Unique Method by Leonardo Da Vinci: How to Get Enough Sleep in Just 4 Hours

Polyphasic sleep is often associated with the genius inventor of the Renaissance era, Leonardo da Vinci. He sought to extract more time from his daily sleeping.

This plan involved breaking up his normal period of nighttime rest into several parts. That is Da Vinci slept for 15 minutes in every four hours. As a result, the artist slept just one and a half hours a day. The saved time he used for his creative work. Da Vinci is said had applied this method for many years of his life, without ever feeling tired.

Scientists explain that the most productive time for work and creativity is following a period of sleep. With interrupting one’s waking time every four hours a person has a high capacity for work, as a direct consequence of this rest.

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The researchers found out the most effective variations of polyphasic sleep:

Sleep for 30 minutes every 6 six hours (the dymaxion method);
Sleep for 20 minutes every 4 hours (the uberman method);
Sleep at night for 1.5 — 3 hours and then three times during the day for 20 minutes (the everyman method);
Sleep at night for 2 hours and then once in the middle of the afternoon for 20 minutes (the tesla method);
Sleep at night for 5 hours and then for 1.5 hours in one go in the middle of the afternoon (the siesta method).

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However, remember that everyone’s body is different, and the various types of polyphasic sleep might not suit everyone. If you wont try one of these methods, it’s recommended that you refrain from driving a car and from taking very important decisions.

Source: Brightside

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