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Oh and anyone who doesn't want to sleep as much as they should, meditation is a great way of doing it. I managed to shave 2 hours off of my daily sleep need wit
by michael_dorfman 16y ago
Oh and anyone who doesn't want to sleep as much as they should, meditation is a great way of doing it. I managed to shave 2 hours off of my daily sleep need with 10 minutes of meditation ... so essentially I averaged 4 hours a day, for something like 5 years before I got out of the meditating habit for varying reasons.
OK, I'll match your anecdote with one of my own. I meditate 40 minutes per day, and it hasn't shaved a minute off of my sleep time. I average 8 hours of sleep per night, substantially more on the weekends when I can get it.
- Swizec 16y agoThis is likely due to different meditation techniques, mine is particular in that it is essentially lucid dreaming. When I actively practiced it took me 30 seconds to go into REM stage and stay in there for as much time as I felt like it. The end effect is that I smashed a sleep cycle into a meditating session and essentially got polyphasic sleep.
- rsaarelm 16y agoIs there a particular technique you can describe that brings about that effect?
- roqetman 16y agoWhen I stayed in a zen monastery a while back, I averaged 6 hours of sleep a night, and always felt refreshed, but out in the regular world, even with daily meditation, I need about 8 hours of sleep. So I think that the environment and meditation techniques must play a part.