Wednesday, August 27, 2008. She recommends sleeping monophasically for at least a few weeks between ending one polyphasic sleeping regimen and starting another. I have slept monophasically for the last 30 days, and I have been averaging about 8 hours per night.

Saturday, July 19, 2008. Here are two examples of Last Minute Phenomena.

Thursday, July 24, 2008. I have a few updates and minor changes to go over. Steve Pavlina started tweaking the rigid napping schedule after about two weeks as well. He found that the naps were more efficient and restorative if he took them when his body felt tired as opposed to at set times each day. Coming Home and Getting Serious. Furthermore and on a more relevant note, I strongly believe that my return home will bode very well for my Polyphasic Sleeping.

Saturday, July 26, 2008. I just got back from China. Today was an absolutely gorgeous Northern California day. I have a few new polyphasic-related thoughts. I would also like to share some experiences that are related to my trip back home. Say Goodbye to Jet Lag and Being a Grumpy Traveler.

Monday, July 14, 2008. In stages 1-4 of a ordinary monophasic sleeping process, breathing slows and muscles becomes extraordinarily relaxed.

Wednesday, July 16, 2008. Last night I got really engaged in working on my blog. I decided to skip the first two hours of my four hour morning class because I wanted to wrap up the work that I had put into my blog from the night before and because I feared that I would fall asleep in class. When I woke up I was extremely frustrated and irritated.

Friday, July 18, 2008. Two consecutive nights of oversleeping would provoke the ire of most polyphasic sleepers, especially when they are in their adaption process. I was slightly disappointed in the oversleeping, but I do not think it will affect me much if at all. In fact, I consider periodic monophasic sleeping to be a potential addition to my complete polyphasic sleeping plan.

Monday, July 21, 2008. In the early stages of my polyphasic transition, my brain was often flooded with new polyphasic sleep related thoughts. Now my experiences seem to be reaching a sort of equilibrium. My new daily thoughts on polyphasic sleep seem to be diminishing. I like to consider this new equlibrium as an indicator that I am becoming well-adapted to polyphasic sleeping. The hardest waking period has continued to be the 7-11am time block. My four hour Chinese r.

Monday, July 14, 2008. Describes a category of sleeping strategies aimed at sleeping more often for a shorter cumulative period of time. Two popular polyphasic methods are the Uberman Sleeping Schedule and the Dymaxion Sleeping Schedule. The Uberman Sleeping Schedule consists of 6 naps every 24 hour period with each nap around 20 minutes long. See How Dymaxion Sleep Worked For Me.

Monday, July 14, 2008. I felt reasonably energized and rested throughout the day. I have read numerous accounts of how difficult it has been for some people to transition to Polyphasic Sleeping. Some have tried to avoid exercise for the first week or so. Despite this caveat, the weather today was so nice that I just had to work out. I was curious to see how my body would respond. I have read other Dymaxion Sleepers say that oversleeping can result in extreme disorientation and .