Non-Sleep Deep Rest Is the 10-Minute Technique to Help You Feel Refreshed

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, while still remaining conscious—so you feel relaxed but also refreshed. Racking up 25.6 million views to date, the hack is also taking TikTok by storm.Non-Sleep Deep Rest was reportedly coined by , a neuroscientist and professor at Stanford University School of Medicine, in 2022.

It refers to a guided technique that puts you in the same fuzzy, semi-focused state you experience right before falling asleep—when you're not awake but you've also not dozed off yet.The idea is that entering this sleep-like state for 10 to 30 minutes each day lets your brain rest and reset, so you emerge feeling more focused.This content can also be viewed on the site it from.In a , Huberman, who uses NSDR daily, explains that it can: “enhance learning.

It can also help you recover from lack of sleep, so on days when you're feeling fatigued or you can't focus because you didn't sleep enough or very well the night before, it can be immensely beneficial.

In addition, NSDR can help you get better at falling asleep and staying asleep." He adds that NSDR also gives you the tools to “lean into the day with more energy”.Silicon Valley has already embraced Non-Sleep Deep Rest as a mindfulness tool with Google CEO Sundar Pichai famously telling the : “I found these podcasts which are non-sleep deep rest, or NSDRs.