Itâs outside yoga time of year again đ
Posts by Ellen Wermter, NP, DBSM, FAASM
I watched The Substance yesterday and the most unbelievable part of the entire film was how perfectly she did that bathroom renovation
A bee asleep in Autumn Joy sedum.
As a sleep researcher in Minnesota, one of my joys is to find insects who fall asleep in their food on chilly evenings.
We're messing with the two systems that run sleep:
Sleep Drive = hunger for sleep (driven by adenosine buildup) Circadian Rhythm = your 24-hour internal clock (driven by light/darkness)
Coffee at 4pm + screens at 11pm = confused brain.
Youâve heard of a nappiccinoâŚdoes a nap in the sunshine have a similar effect?
Did I enjoy this iced coffee and crush my afternoon work? Yes. Do I care to comment on last nightâs sleep? No.
Definately my weirdest scientific idea yet: Can humans sleep one half of their brains at a time when they sleep in water, like dolphins do? Certainly no proof of that yet - but we have a method to maybe catch it. And, Yes, a human can fall asleep floating in a fluid. lnkd.in/gUHSRjug
đ§ đ¤ Memory consolidation during sleep is metabolically tuned? Short-term fasting enhances hippocampal ripples, cortical spindles, and slow oscillations, and shifts slow oscillationâspindle phase-amplitude couplingâall without altering overall sleep architecture.
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In honor of July, Iâm finally getting around to posting something I did in May. Lifeâs going by like an F1 movie rn. bettersleep.org/blog/truth-a...
Super cool work published in the latest issue of @sleepjournals.bsky.social showing a novel connection between sleep architecture and peripheral glucose âŹď¸ #SleepPeeps academic.oup.com/sleep/articl...
Fun collab with Nishi Bhopal and Psychiatric Times, met some great people at the shoot and talked all things sleep including a personal favorite topic, #narcolepsy
Deeply feeling the #jetlag this morning and yawning through the coffee buzzâŚ
1. Squee! Worked on a poster together and vibed irl 2. AASM 2025 Fellow, itâs me! 3. Couldnât resist this Spider-Man meme 4. Selfie with the incomparable @matthorsnell.bsky.social
#SLEEP2025 was chock full of fun: cutting edge research, clinical practice pearls, and the best part, #sleeppeeps
Goals
Catching the last rays of the day
Yesterday I lunged every kind of lunge so today was a warm up on the bike and a yoga flow that ended up being more đĽ than recovery. Excuse me while I crawl up the stairs.
Getting a spin sweat on at the Y while everyone else lines up for a turn on the glute thruster. Mood boosting + mood lighting
Laughing bc this thread brings back happy childhood memories of âsleepingâ at my grandmas house! On the floor with a blanket in the dining room while the adults talked over the 11 oâclock news and 100 clocks ticked and chimed away
Adding these to my calendar!
Hee hee, no this was at dinner last night. And YES this year Iâm finally going to make it to SLEEP! So excited! Must have selfie with the king of selfies, ahem.
đ Happy #WorldSleepDay! Today, weâre joining thousands of advocates worldwide to highlight the importance of making sleep health a priority.
âĄď¸ Created and hosted by World Sleep Society, visit worldsleepday.org to learn more!
"Daylight saving time is akin to setting our bodyâs natural 24-hour clock ahead by an hour. It should come as no surprise, then, that many people will feel less alert in the morning immediately after the clocks shift ahead."
Great read below! đ
www.edweek.org/leadership/w...
Sleep medicine, not sleep apnea medicine.
#SleepPeeps
Happy Valentineâs Day! đ
Check out this amazing resource to support personas with #narcolepsy
#sleeppeeps
Narcolepsy Nerd Alert: Narcolepsy and Relationships project-sleep.com/narcolepsy-n...
I read it for the first time last year, and only because my teenager loved and recommended it. Enjoy your time away!
The first-ever medication for the treatment of sleep apnea has been approved. #zepbound #sleepapnea #weightloss #sleep #sleeppeeps
I have read Proust. And I feel asleep more times reading In Search of Lost Time than any other book. đ But I agree, dreams are mega cool.