Power Nap Registry

In a culture where doing something - anything - is considered better than doing nothing, napping can seem suspect. This registry is here to help spread the word about the benefits of napping, and help establish napping as a socially acceptable and intelligent thing to do.

Your Napping Habits

Tell us about your napping experiences (anonymously or confidentially) and we’ll include them on the website here...



Latest Workplace Napping Registry Entries

Harry Miller   
Gender Male
Occupation Promoter and Media Manager
State NSW
Comments Napping is a great idea, it’s a kind of traffic control which slows your brain down. I encourage my staff to use our meditation room once or twice a day, put on some quiet meditation music, light the incense, lay back and nap out. When I slip upstairs myself for an afternoon nap himself, I get switchboard to give me a wake up call after about 15 minutes.

Brendan Torazzi   
Gender Male
Occupation CEO
Town Sydney
State NSW
Comments MetroNaps is a business devoted to napping in the workplace. MetroNaps leases hi-tech sleep Pods to corporate companies in order that their staff can take a 20-minute nap. Benefits of napping are numerous for the workplace as staff become more energised, increase their creative thinking and memory as well as generally being happier. The business was founded in New York several years ago where a nap store operates in the Empire State Building and just off Wall Street. MetroNaps Australia, apart from leasing its Pods to organisations, will be opening its first dedicated nap store in the Sydney CBD later in 2006. We also have a planned roll out around the country, including airports, from 2007.

Chris Gray   
Gender Male
Occupation Red - Independent Property Education
Town Sydney
State NSW
Comments I definitely agree with napping during work hours. I gave up having a regular job at 31 as I couldn't get through the day without a nap - I was having too many late nights out. I now work for myself and as I speak at early breakfasts or late evening functions I often take a nap during the day. www.goforyourlife.com.au


Latest Personal Napping Registry Entries

Gabi
Gender Female
State Victoria
Comments I recently suffered a breakdown and have since been unable to work. As part of my recovery, I realised how important it is for me to rest - even nap - during the day. I now make this a part of my daily 'schedule', with as much importance as any other activity such as exercise. Every day between 2-3pm I relax for an hour, focusing on deep breathing, with no other stimulus like music or tv, and sometimes if my body needs it I will nap for 20 minutes or so. This routine helps me process any stress my body and mind are under, build strength and stamina to keep going. It has proven essential for my overall health, resilience and recovery. In fact, even when I was working, I would take 10-15 minutes in a quiet place every lunch time to close my eyes and just breathe... It makes all the difference.

Fiona
Gender Female
Occupation professional
State vic
Comments I have to get up early for work each weekday, so by mid-afternoon I'm just exhausted. If I'm going out that night or wanting to go to the gym, I'll have a "quick lie down" before getting up again and finishing the day refreshed. The only problem is that sometimes I end up having trouble getting to sleep later that night. However, if I had not have had the nap I would've been non compos mentis at the gym or out to dinner!

Ron
Gender Male
Occupation Farmer
Town Pt. Lincoln
State Sth Australia
Comments Why - Because of my occupation, can be quite tiring on occasions When - most afternoons after lunch Where - In a chair, car, if napping on bed or couch, I have a much more relaxed nap, and wake ready for further work later in the afternoon.

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