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Andrew Huberman on How Nutrition, Exercise, Tech & Sex Affect Your Sleep EP 1455

The School of Greatness

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How to Set Your Sleep Up for Success Mentally

There's some really interesting data from a guy named Charles Zeisler, who is at Harvard Meds and has done studies on sleep in humans for many decades. He observed that about 90 minutes or so before your natural bedtime, there's a spike in alertness, planning and almost anxiety that all people undergo. The other thing is preparing the mind, as you said, turning thoughts off. Turning thoughts off is a skill. There are many, many yoga nidra scripts available on YouTube free of cost. They involve some breathing, some meditation type stuff, but they teach you to turn your thoughts off.

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