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Power Napping for Energy

Like Duolingo, but for Power Napping for Energy. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.

For the part of you with thirty open tabs that never became anything.

9 bite-size levelsAbout 5 minutes each

Free forever · No credit card · iPhone & Android

Barnaby the Bear
Power Napping for Energy
with Barnaby the Bear
9
Levels
2
Sections
5
Min/day
What you'll learn

Key ideas in Power Napping for Energy

  • Short naps stay in light sleep stages which are easier to wake from
  • Sleeping longer than 20 minutes allows the brain to enter deep sleep
  • Waking up during deep sleep causes sleep inertia or intense grogginess
  • Why a 20-minute limit is the golden rule for napping
  • Stage 2 sleep acts as a clearing house for temporary brain storage
  • Light sleep stages provide mental clarity without the physical heaviness of deep sleep
  • The cognitive benefit of reaching Stage 2 sleep
  • Most people need a buffer of about five minutes to transition from awake to asleep
  • Lying flat is a physical cue that signals the body to prepare for a full night's sleep
  • A slightly upright or reclined position makes it easier for the brain to stay in lighter sleep stages
  • How to set a realistic nap timer
  • The bed is psychologically associated with long-term rest rather than a quick recharge
  • Darkness signals the brain to release sleep-inducing hormones
  • A cool room temperature helps the body drop its core heat, which is necessary for sleep
  • Choosing the right posture for a power nap
  • Bright lights and warmth keep the brain in an 'alert' state
Why not just Google it

You've tried the other tabs

Wikipedia

Thirty open tabs. Four facts you actually kept.

YouTube

You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.

ChatGPT

One answer, then back to scrolling.

Online courses

Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.

Tomo gives Power Napping for Energy the Duolingo treatment: levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that test what you just learned. That game loop is what the tabs above never had, so it's the one you actually finish.

Try a question

Here's what playing it feels like

A real question from this course. Take your best guess.

The 20-Minute Sweet Spot

What happens to your brain if your nap stretches past the 20-minute mark?

Get it right to open this lesson and 8 more in the app.

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Where Power Napping for Energy takes you

Stop fighting the afternoon slump and start using sleep as a precision tool. Learn how to refresh your brain in twenty minutes without the post-nap grogginess.

  1. 1

    The Perfect 20-Minute Refresh

    • The Art of the Power Nap
  2. 2

    Timing and Recovery

    • Timing the Biological Slump
    • Waking Up Without the Fog

2 sections · 3 units · 9 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.

How it's taught

You pick the voice

This course
The Bestie

Power Napping for Energy is taught in the The Bestie style: your friend who just gets it. Want a different feel? In the app you can spin up the same topic in any of Tomo's teaching styles. Same facts, totally different vibe.

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Start Power Napping for Energy today.

Download Tomo, search Power Napping for Energy, and play your first lesson in under a minute.