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A highly [[Flexing|flexible]] [[Template:Polyphasic Sleep Schedules|schedule]], which evolves from the [[Everyman]] schedules, usually the extended variants (mostly [[E3|E3-extended]]). It includes a possibility to take a [[Naps|nap]] whenever tired throughout the day.{{SEVAMAYL}}
A highly [[Flexing|flexible]] [[Template:Polyphasic Sleep Schedules|schedule]], which evolves from the [[Everyman]] schedules, usually the extended variants (mostly [[E3|E3-extended]]). It includes a possibility to take a [[Naps|nap]] whenever tired throughout the day, the varying number of naps, and the occasional change in nap/core duration from day to day. {{SEVAMAYL}}
== Mechanism ==
== Mechanism ==
After a rigid Everyman-schedule has been adapted to, the brain has replaced its standard sleeping schedule and adjusted to a reduced sleep total. It is then possible to slowly shift the new schedule, containing SOREM naps and highly repartitioned cores, without reducing sleep quality, as opposed to flexing during the adaptation. Because the naps are being moved they will most likely contain a lower amount of REM than the naps of the strict schedule, which may require an extra nap to give the same total REM sleep. Still, because a significant part of the REM need is taken care of during the core, the main purpose of the naps is to alleviate homeostatic pressure. It is also possible to utilize Pronaps to more efficiently fulfill the REM need, which results in needing fewer naps later in the day.
After a rigid Everyman-schedule has been adapted to, the brain has replaced its standard sleeping schedule and adjusted to a reduced sleep total. It is then possible to slowly shift the new schedule, containing SOREM naps and highly repartitioned cores, without reducing sleep quality, as opposed to flexing during the adaptation. Because the naps are being moved they will most likely contain a lower amount of REM than the naps of the strict schedule, which may require an extra nap to give the same total REM sleep. Still, because a significant part of the REM need is taken care of during the core, the main purpose of the naps is to alleviate homeostatic pressure. It is also possible to utilize Pronaps to more efficiently fulfill the REM need, which results in needing fewer naps later in the day.
