Is it true that by meditating for 20 minutes, you can get the equivelant of
eight hours of sleep?

18 responses total.

No. But YOU can.  In fact, I urge you to give up sleep in favor of nightly
20 minute meditation sessions for the rest of your life.  You'll feel so
productive you just won't believe it!

What if I prefer morningly meditations sessions?

I had a friend from the past who would stay awake for days for the
hallucinations.  I found out about his hobby when I was a passenger in his
van and was concerned about his unprovoked startle reflexes while he drove.

As a third shifter, I would agree that 20 minutes can restore a great deal
of energy, but i can't recommend it over the real thing.

A "third shifter?"

Someone who works third shift.  That's normally 11:00 PM to 7:00 AM,
approximately.

*Nothing* can replace sleep.  Power naps are a Very Good Thing.

I'm going to replace sleep.
Or, at least I'll figure out how to replace sleep.

A while back I saw a thing on the news (or Dateline or 20/20) about a 
pill that obviates the need for sleep.  Don't recall the details.

Taking that pill were you?

Re #7:
    I'm interested. I can always use a few extra hours a day.

Provigil.

I have found that a relatively short nap when getting very  tired
driving (usually mid-late afternoons) can be very refreshing. This
does not substitute for necessary sleep, of course.

re #7: If I'm remembering the same story as you, that pill could make you feel
as if you'd gotten enough sleep, but your reflexes and concentration would
still decline the longer you'd stayed awake.

   Sleep is a waste of time.  It needs to be cured.

If you can't get rid of your sleep, make it more efficient.  For 
example-- you've heard about controlling the content of your dreams, 
right?

let's talk about narcolepsy. my biology teacher had it.

I am very happy that I dont have narcolepsy. What a pain the rear that 
must be. I do think that a nap area in workplaces could increase 
productivity in the afternoons for some folks. I know tht I get sleep 
enough sometimes that a 1/2 hour nap or 20 min meditation would do me 
wonders (sometimes when the weather is nice I go out to my car at lunch 
time)

Depending on the drugs involved, perhaps *medicating* for 20 minutes 
might substitute for sleep...  ;-)

I wish I knew a way to medicate for 20 minutes but all of the drugs I 
know about either would impair me beyond the 20 minutes or are bad for 
me in other ways ;)

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