeping at
this moment and provide a “wind-down” period for your body after this period,
body temperature will return to a normal and you will feel alert again.
In the Powerful Sleep plan I
would suggest that you nap for 10-45 minutes during your day to physically
recharge yourself, it's ideal to take this nap when you experience this body
temperature drop as it will help you sleep. Always limit your naps to 45
minutes to avoid entering deep sleep.
After you wake up from your
power nap it's normal to feel lethargic or drowsy, this is because your
melatonin levels are higher. Get as much high intensity light as possible the
moment you wake up, and make sure to MOVE your body to get your body
temperature up and running again.
If you currently live a very
sedentary lifestyle, your body temperature will drop very often when you're
sitting around on your butt or watching TV, so if you feel tired during the day
understand it’s not because you need more sleep. It's because you need LESS
SLEEP and MORE MOVEMENT!
Body Temperature Update..!
We already know that your body temperature works and ticks like an
internal clock controlling our sleeping cycles. Body temperature also controls
the metabolism, circulation and other involuntary activities our body
undertakes.
Variation in body temperature also indicates and induces the feeling of
being awake or being tired.
Reduction in body temperature induces the feeling of lethargy, tiredness
and drowsiness. Conversely, a rise in body temperature induces the feeling of
alertness, feeling of being energetic resulting in better concentration levels.
The rise and fall of body temperature during the day should not be
misinterpreted as the need to rest or sleep. This happens many a times during
the day depending upon the body’s activity level at a given time.
When a human body is pushed for heavy physical activity, the body
temperature automatically rises and drops slowly once the activity is stopped.
This reduction of body temperature induces a feeling of tiredness or
drowsiness.
When your body does intensive physical work during the day, you feel
tired when you come back home and just want to sleep. This does not happen due
to desire of sleep, but due to drop in body temperature, and the reaction of
your body due to the drop in temperature.
If you let this phase pass and wait till your body temperature returns to
normal, you will start feeling awake and alert again.
In order to recharge your physical energies, I would suggest, as a part
of my Powerful Sleep Plan, to take a nap of 10 – 45 minutes during the day.
This nap should be taken when you feel sleepy, that is when your body
temperature has dropped as it will help in falling asleep. The nap should not
be more than 45 minutes and should not enter deep sleep. Deep sleep will only
induce further fall in body temperature.
When you wake from your Power Nap, you may feel drowsy and lethargic due
to high melatonin levels. It is important to get your body back to normal
temperature with the help of light physical movement and exposure to light.
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