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The Science of Sleep | Dr. Sara Mednick
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What Is the Down State?
The down state is a broad term that encompasses all the ways in which our body naturally relaxes, inclusive of sleep. All day long your heart is pumping blood against avity to make sure you have enough nutrient rich blood in your system. The most natural break that you can give it is during sleep when nature has forced you into this deep sleep relaxation state. But there's also down states that occur ouside of sleep that you can actually decide to engage with. Ritina: Slow deep breathing is a down state that you can create for your heart to get it into a deep relax state and to cool down reve and turn up restore processes.
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