Polyphasic Sleep Day 3e

Wonderful. My third night in full energy. It’s 5.22am and I’m feeling great. No struggle during the day or night so far. I can’t believe it. Is that it? Am I over the adaptation faze?
I guess tomorrow will be the test, which I might not pass. It’s New Year and I’m going to a dinner party. My nap falls at midnight! I have already moved the naps 30min. earlier and plan to move it further another 30 min so I can go to sleep at 7pm (it used to be 8pm) and go to the party. My next nap then would be at 11pm. I hope I will be able to sneak out and find a quiet place in my friend’s house to take it. We shall see.
I did some yoga tonight at 2am, very strange as I’m starting to operate on full energy round the clock. Night and day are merging into one. My yoga sessions are 30 min long and I’m just about to do another set. I must say that yoga really helped me in the most crucial adaptation stage.
Tonight I went on the poly-phasers.com website and went into the chat room. Thank you Mark. It was great! Now I have polyphasic mates. Brilliant.

Polyphasic Sleep Day 2e

7.26am, major breakthrough. This is my second clean night and for sure very alert one. For once I didn’t feel sleepy or tired after my 4am nap. I still feel very good and it’s only 30min before my nap. I wonder how I will feel today and of course tonight will be a big test. This night was the first one, where I didn’t do any pottering around the house. I was alert enough for the whole night to read, write and listen to some lectures. Amazing.
I had some doubts earlier as if to carry on this experiment but now I’m fully convinced that I’m on the right path. I will carry on.
I had a nap at 8am and woke up 15-20min later very awake and alert. I was lying in bed wondering how this could be. I let myself fell asleep again but was in control and woke up again after 15min very refreshed. I was astonished. No trace of tiredness, fully awake.
I went to town this morning and came back in time for my midday nap. I allowed myself double nap again, which was a little bit naughty as I developed a slight headache. It’s 2.15pm now and I know it will shift soon. I might go outside to breathe for a while.
By the way I did some yoga at 6am and this time I wasn’t waking up as I was going through it but instead I was full of energy from the start.
The headache disappeared after 4pm nap with no trace. It wasn't really a headache but more like a grogginess.

Polyphasic Sleep Day 1e

Every day is a new beginning and that’s how I’m going to look at it. Fresh start and a new tactic to return to the clear uberman schedule. The tactic? Alarm clock in a distane so I’ll have to get up to turn it off.
Last night yet again I lost my game in the early hours of the morning. I went for the 4am nap and woke up at around 7am. How? Don’t know. I must of switched the alarm off and went back to sleep but I can’t remember. When I woke up after 7am I decided to go back to sleep until my 8am nap. There was no point of getting up and then going back for a nap again and I didn’t feel like going without one straight till midday.
So I slept till 8.30 and then had breakfast in bed and read a book, I think I even went for another snooze. Finally I got au at 11am! I decided to miss the midday nap. Disappointed? Yes, a little but I’m not giving up. I thought about it during my long walk today. The journey is difficult but I’m also learning so much from it.
I’m definitely training my will power and discipline. I’m also learning how to control my emotions, which is mainly observing my ego. This journey is not a battle. There is no winners or losers. I call it a game but it’s not either. It’s difficult to realise that and to stay calm whatever the circumstances. I’m not treating this challenge as an end goal task.
I’ve just realised now that I will always have to be alert even if I manage to stay on a very strict uberman schedule for a month. No doubt after the month I would like to go further and further so the journey never ends and that is the challenge.
That is the purpose of my life – to keep going, to continue the journey and stay very awake and very alert. The 30 day challenge will just help me to establish a new way of being.
After my walk I made my green raw soup. I missed it. Since Christmas lunch I have been eating my Christmas meal every day, which is delicious but it’s all dehydrated food and I missed the green, more live stuff.
After 4pm nap I went to cinema with Paul to see a film called ‘Australia’. Amazing. I loved it. Absolutely beautiful film. It was very long so my next nap was at 8.30pm. That’s fine. I also moved my midnight nap about 20 min. later.
It’s 1.40am now and I feel really good. I’m planning to watch another film at 2am, “The Fountain” is on TV at that time. I watched this film long time ago (also on TV) but wasn’t totally in it. I can’t remember but there were some distractions at home. I really wanted to see it again, and here it is as I wished.
I have watched the film and I really enjoyed it. Something strange struck me. I really liked the main actor in the ‘Australia’ film and made an effort to remember his name. Hugh Jackman. I’m really not good with it and don’t know names of many actor’s or celebrities.
What was strange that the main actor in ‘The Fountain’ was also Hugh Jackman.

My 4am nap was a success. I got up after the alarm, put the lights on max and managed to lay in bed for another 15 min. I felt bit groggy and disorientated but I knew that will pass if I’ll engage myself in some activities.
I did some domestic stuff and then yoga. Yoga always brings me back to the alert state. It’s 6.15am and I feel really good. I’m going to write some e-mails and read my book.
I’ll be back after 8am nap and if I succeed that will be my first day in block ‘e’ (the fourth take).

Polyphasic Sleep Day 0d

Starting again. My 4am nap the night before finished at 8am. Yes, I have to blame my husband Paul again. He woke up just as I was waking up from my nap, came upstairs to the spare bedroom, where I spend my nights and asked me for a cuddle back in our bed. Of course I was asleep straight away again, which makes my counting going to zero. I’m starting from a new block, this time ‘c’ and a new count of days/nights from now on.
I was actually laughing at myself as this whole challenge is really getting into a strange form. It’s fine with me, I will play this game with pleasure and fun. No more frustrations.

It’s 2.43am now and I had a good day. I went for a long walk again. It was very cold today and no sun, which is a pity but I still enjoyed it. I hardly watched any tv today so I feel good about too.
I had a bit of a dip in my energy after the 8pm nap so decided to finish the organization of my desk. It was worth while. My paperwork is sorted and I felt so much better afterwards. The good energy came back and I was able to study some Italian.
I’m joining an Italian class from the 5th of January and needs to catch up as the group already started back in the autumn. I’ve already had some introduction to Italian so it’s still quite easy for me, well at the moment. I hope to get some basics before I go to Italy in February.
3.12am need to do some ironing as I’m feeling a bit too sleepy for reading or writing…
I didn't get up from my 4am nap and slept till 7.12. No achievements.

Polyphasic Sleep Day 0c

Last night was great. I was right on schedule. I also did yoga at 6am, the longer version of my set. The only thing was that I took double nap at 8am. Woke up at 8.30 and was trying to recall my dream but instead I feel asleep again and woke up at 9am without an alarm. I found it quite amusing. I felt fresh and not groggy at all.
There was a dip in my alertness at about 11am but I just kept going. I cleaned the kitchen and living room floors. I went for the midday nap earlier and did some affirmations. I woke up refreshed on time.
I went for a long walk. The weather was cold but very sunny. The air was beautiful and clean. Straight after that I drove my daughter to her boyfriend in a nearby village (1h return). I took my afternoon nap and decided to eat something.
I was relaxing on the sofa eating, watching TV and chatting to my husband.
After 8pm nap I felt somehow deprived of energy so I just watched a movie. Law, no self-esteem, no drive to do anything. Mental crisis.
It’s 1.25am now and I feel tired. My eyes are tired and I feel sleepy. I need to move around.
2.28am, feel so much better. I simply organized my office/desk. I followed Steve Pavlina’s advice on how to organize your office/desk. On his website he wrote a great summary of a book by Julia Morgenstern ‘ Organizing from the inside Out’. On top of that I did some domestic chores.
I feel so much better now. I have noticed that a change in mood/feeling can creep up from nowhere. I’m much more aware of it now and can put into practice my strategies now. Not at all times but most of it. Thinking about my early evening law energy faze tonight, I could of done something with it. Now I know to be more aware.
As soon as I discover that my energy is sinking down and I’m getting into a negative side I must change my mental and physical state. Actually the physical one is the first step and the mental will follow up.
Step one – recognize law energy
Step two- stop what you are doing
Step three – get fresh air- breathing
Step four – start doing some domestic chores
Step five- go back to your favourite activity or do something which you were putting off doing.
I shall do it next time I’ll notice a crisis coming up on me.
4am nap.

Polyphasic sleeping Day 1b (26)

I didn’t manage to stay awake till 8am nap this morning. I finished up some more preparations in the kitchen for the Christmas lunch and decided to watch the 2nd half of a ‘What the bleep do we know’ movie (behind the scenes). Bad move. I fell asleep on the sofa in a sitting position with my head dangling down.
Paul came to the living room around 6am, I think, and asked me to go to bed, which I really welcomed. I fell asleep straight away and slept like log a log till 10am!
Everybody was waiting for me to wake up so we could open the presents. I wasn’t feeling bad about my extra sleep. After all this was my third night on full uberman and I spent all night preparing my raw Christmas lunch in the kitchen. I was physically tired. That day, earlier on, I was also skating!
It looks like I’m starting new counting again. Now I’m beginning to recognize the pattern of my ups and downs I think I can control it better. So far I had two full awareness nights and collapsed at the end of the third one. Let’s see what happens now.

It’s 5.13am and I woken up from my 4am nap in great mood. I had a very vivid dream and was happy in it. Good sign. I also had a dream in the midnight nap but wasn’t very happy then. Actually I was annoyed at something but can’t remember now why.
I decided to write down my dreams. I used to do that before regularly but somehow went out of it. It’s time to return.
I also managed to do some affirmations for my Out of Body experiments. I’m in much more control over my naps so I can slowly re-introduce my OBE and lucid dreaming affirmations and exercises. I know that I’ll soon hit a lucid dreaming faze. It’s round the corner. I also started to wake up before the alarm and don’t feel groggy on awakening. I don’t have to jump straight out of bed and can recall a dream now. Great progress.

It’s Boxing Day today in UK and first day of big sales. Apparently some shops were open at 5am! Astonishing. I was even thinking of going, just for fun, to see it happening but I cant be bothered. I’m not planning on any shopping anyway.

‘Happiness is the meaning and purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.’ Aristotle

I’m happy and joyful. My heart is singing. Life is beautiful.

Polyphasic Sleep Day 2a

I’m at my sister’s in law house and it’s 3.33am. I’m doing well. Surprise, surprise.
I had my 4pm nap in the car as we were driving here and then I also had a little laying down rest as soon as we arrived. I was good.
In the evening there was a little drink party. I must congratulate myself on not touching alcohol for the whole month. I have been drinking very little anyway but since the experiment begun alcohol wasn’t even considered. That made things much easier. I wanted to quit drinking completely but there was always an excuse, just a one glass on special occasion. This time round there has been many occasions and I just kept drinking water. It’s strange as this even doesn’t bother me anymore. The temptation simply vanished. Thank you.
The drink party was between 7-9pm, right in the middle of my nap so I stayed till 9pm chatting to people and then sneaked out to our guest bedroom and simply went to sleep. I woke up before the alarm. In fact the alarm didn’t go off because I set it up wrong again and I woke up 10 min. after the wake up time. Not bad. I felt great and went downstairs to say goodbye to the last leaving guests from the party.
At 11pm everybody decided to go to bed but I was very awake. Thank you. I told my sister in law about my experiment and luckily she wasn’t too alarmed. She was kind enough to leave the heating on and recommended some films on DVD. Great. My night was looking good.
I have just watched one of the films and I’m just about to go for my 4am nap. To my surprise I feel really good. I think the crisis is going to hit me after this coming nap but I’m not going to worry about it. If it’s going to be too much of a struggle I simply go to bed. I’m sure at that time my husband is going to look for me anyway.

Tomorrow, well today we are going to go skating and again I was thinking about how I’m going to schedule my naps around it. Luckily I was told that we are going to leave at 12.30. Perfect. Thank you. This will be just after my midday nap.
So it looks like everything is unrolling beautifully, however I’m prepared for any changes anyway.

When people find out about my sleep pattern the first question they ask is ‘why?’, which really astonishes me. They don’t go’ ‘wow, this is interesting, so how does it work?’ They just look at me strangely and ask, ‘why”
For them to give up a full night sleep is crazy. They love their sleep. I guess I like sleeping too but this is much more exiting. This is entering a different reality. It’s almost like I’m in a different dimension. I still have to figure out how am I going to do my energy work without falling asleep and start working more on lucid dreaming and OBE exercises. Yesterday at 6am I was ready to do some meditation in a sitting position without any support but that’s when my husband woke up and instead I went to bed for a snooze. I’ll try to do it again today.
It’s time for my nap now. I hope to wake up in a good condition.
I’m astonished. It’s 5am and I’m fresh, my head is clear and I’m in a good mood. Thank you.
For the first time I woke up after 4am nap and was able to read a book, which I just did. Amazing. Now I’m going to watch the second film. The first one was very dark, revealing the negative side of human and how low he/she can fall.
I’m looking at people differently now. I feel compassion even to the characters on the screen. All thee characters are so caught up in their lives and live in such fear that their little world will collapse or stop working for them.
We lost dignity and honor and I don’t mean in a perspective of society but in a perspective to ourselves. We just simply, constantly lie to ourselves pretending that it’s for the better and we can’t possibly operate any other way.
Of course I’m one of them and I’m starting to see a bigger picture more clearly.
I have also noticed, and it has been pointed to me that lots of people hide behind spirituality. They move away from the conventional world but at the same time they start building a new corrupted structure called spiritual world. They bring all their pain with them and form another believe system to suit their situations. How to avoid that trap?
Truth is the only answer. No control, no hidden agenda, no judgment, compassion.

I need to go deeper into the meaning of these words.

I simply can’t believe it! It’s 7.15am and I’m fully awake. I watched the 2nd film and then did some yoga. I feel so good. No headache, no sleepiness, fresh mind and body. I don’t even long for bed. I’m fully rested. This is very strange and I love it.
My best night so far. I’m so content and in such a good mood. I can almost feel my good vibrations.
I hope I’ll still feel like this after my 8am nap.
I didn’t even eat much this night, only an apple. Usually I kept eating to keep awake. This time I had a light supper, just an avocado and a tomato, a tiny bit of coleslaw and a few sticks of pepper. Simple, easy.

I’m really sticking to my 100% raw food and that really helps. I feel better and lighter and I’m sure this way of eating complements the uberman schedule.
The need for hot food in the winter has vanished. It’s really astonishing considering my constitution (vata) and tendency to getting cold. I always felt cold but not now. This is a huge revelation to me. I’ve noticed that few days ago, I don’t feel cold anymore the way I used to. I hope that won’t change and I will be able to enjoy winter on just raw food.
This autumn I had lots of cooked food, very healthy but cooked, like sweet potatoes and other root vegetables roasted in coconut oil, or cooked millet.
I don’t have an urge anymore to do so.
Something changed within me, for better. Something clicked as if my body went to another gear, smooth. I hope to stay like this from now on.