napping Archives

Google “Katy Perry napping” and you will find a bunch of articles, including pictures of her napping in a hammock, catching a few zzzzs with her cat Kitty Purry, and most recently, dressed in her PJs and fully prepared for a nap for the flight to the One Love Manchester Concert.

Katy P is a dedicated napper… along with many other ‘healthy stars’ such as Taylor Swift and Kendall Jenner. Without sounding too stalkerish, click here to see a few of your favourite celebs catching a snooze.

We at Sealy think they’re on to something. You will get so many benefits from a quick nap – it isn’t just your face that will thank you.

Sleep makes you:
• More productive and less distracted
• More likable and less hostile to others
• More intelligent and less forgetful
• More healthy and less likely to catch a cold

One of the five habits of highly successful people is prioritising sleep both at night and during the day when a nap is required. If it was good enough for Napoleon, John F Kennedy and Churchill perhaps you should consider it part of your workday?

Keen to try some napping? Work out what is the best time for you to get some power Zzzzzzs here: What’s the best time of day to nap?

If you’re serious about napping at work, maybe it’s time to get a single bed for your office? Visit the Sealy website to view our range to find the best bed for your daytime slumber. If that’s too extreme, this article highlights a few products designed specifically to help you with your day-time snooze: How to sleep at work.

Teens can be stroppy, defiant and emotional. Much like their smaller counterparts, toddlers, they can throw a pretty good tantrum, but with a whole lot more strength behind it. These ‘negative’ behaviours can be attributed to the high-energy, high-sleep needs of their developing brains and bodies. Whilst teens may need more shut-eye (up to 13 hours per day at peak growth times!) they may not be able to find the sleep that they need in their schedules.

Rather than pushing over-tired teens to participate or sending them home to sleep (both options will not lead to learning), two schools in the USA have used Mental Health funding to install Sleep Pods by MetroNaps.

Sleep pods are being used to help teenagers who:
• Did not get a enough sleep
• Show signs of fatigue such as headaches, irritability and aggression
• Are anxious about their school marks
• Are not able to focus in class

Even teachers who battle with high blood pressure are finding the time in the sleep pod a great ‘time out’.

How does a sleep pod work?

This sleep pod consists of a reclining chair with a ‘dome’ cover. The participant lies back in the chair and enjoys a 20-minute power nap while the dome provides a quiet, dark environment. After 20 minutes, the teen re-joins the class rejuvenated and refuelled. Read more here: Sleep pods – Basically the best invention for teens

SA schools might not be installing sleep pods just yet, but you can help ensure your teen has a good sleep each night (and whenever he or she is napping) by investing in a good quality mattress. Click here for additional tips on how to help your teen get a good night’s sleep.

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Katy Perry knows a thing or two about napping

US schools introduce SleepPods: Time-out for teens?