Non-sleep deep rest

What experts have said about Non-sleep deep rest

2 statements · 2 positive

1. Andrew David HubermanPositiveSep 14, 2026· Modern Wisdom

   Non-sleep deep rest can lower cortisol, improve sleep, and enhance learning.

   “Exhale-emphasized breathing to slow the heart rate down, shifting the mind from thinking, doing, and planning to pure sensation. Great. How do you do that? Present tethered awareness, long exhales, eyes closed. That gets you into a pseudo-sleep that recovers some of your lost sleep, makes you better at sleeping at night, lowers cortisol, puts the brain into microstates of sleep, enhances learning”

   Listen at 1:16:47

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2. Andrew David HubermanPositiveMay 28, 2026· Huberman Lab Essentials

   Non-sleep deep-rest protocols have been shown to accelerate neuroplasticity.

   “that have been shown to accelerate neuroplasticity.”

   Listen at 37:03

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