{"id":112817,"date":"2020-06-16T11:01:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-16T18:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dherbs.com\/?p=112817"},"modified":"2022-03-28T03:23:25","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T10:23:25","slug":"how-to-wake-up-during-the-right-stage-of-your-sleep-cycle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dherbs.com\/articles\/how-to-wake-up-during-the-right-stage-of-your-sleep-cycle\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Wake Up During The Right Stage Of Your Sleep Cycle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
When you lay your head to rest at night, you take a journey through four different stages of sleep. You are unaware of what goes on during your sleep, but the brain and body communicate with each other in their active states. Each stage has a particular function, and it is beneficial to wake up during a particular stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sleep is sleep to some people, but scientists in the 1950s used an electroencephalograph to discover REM sleep. Sleep studies monitored brain waves and found that the human body progresses through various stages during sleep. An ideal night of sleep involves 90-minute cycles of the various stages. The amount each person gets will vary from night to night, and person to person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 4 Stages Of Sleep<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Stage 1<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
The body begins to drift off and you can occasionally feel like you are falling and then jerking back awake. This reaction is known as hypnic myoclonia, and it is completely natural. People who consume a lot of caffeine or those who have high stress levels experience this reaction more frequently. The body winds down during this stage before you enter light sleep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Stage 2<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
The second stage of sleep is the light sleep stage. People spend 50% of their sleeping hours in this stage. The brain starts to produce rapid, rhythmic brain wave activity (known as sleep spindles), body temperature decreases, and your heart rate slows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Stage 3<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Stage 3 was combined with stage 4, but now it gets its own stage. This is the restorative stage for your body because the body enters deep sleep, which promotes cell repair, along with tissue and muscle growth. Known as delta sleep, stage 3 involves less responsiveness to noises and environmental activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Stage 4<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
The last stage of sleep is REM, or rapid eye movement sleep. Most dreaming occurs during this stage, and brain scans show increased brain activity, respiration rate, and eye movement. According to the American Sleep Foundation, people spend about 20% of their total sleep in this stage. This stage causes the brain and body to be more active, while muscles become more relaxed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n