The Power of the Downstate: Recharge Your Life Using Your Body's Own Restorative Systems

Format: Hardcover Language: English ISBN: 0306925796 ISBN13: 9780306925795 Release Date: April 2022 Publisher: Hachette Go Length: 352 Pages Weight: 1.23 lbs. Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.9" x 8.6" Leverage your built-in rhythms of Upstates and Downstates to enhance energy, sharpen thinking, balance moods, fuel fitness, and more. If you're like most people, the relentless daily grind of go-go-go, do-do-do, can run down your energy and deplete your resources. While most of us find our lives full of "Upstate" moments that rev up our stress engines, it doesn't have to be this way. World-renowned sleep researcher Sara C. Mednick, PhD, shows us how we can access the most replenishing and repairing aspects of sleep through activities and moments that happen during our day by diving into our "Downstate." Dr. Mednick shows that bringing ourselves back to the Downstate is critical for our health, well-being, and cognitive longevity. Drawing on her original findings--and those of