When I'm awake, I don't want to go to sleep. I don't want the hassle of turning the light off, putting my head down and then all the thoughts. I don't want al those thoughts... thoughts feed on thoughts feed on thoughts feed on thoughts feed on thoughts and I'm: 'I don't want this'. I have to knock myself out to go to sleep.
You can get the highest quality sleep by keeping your sleep cycles in tune with the rhythms of the universe (known as circadian rhythms).
It was morning by the clock but deepest nighttime in his body.
The neurologist calls it 'Non-REM parasomnia'. For the sufferer, it might mean rising in the middle of the night, getting your motorbike out, going for a ride, and waking in the morning with no memory of the experience.
Light helps the body predict the future: it's a sign of how our environment will change in the coming hours and days, and our bodies prepare themselves accordingly.
It was always intriguing that flies had two peaks of activity, in the morning and evening, with a siesta during the day and not very much activity at night. There are several ways to explain that, but one possibility was that there were two clocks running - one governing the morning peak and one governing the evening peak.
Biological clock? I don't even own a watch.
Melatonin levels start to rise around 9 or 10 at night in most people.
Whether I retire to bed early or late, I rise with the sun.
If you can wiggle your toes with the mere flicker of an intention, why can't you reset your biological clock?
Most important for the circadian field was the pioneering work of Ron Konopka in Seymour's lab.
I feel like my body doesn't judge the hours, you know? It doesn't care if it's daytime or nighttime.
I'm an afternoon person.
The same biological clock ticks away in humans and fruit flies, which underscores the importance of circadian timing to life on this planet.
The deep secret of the brain is that not only the spinal cord but the entire central nervous system works this way: internally generated activity is modulated by sensory input. In this view, the difference between being awake and being asleep is merely that the data coming in from the eyes anchors the perception.
I firmly believe that sleep and recovery are critical aspects of an effective and holistic training program.
