I’ve always been a huge fan of naps. During my uni days it became an essential survival skill and the only way to juggle work, hospital placements, exams, teaching and keeping two sessions a day on 6 hours of sleep. I’d say one of my superpowers is to fall asleep literally anywhere ..
With the nature and amount of daily practices we do during the Intensive atm., together with the amount of informations, attention, internal work and great dose of strength – my body simply calls for complete shut down in between the session and I honor that with great respect sleeping easily from 90 min. to 3 hours in between the sessions (knowing I would go for more if we had more time).
Down bellow I’ve listed few tips on how to get the best out of your nap:
- contrast shower (30 sec. as cold as possible x 30 sec. as warm as possible x 3-5 cycles) or cold plunge (3-5 min.),
- lunch,
- sleeping in cold room if possible,
- wear a face mask (Duck GIVES THE EXTRA POINTS),
- wear headphones + play some white noise – I like Endel app (using it for night as well),
- I also wear warm socks and compression tights, applying cream for muscle release before to the sore areas,
- proper timing – I either go for 15-30 min. or full cycle or two of 90 min.
- coffee + medicinal mushrooms (currently trying the JING, QI, SHEN) into da bloodstream afterwards .. and second morning shall begin!
Work hard but be smart and recover harder. Sleep is by far the number one recovery tool and naping is a great addition to your recovery tools.
Have a good one.