According to Greg Jacobs of Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for Insomnia (from the USA) when we go to bed for the first 1 hour to 1 hour and 40 minutes humans go through four stages of sleep.

The first stage is when you become drowsy, your breathing slows, your muscles relax and your heart rate reduces. It is a half way house between being awake and asleep and is the time when occasionally your body rebels and you get a 'falling' sensation and wake with a jolt, or something similar.

In stage 2 you are in a slightly deeper sleep. You are actually sleeping but may not fully realize it and still feel awake. This can give rise to a feeling of a 'sleepless' night.

Stages 3 & 4 are 'deep sleep', as the name suggests this when there is the lowest amount of brain and body activity meaning it is the state that it is hardest to wake up from.

We return to stage 2 for a few minutes after 'deep sleep' and then enter the 'rapid eye movement' phase which is known as 'REM'. This is when we dream.

In a full nights sleep we will typically experience all four stages, followed by a return through stages 3 & 2 and then a long 'dream sleep' phase.

Clearly a comfortable mattress and bed will help you get this proper nights sleep, and that is where a Hugs Mattress can help…

Sleep tight.

Hugs