{"id":8267,"date":"2019-10-11T12:39:27","date_gmt":"2019-10-11T17:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/?p=8267"},"modified":"2019-10-11T12:39:27","modified_gmt":"2019-10-11T17:39:27","slug":"the-right-way-to-nap-to-boost-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wellness\/the-right-way-to-nap-to-boost-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"The Right Way to Nap to Boost Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Perspectives on napping are changing. Companies such as Google and NASA have installed\u00a0nap rooms\u00a0or pods for their employees, while U.S. colleges, including the University of Michigan, have also set up designated rooms for napping.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"embedly-card\" data-card-controls=\"0\" data-card-align=\"center\" data-card-theme=\"light\">\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/thriveglobal.com\/stories\/thenaps-sleep-science-tips-productivity-performance-creativity\/\">The Right Way to Nap If You Want to Improve How You Feel Throughout the Day<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve visited (or live in) Europe, you will be well acquainted with the concept of the nap. In most of Europe and in Asian countries, particularly China, a restorative afternoon rest is part of daily life, says Sara Mednick, Ph.D, an associate professor in the department of cognitive science at the University of California, Irvine, and author of Take a Nap!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/cdn.embedly.com\/widgets\/platform.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Perspectives on napping are changing. Companies such as Google and NASA have installed\u00a0nap rooms\u00a0or pods for their employees, while U.S&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8270,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/content.thriveglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/shutterstock_604380881.jpg?w=1550","fifu_image_alt":"https:\/\/content.thriveglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/shutterstock_604380881.jpg?w=1550","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,3],"tags":[65,224,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-8267","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"category-wellness","9":"tag-sleep","10":"tag-success_and_sleep","11":"tag-wellness"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8267"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8274,"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8267\/revisions\/8274"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}