The Sleepscape: Issue 9
by Manta Sleep
Featuring a hand-picked selection of the internet’s best sleep tips, products and curiosities
The Sleepscape: Issue 9
by Manta Sleep
Featuring a hand-picked selection of the internet’s best sleep tips, products and curiosities
🤔 Questions that keep us awake… Do plants sleep?
(Answer at the end of the issue.)
🤔 Questions that keep us awake… Do plants sleep?
(Answer at the end of the issue.)
Actionable wisdom:
“Dreams are thought to be the brain’s way of working out our emotional problems, and the more anxious we become, the more vivid the dream images become.”
😱 Pre-coronavirus nightmares included the old standbys of your teeth falling out or giving a public speech in your underwear. But the dreamscape has changed: these days, you’re more likely to dream you’re imprisoned or (gasp!) out in public without a mask.
This New Scientist article explains how the pandemic has affected the way we dream.
This week’s cool thing:
🌡 Do you have a problem regulating your body temperature at night? The folks at Embr Labs have developed a bracelet that could be the answer.
It sends waves of heat or cold to your wrist to help adjust your body’s thermostat, similar to the effect of holding a steaming mug of coffee on a winter morning or a frosty bottle of beer after mowing the lawn.
Side note:
🎶 If you enjoy listening to music as you drift off, Reader's Digest has put together a list of the 5 best songs to help you sleep.
Whether you’re a fan of Mozart or Marconi Union, this article examines the science behind the sonatas.
💡Answer: Surprisingly, plants do sleep. When the sun goes down, the process of photosynthesis stops and plants use nighttime to heal and grow, just like we do. What they dream about, however, is anyone’s guess.
(Question at the top of the issue.)
💡Answer: Surprisingly, plants do sleep. When the sun goes down, the process of photosynthesis stops and plants use nighttime to heal and grow, just like we do. What they dream about, however, is anyone’s guess.
(Question at the top of the issue.)
Back matter:
As always, if you got something out of this email and know someone else who would too, we’d love it if you forwarded it to them.
And if you want to improve your sleep (or the sleep of someone you care about), all of our products are designed to do just that.
Finally, if you come across anything interesting this week, feel free to send it our way! We love sharing things that we find through readers of this newsletter.
Have a great week,
The Manta Sleep crew
“Dreams are thought to be the brain’s way of working out our emotional problems, and the more anxious we become, the more vivid the dream images become.”
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