THE 20-MINUTE POWER NAP

     It seems there’s been a lot of study into this – and, of course, the nap doesn’t need to be exactly 20 minutes. The 20-minute power nap is used “to supplement normal sleep, especially when the sleeper has accumulated a sleep deficit.” The ABOUT people have their usual excellent article on the subject:

http://stress.about.com/od/lowstresslifestyle/a/powernap.htm

HOW TO SLEEP COMFORTABLY ON A HOT NIGHT

     What happens when a million people edit an article? Well, in the case of “How To Sleep Comfortably On A Hot Night,” you get some really unscientific suggestions, but some of them just may work for you.

     This is a WIKI HOW site, and it, like all wikis, allows readers to add to it and change it. You will note that a lot of these sleep suggestions will also help you through a hot day without air conditioning.

http://www.wikihow.com/Sleep-Comfortably-on-a-Hot-Night

     WIKI HOW has lots more on sleep; clearly this is a problem for many people.

http://www.wikihow.com/Category:Better-Sleeping

     And you might also like to sleep to peaceful forest sounds:

http://www.lime.com/files/meditation_room/forest_loader.html