Chapter
Exploring the Connection Between Sleep and Meditation
1:18:55 - 1:28:09 (09:14)
This episode delves into the relationship between sleep and meditation, exploring whether meditation can replace certain functions of sleep such as theta activity, and discussing the benefits of practices like yoga nidra to promote relaxation.
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While many forms of meditation offer relaxing and rejuvenating benefits, they cannot completely replace the essential functions of deep sleep, such as eliminating memory-related junk in the brain, as well as properly regulating hormones, restoring bodily tissues and promoting brain plasticity.
1:18:55 - 1:26:40 (07:45)
meditation
Summary
While many forms of meditation offer relaxing and rejuvenating benefits, they cannot completely replace the essential functions of deep sleep, such as eliminating memory-related junk in the brain, as well as properly regulating hormones, restoring bodily tissues and promoting brain plasticity.
ChapterExploring the Connection Between Sleep and Meditation
EpisodeDr. Gina Poe: Use Sleep to Enhance Learning, Memory & Emotional State
PodcastHuberman Lab
This episode discusses the indirect connection between the facial nerve, trigeminal nerve, and vagus nerve to the locus coeruleus and how yawning affects the activity of the locus coeruleus.
1:26:40 - 1:28:09 (01:29)
Neuroscience
Summary
This episode discusses the indirect connection between the facial nerve, trigeminal nerve, and vagus nerve to the locus coeruleus and how yawning affects the activity of the locus coeruleus.