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How To Have a Good Night

Improving sleep through mindful breathing exercises

Practicing stress reduction and relaxation techniques

Establishing a relaxing bedtime routine

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How To Have a Good Night

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Sleep is The Fourth Biological Drive

There are two main reasons we go to sleep:

Circadian rhythm: Every living creature on the planet has some sort of sleep-wake cycle
Sleep pressure: Every second you’re awake, a chemical called adenosine is compiling up in your brain. The concentration of this substance is increasing your desire to sleep

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During REM sleep our body gets paralyzed by the brain in order to prevent us from executing on our dreams.
Sleeping helps us improve. When we’re learning or practicing something and we stop, our brain will continue to work on these tasks on the backg...

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Stick to a sleep schedule. Create a sleeping habit by going to bed and waking up at the same time, every-single-day.
Exercise, but don’t do it before going to sleep. Your body needs at least 3 hours to calm down after a workout.
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Each cycle lasts around 90 minutes with different NREM / REM ratios:

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"The best bridge between despair and hope is a good night’s sleep."

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There are two stages of sleep:

Rapid Eye Movement (REM): The brain activity is almost identical to when we’re awake. In this stage, we dream.
Non Rapid Eye Movement (NREM): A dreamless sleep. During this stage, we’re calm, relaxed and the heart...

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Consuming alcohol to persuade yourself to sleep is a bad practice. Alcoholic beverages mess up your REM sleep and you get a fragmented sleep.
With age, our sleep efficiency declines. This is mainly because of our frequent visits to the bathroom. A si...

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