30/09/2026
Wide awake? Think again 😉
Some of you might have noticed that your sleep tracker showed that you had been napping during your QHHT session, even though you were convinced that you had been wide awake.
So here's a some info on brainwaves when napping.
When you take a nap and drift into light sleep, your brain primarily produces theta waves, along with alpha waves during the initial transition.
Alpha waves: These appear when you first close your eyes, feel calm, and begin to drift off into the earliest stage of rest.
0 to 5 minutes: As you close your eyes and relax, your brain is in an alpha state. Within just a few minutes of drifting into the very first stage of light sleep (Stage N1), more than half of those alpha waves are replaced by slower theta
Theta waves: These take over as you enter light sleep (Stage N1 and N2), representing drowsiness, daydreaming, and early nap states.
5 to 20 minutes: Once you are officially in light sleep (Stages N1 and N2), theta waves become the dominant rhythm. This occurs right during the ideal window for a standard 20-minute power nap.
If you stay in the theta-dominated light sleep stage, you can wake up easily and feel completely refreshed. If your nap extends past 20 to 30 minutes, your brain will begin transitioning into delta waves (deep sleep). Waking up from delta sleep triggers sleep inertia, leaving you feeling groggy and disoriented.
The state where the body is asleep but the mind is awake occurs primarily during REM sleep.
During this unique state, your brain produces a hybrid mix of gamma waves and beta waves layered over a theta wave base.
When a sleep tracking app registers that you successfully took a nap, the actual brainwave it is mapping is the theta wave.
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Part of the information above was gathered with the help of AI.