So far I made it without oversleeping the 30 minutes. In most of the naps I actually woke up before the alarm went off (after 20-25 min). Once even after just 15 minutes but I decided to take advantage of the 30 minutes and went back to sleep -with the result that it was much more difficult to get up....I felt disoriented.
It looks like the night cycle between 2am-6am is a good time to do some housework since it keeps me moving and the blood circulation going.
There are surprisingly little side effects so far. The main thing is feeling cold. Yesterday I took 3 baths to warm up! So far there were no cramps or eye twitches ;-) Just a cloudy head and a tendency for head ache, which is easy to treat with enough water supply. (I drink lots of warm water, feels very soothing). Also a slight sensitive stomach, which I like: it keeps me from nibbling away on sweets and "comfort" food and calls for healthy choices.
I found a few tricks to help me:
1. I prepare a flask of hot water before I go to sleep and drink right after waking up a big glass of it.
2. When I wake up I get up before the brain starts an argument, put on a sweater and move around immediately. That helps to get over the first tiredness.
3. I noticed sometimes a kind of shakiness during the wake up process. It feels like my whole body is vibrating. I know this sensation from other occasions (for example when being woken up right after falling asleep) and have learned that it is not at all a good idea to get up before the vibration disappears completely. I don't know what it is but it feels like some part has first to reconnect with the body before I'm whole again. Once I made the mistake to interrupt this process and got up too early. I was completely lost and felt sick to the stomach to the extend that I had to throw up.... that taught me a lesson!
During the day I had periods where I felt completely normal as if I had a full night sleep. It's too early to know if it is always in the same cycles, I'll keep observing.
I really enjoy this night time and do things that I would otherwise not allow myself to take time for. It's kind of my "spa-cycle" in the middle of the night with foot massage and all sorts of things.
When I enter into the night both times I got scared of the time ahead of me, that I won't make it and all kinds of other crap going on in my mind. But staying in the present moment helps a lot and as this I welcome it as a teaching.
It is a bit difficult to concentrate to write this (might be easier in my mother tong) and I have no idea, if it makes sense! I hope that the ability to concentrate will improve big time. Would love to also be able to work on the computer in the night.... somewhere down the road.....
I'm glad, I didn't have to throw in another nap during the night.
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