The Power of the Downstate - Recharge Your Life Using Your Body's Own Restorative Systems

This is the secret to living a longer, wiser and happier life; the key to a smarter, more productive, healthier you. Welcome to the power of the Downstate.

In The Power of the Downstate, Sara C. Mednick PhD will show you how to achieve robust health, sustained productivity and brilliant thinking by maintaining balance and finding harmony with your natural rhythms. The Downstate is the time and space in which restoration and recuperation from the day-to-day stress of living take place. It's when our body can restore our most vital functions at a cellular level, including giving our heart, brain and metabolism a rest. In essence, it's our opportunity to plug ourselves into a metaphorical outlet and power back up. In this revolutionary book, you'll discover how to:

· access the Downstate via four key approaches: parasympathetic nourishment, sleep, exercise and nutrition
· engage in simple, quick activities that make you feel rested and full of energy, such as mindfulness and breathing exercises
· restore your inner balance with the four-week Downstate Recovery Plan, rich with bite-sized, science-backed tools and techniques

More of us than ever are overwhelmed by hectic lifestyles and worried we don't have the time or energy to deal with pressures of work, finances, family and health, but this book will show you how to help your life feel full, productive and exciting again - without making compromises. Find out how to be more alert, productive and cognitively sharp during the day, enjoy consolidated, restorative sleep at night, and achieve a long life filled with mental and physical vitality.