Sleeping is the way for people to rest their tired bodies after a long day at work. It is through sleeping that the entire body recuperates from stress gained from the daily challenges of being ‘human’.
We all get accustomed to the usual sleep cycle, which amounts to exactly eight hours every day. Technically dubbed as the ‘monophasic cycle’, this type of sleeping pattern is the most convenient out of all the other types.
The monophasic cycle also lowers the risk of sleep deprivation, making it the most followed pattern of all. The eight-hour rule also presents the best retention of sleeping and waking hours, which is best suited for those who are working regular hours and people who don’t have the luxury of napping within the day.
However, monophasic cycles require the body to look for long sleeping hours and might cause hassles when someone needs to compromise sleep once in a while. Monophasic cycles are also inconvenient for professionals who have shifting schedules and late-night office activities.
Unknown to the majority, there are alternative sleeping patterns and cycles that might be reasonable to other needs, which are known as (1) biphasic cycle, (2) everyman cycle, (3) dymaxion cycle and (4) uberman cycle.
Akin to the monophasic class, the biphasic cycle consists of 5-6 hours of sleep at night and one nap taken within the day. The advantages to this type of pattern is the essence of taking naps as this improves and refreshes memory and brain functions, stress reduction and can work as a physical booster when followed appropriately.
Biphasic patterns are best suited for those who live in areas such as the Mediterranean and Latin America, along with people who don’t have any issues with sleeping well at night.
On the other hand, the everyman cycle is comprised of a core sleep time of 3.5 hours with three 20 minute naps scattered within the whole day. The everyman cycle will help a person become flexible when the napping episodes are diligently practiced beyond the recommended napping time of 20-30 minutes. This also offers longer waking hours, making it appropriate to those who work on double shifts with the need to stay awake longer.
The dymaxion cycle is somewhat harsh to the general populace as this only entails 2 hours of sleep with four 30-minute naps in a day. Under this category, the person who follows this will have the longest waking hours out of all the cycles, which means more production. Within the time period after each nap, there is an estimate of 5.5 waking hours to be used by the individual to perform tasks, making it fit for eliminating lazy periods and procrastination.
The dymaxion cycle has been dubbed as the most difficult pattern to follow and is only advantageous to those who don’t need much sleep like elders and those with the DEC2 gene known as the ‘short sleepers’.
Lastly, the uberman cycle is described as the type that requires 6 to 8 equally distributed naps that last for 20 minutes each. Similar to the dymaxion cycle, it will only eat up 2 hours of sleep in a day and this is recommended for those who need to stick to a rigid schedule.
The only positive thing about the uberman cycle is strengthening one’s capability to fall asleep anytime of the day without any difficulty.
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