This phase may last for 5 to 10 minutes.
Stage 1 light sleep.
In addition stage 1 sleep involves a marked decrease in both overall muscle tension and core body temperature.
Almost all light sleep is stage 2 sleep.
Here you are in light stage sleep which means that you re somewhat alert and can be easily woken.
You are in light sleep.
Heartbeat and breathing slow down further.
This period of sleep lasts only a brief time around five to 10 minutes.
Stage 1 can be considered a transition period between wakefulness and sleep.
It s during this stage of sleep that people often indulge in brief catnaps stage two.
During this stage which is also fairly light the brain produces sudden increases in brain wave frequency known as sleep spindles.
It s a non rem form of sleep and differs from heavy deep sleep of stage 3.
See deep sleep stage.
Sleep stages 1 2 and rem consist of light sleep while 3 and 4 comprise deep sleep.
This is a light nrem sleep that doesn.
Stage 1 sleep is a transitional phase that occurs between wakefulness and sleep the period during which we drift off to sleep.
This is the sleep that s a little more choppy shallow not restful says michael grandner md director of the sleep and health research program at the university of arizona in tucson and a fitbit sleep consultant.
In stage 1 the brain produces high amplitude theta waves which are very slow brain waves.
Sleep disorders nrems stage 1 and sometimes stage 2.
Stage 1 of light sleep is the lightest sleep stage and phases of stage 1 sleep are often quite brief.
This phase may last for 5 to 10 minutes.
Light sleep is the term for sleep that falls into the categories stage 1 and stage 2.
This next stage of non rem sleep is a period of light sleep before you enter deep sleep and it lasts for roughly 25 minutes.
Stage 1 makes up a small fraction of total sleep time about 3 and is mainly a transition between waking and stage 2.
Your eyes are closed but it s easy to wake you up.
Stage 2 sleep on the other hand makes up roughly half of a typical night of sleep.
During stage 1 you drift from being awake to being asleep.