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nostr:npub13jdgzuwpwpsstpg03js8kp473wxek9ds6uff4vfv64rlv43pm5kss3uun7 >which is how the HR monitor judges whether you're asleep.

Sleep goes in 1.5 hour cycles, so if you miss the point when your body is ready and go to bed after midnight (say) you may be in the phase where your body is ramping back up again instead of winding down, making it harder to go to sleep.

I switched to going to be when my HR monitor thought I was already asleep, and within days I was going to sleep minutes after going to bed. Completely blown away.

HR monitor are better>

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a35c9965... 2y ago

nostr:npub13jdgzuwpwpsstpg03js8kp473wxek9ds6uff4vfv64rlv43pm5kss3uun7 >at detecting actual sleep now, but with my new one I can still see how my HR starts going down around 10.30/11pm, and if I actually start trying to sleep then, it's way easier to nod off.

2. Yoga Nidra. This is a new one for me. It's not exercise, it's meditation, but a super easy kind. Insight Timer has loads of free guided yoga nidra sleep meditations. They basically get you to do a little breathing exercise at the start, then talk you around thinking of the end-point of the>

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a35c9965... 2y ago

nostr:npub13jdgzuwpwpsstpg03js8kp473wxek9ds6uff4vfv64rlv43pm5kss3uun7 >vagus nerve in term. The vagus nerve is what controls whether you're ramping up or winding own. Basically, any time I'm doing yoga nidra I can get my heart rate to drop around 10 points a minute, and if I'm either highly fatigued, or it's bed time already, I drop off about half-way through the practice. This is so useful for when I've pushed through bed time reading (or just been too anxious to sleep).

I was super surprised by how well it worked. Again, I'm doing this for the>