Original Post: https://www.naturalstacks.com/blogs/news/can-pemf-help-you-get-better-sleep

Want better sleep?

PEMF, or pulsed electromagnetic field technology may be the answer you’re looking for.

I’ve been using it for a few months to improve my sleep quality.

This week’s podcast is all about sleep hygiene, stages of sleep, brain waves, and PEMF technology.

Sleep Stages and Cycles

We sleep in cycles that last about 90 minutes. These cycles can range from 80-120 minutes depending on the person.

According to Nick Littlehales, Chairman of the UK Sleep Council, the magic number for optimal health and wellbeing is 5 of those cycles in a 24 hour period. If we get all 5 consecutively, this equates to 7.5 hours of sleep.

Within these sleep cycles, we have 5 stages of sleep:

1. Stage 1 = drifting in and out, easily awakened, the “fall and jerk awake” stage
2. Stage 2 = Eyes stop moving, brain waves slow down measurably
3. Stage 3 = Brain waves continue to slow, with occasional bursts
4. Stage 4 = Slowest (delta) brain waves
5. Stage 5 = Brain waves close to waking state, dream state, brain catalogs information

Stage 5 is also known as REM sleep, Rapid Eye Movement. This is the stage where our brains process information, dump metabolic waste from the previous day’s activity and repair/restore.

In contrast, Stages 1-4 are considered Non-REM sleep as our eyes are not moving.

Stages 3 and 4 are considered deep sleep and these are the stages where our bodies physically recover. Tissue repair, growth hormone release all occur in this stage.

Whether its physical or cognitive recovery, each stage plays a crucial role in our health and wellbeing.

Using PEMF to Improve Sleep

PEMF, short for Pulsed Electromagnetic Field technology has been around as long as electricity itself.

It’s a modality approved by the FDA and has been used for a variety of applications including fracture healing, migraines, depression, and autism.

I’ve been using a special PEMF device called the SR1 to improve my sleep for a few months.

The SR1 emits a biomimetic frequency specific to the delta waves associated with deep sleep. Our brain responds by synching it’s frequency to the ones emitted by the PEMF device through a process called entrainment.

The result is improved sleep.

Full disclosure, I don’t use mine every night. I don’t typically have trouble sleeping but that is a credit to my sleep hygiene – something we discuss on the show.

I use the SR1 on nights I have trouble falling asleep and when flying to help fall asleep on the plane when I’m not physically comfortable crammed into those seats.

Another note…All PEMF devices emit an electromagnetic field (EMF) and these can be measured in Gauss. The SR1 operates at 0.5 Gauss. By comparison, the Earth’s natural levels are 0.25-0.6. This unit was specifically designed to stay within that range.

Some PEMF devices far exceed these levels, and that is a safety concern that we also discuss on the podcast.

Listen to the Optimal Performance Podcast on-the-go:

What you’ll learn about sleep and PEMF on the OPP:

• Michael family story of tragedy and their discovery of PEMF
• The stages of sleep and the recovery systems + brain waves associated with each
• How age impacts Stage 3 & 4 of our sleep
• Using the SR1 Sleep device to improve sleep
• Tips for improving our sleep hygiene (bedtime routines)
• Using the PEMF device on your 3rd eye chakra
• We know we want to avoid dirty EMFs…are these PEMF devices safe?
• What you need to know about the Earth’s electromagnetic field
• PEMF for migraines, Autism, and other applications
• Using HRV to quantify PEMF effectiveness and general sleep tracking
• More from Michael and the deltasleeper SR1
• Michael’s Top 3 Tips to #LiveOptimal

Links & Resources

Delta Sleeper Website [SAVE 5% with code: optimal]

Email Michael: michael@deltasleeper.com

Googling PEMF Studies

Many Sleep Hygiene Tips on this post

Ryan Hurd on previous OPP: Sleep Habits & Lucid Dreaming

Arnold’s 6 Keys For Success

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Original story appears: https://thelocker.whoop.com/2016/11/24/how-a-bear-attack-affects-your-sleep/

Michael Lares awoke at 4:30 a.m. to his dog barking. As he went outside to see what was going on, he heard the haunting sound of pigs squealing and the huffing and growling of what could clearly only be one thing. He ventured forward with a flashlight and rifle in hand, making his way towards the pitch-black thicket where the noise was coming from.

Lares is a 51-year-old former commercial diver and bodybuilder from Columbus, OH. In 2007, he bought into a horse and hay ranch in western Canada. Four years later, Lares moved there permanently with his wife and two children. What motivated him to settle down in Nemiah Valley, British Columbia?

“Just the experience of it,” he says. “It’s absolutely beautiful country up here. Unbridled, untouched, pristine.”

Lares is a self-described “mountain man” whose athletic endeavors fall a bit outside the norm of our regular WHOOP users. He throws 4,000 square bales of hay each summer, and chops wood to heat his home in the winter, during which he must also wake up in the middle of the night on a daily basis to stoke the fireplaces throughout his house. In his own words, “it’s Rocky IV type of stuff.”

As a “one-man band” seeing to the operations of large ranch, Lares notes that he’s almost never fully recovered, and only truly realized this after using the WHOOP Strap. However, that’s not strictly the fault of the horses, chickens, pigs and cattle that he watches over–he has another full-time job as well. Lares is also the president of :DSleep, the marketing and distribution company for the SR1 sleep device. To no surprise, juggling the two results in very long hours.

The SR1 is a small, battery-powered piece of wearable technology that helps induce sleep with pulsing electromagnetic signals. Lares wears a WHOOP Strap due to the unmatched level of Sleep analysis it provides him.

“WHOOP lets me know when it’s absolutely time to slow down,” he says. “It forces me to obtain more recovering sleep, which I use the SR1 for. If you’re not mindful, this lifestyle can tear you down.”

As the proprietor of an FDA-approved sleep aid, Lares is well-versed on the latest products in the field:

“I have my ear to the ground on all these [sleep] quantifying technologies. WHOOP blows the rest out of the water. I love the specific data points and the way you can interact with it.”

In the early-morning hours of September 23, Lares’ WHOOP Strap logged some rather unusual data:

What was going through his mind as he stepped out into the darkness?

“I knew it was a bear, but I didn’t know what kind or how many were waiting on me in there.”

As he got closer, Lares came upon a massive black bear standing over its prey, about to charge.

“From 30 feet away I saw a big black shape. At first all I could see was its eyes glowing in the beam of the flashlight, then its chest, getting ready to lunge at me. It was a pretty defining moment for a guy standing there in only his boots and boxers.”

Fortunately, Lares and his family were unharmed, although the same can not be said for all his livestock.

“It took a bit to come down off of this encounter, and I used the SR1 sleep device to get back to sleep. Although it was restless sleep, I still managed to get another hour in. Then around 8:00 a.m. I went back out to the site of the attack to assess all the damage, where my heart rate ran back up just checking the scene of the carnage.”

As can be seen in the screenshot above, Lares’ heart rate took a huge spike when he confronted the bear, and then again in the morning when he returned.

A more detailed breakdown of Lares’ data reveals the following:

WHOOP recorded a Strain of 5.9 for Lares’ meeting with the bear, which is higher than typical user’s Strain levels when playing baseball (4.8) or lacrosse (5.0), and roughly on-par with a pilates session.

On a deeper level, Lares’ average heart rate variability (HRV) during his first Sleep was about 40 milliseconds, but it fell to only 20 during his second Sleep. As noted by WHOOP data scientist Emily Breslow, low HRV is positive thing when the human body is facing the threat of imminent danger “like a hungry tiger.” In Lares’ case, his HRV stayed low following his interaction with the bear and prevented him from attaining a deep and restful sleep afterwards.

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