Each night as you sleep, you body undergoes a complex process of rejuvenation. There are three distinct levels of sleep. These levels can be identified by the frequency of brain wave activity. The graph below helps illustrate these levels. (graph to be added soon)

BETA

between 14 and 32 brain wave cycles per second- our minds are consciously aware and wee are active. We think, we communicate, we solve problems, pay bills, and in general deal with our conscious reality. As we do this, we use energy and tire ourselves both mentally and physically. At the same time, we file away in our subconscious minds the unpleasant and negative things that we are not able to rid ourselves of during the day.

ALPHA

From 7 to 14 cycles per second, R.E.M. or rapid eye movement sleep occurs. Most dreams take place at this level and this is probably the most important sleep in terms of mental health since dreams allow us to unload the frustrations, defeats and all the negative things that we pick up during the day. We literally “take out our mental garbage.”

THETA

4-7 cycles per second. Not much is know about Theta sleep. It accounts for only a small percentage of our night’s sleep. During sleep, we slide through Theta on our way to and from Alpha and Delta. Perhaps it allows us to dredge from our subconscious those disturbances which we examine symbolically in Alpha dreams.

DELTA

When our Brains activity drop below 4 cycles per second we are in our deepest level of sleep. Here our bodies are completely relaxed, heart rate and respiration slows, blood pressure and temperature fall and physical rejuvenation occurs. A growth hormone is released during Delta sleep which stimulates growth and cellular development.

(Article incomplete – To be updated)

Posted by Mattress Expert, filed under Sleep Info, Uncategorized Sleep Info. Date: April 27, 2008, 8:27 pm | No Comments »

OK- so we’ll be the first to admit…we weren’t too sure about this one. In fact, it sounds so basic, we almost didn’t test it – BUT we are proud to say we did!

It is not very often that the bedding industry sees a revolutionary new product. in theehistory of mattresses, first, we saw inner springs back in the 1800’s, then we saw latex(which wasn’t all that popular), then we saw old school water beds (the ones everyone knows and hates), Air Beds & finally memory foam mattresses. Well now, we have come across something revolutionary. We can honestly say that hands down it is the NICEST mattress we’ve ever seen. This mattress takes all the “pros” of memory foam, and water beds, and combines them into one mattress…without any of the “cons.”

The Perfect Harmony Mattress is one of a kind. Upon first glance, it looks like any other run of the mill mattress, but it only takes seconds of testing it to realize this is something like you’ve never seen before. We had people in the office try our sample bed, and we got one unanimous responce…”WOW!!!!”

When you lie down on the Perfect Harmony bed, you “melt” into it…very similar to the feel of memory foam. The difference lies in alignment, and pressure relief. Here at C loud 9, we are BIG believers in memory foam mattresses. They are comfortable, and pressure relieving… but this bed ads proper alignment as well. We have never seen a bed that provides this sort of relief to pressure points, and ensures PERFECT alignment while sleeping. This bed will provide you with the best support and alignment you can dream of.

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Posted by Mattress Expert, filed under Uncategorized Sleep Info, Water Beds (Fluid Support). Date: April 27, 2008, 6:39 am | 1 Comment »