I think you're referring to a recent New Yorker article about how sleep habits have changed. But the reference in that article was to 18th century America not cave people. So it wasn't that long ago. I'm thinking of trying it: going to bed at 8:30 or so, sleeping till 1, then getting up and doing stuff till about 3, then going back to bed until 6.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long <sharelong60@...> wrote: > > When I was doing the MA in SCI, a classmate and I both noticed a big > difference going to bed at 9:15 rather than 9:30. So we asked our Sanskrit > prof Tom Egenes about it and he said that there's something in the Vedic > literature about every 15 min before 10 pm being the equivalent of an hour of > sleep. > > And does anyone remember the famous quote attributed to Triguna: that if we > all went to bed at 8:30 we wouldn't even need ayurveda? I have 2 > acqaintenances who did this for a while and they both looked radiant. I've > done it when I've felt an illness coming on and it seems to nip it in the > bud. I'm an early riser no matter what time I go to bed and I tend to wake > up at least once during the night. So early bedtime is a good habit for me > though I realize it's not even necessary for others much less preferred. > > This past year I read a fascinating article about sleep habits and our cave > people ancestors. That they went to bed early, woke in the middle of the > night and did stuff, then went back to bed for another chunk of sleeping > time. So it might be hardwired into us. Knowing this made me a lot more > relaxed about my sleep habits. > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Alex Stanley <j_alexander_stanley@...> > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2013 8:18 AM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Men only, > > >  > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" <j_alexander_stanley@> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" <dhamiltony2k5@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Was a good lecture. Extremely well spoken story of his [LB's] > > > > lifetime with FF and TM and his really nice resolution. Looked at > > > > as a FF communitarian it was proly unfortunate that it was heard by > > > > only a small subset of the larger community. Nothing was said that > > > > could not have been heard by and been helpful to a lot more people. > > > > > > > > > > I probably would have enjoyed it, and I hope it was recorded. But, with > > > my life so completely focused on Vedic purity, I was in bed by 9pm and > > > unable to attend. > > > > > > 9PM is truly impressive, a goal I could never achieve even on Purusha now > > using living in a city as a lame excuse. When then do you rise ? > > > > Depends on how quickly I fall asleep and whether my sleep is interrupted > during the night. In a perfect night, I sleep ~7 hours straight. So, if I > fall quickly to sleep and don't wake up during the night, I'll get up between > 4 and 5 am. Most of the time, I get up between 5 and 6 am. On crappy sleep > nights, I get up at 7 am; regardless of how little or crappy my sleep is, my > body won't really sleep beyond 7 am. > > Needless to say, this isn't a TM/Vedic thing for me. I'm a naturally > hard-wired morning person, and going to bed early greatly improves my quality > of life. >
