Modern life and time hunger Your alarm goes off. You crawl out of bed, make a coffee while checking email. You respond
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What Does Purushartha Mean? Purushartha is a key concept in Hinduism, referring to the four ultimate goals of human life. The term is derived from two Sanskrit roots; purusha, meaning “human being,” and artha, meaning “purpose” or “objective.” As such, purushartha can be
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What if there was a way to get more out of each day? While we all have the same 24 hours, how we use that time impacts what we can accomplish. Recent research
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Background Whether you are a morning lark or a night owl has proven to be a key contributor in the timing of peak athletic performance. Recent evidence suggests that accounting for these
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Physical behaviors (i.e., sleep, sedentary behavior, and physical activity) are major drivers of physical and mental health. Existing behavior change models (e.g., social-cognitive models, humanistic/organismic models, socioecological models, or dual-process models) only
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What is daily rhythms? Daily rhythms are the natural ebb and flow of our activities, emotions, and energy throughout the day. They shape not only how we function but also the quality
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Did you know that your body has its own internal network of clocks? These biological clocks help you feel alert during the day, hungry at mealtimes, and sleepy at night. Keeping your
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Abstract Evidence that the sleep-wake rhythm is generated endogenously has been provided by studies employing a variety of experimental paradigms such as sleep deprivation, sleep displacement, isolating subjects in environments free of
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SLEEP-WAKE CYCLES AND SHIFT WORK Sleep-wake cycle refers to our 24 hour daily sleep pattern which consists of approximately 16 hours of daytime wakefulness and 8 hours of night-time sleep. The complex
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Circadian rhythms include some of the physical, mental, and behavioral changes an organism experiences over a 24-hour cycle. Light and dark have the biggest influence on circadian rhythms, but food intake, stress, physical activity, social
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Key Takeaways Circadian rhythms are 24-hour cycles that help govern essential bodily functions—especially the sleep-wake cycle—by syncing internal processes with the day–night cycle. Disruptions from factors like irregular schedules, travel, shift work,
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Circadian rhythm disorders, also known as sleep-wake cycle disorders, are problems that occur when your body’s internal clock, which tells you when it’s time to sleep or wake, is out of sync
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