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I've never heard about this, but honestly, it sounds like just another fad thing, like paleo dieting (lol). I'd be interested to read the science behind this, if there is any. I don't really see how it would be any more or less healthy than just sleeping straight through, though, and for me, it wouldn't work at all. Once I'm awake, I can only really end up properly asleep again if I'm sick. Otherwise, once I'm up, I'm sadly up, no matter how badly I needed the rest, lol.
There is a lot of evidence that we used to sleep biphasically before electric lighting. People used to pray in the small hours for example. I just woke up and will go back to sleep around 2 for 6 hours. I'll do some work of some kind probably.
I was actually on a wonderful schedule like this for about 6 months last year. It worked out really well until I started getting busier. It let me be super productive and for once I was actually awake. It also stopped the horrible waking up constantly in the middle of the night. If my schedule allowed it I would get back to it in a heartbeat. I got into it by taking naps after work. I would go to sleep around 7 then I'd get up at 11 for about 3 hours do some housework and go back to sleep. Then get up at 7. I kinda fell into it on accident really, and then just kept doing it because it worked so well until my schedule said no. But I really do feel so much better on that type of sleep schedule than I do normally.
I sleep like this naturally when allowed to. I'm also nocturnal. If left alone and without appointments to keep, I go to sleep just before or at dawn, wake about 4 hours later not feeling groggy at all. I usually play a puzzle game or something on my 3DS or listen to music after I feed my cats. Sometimes I do light chores, like laundry. Then about 2 hours later I go back to sleep and stay asleep for another 6 hours or so.I feel the best physically, mentally and emotionally when I can operate this way. Unfortunately, the world around me doesn't agree.
Dunno about that. When I have constantly interrupted sleep I get disoriented and cranky.