Ben's #1 "Sleep Simulation" Tactic: The Art & Technology of Non-Sleep Deep Rest (NSDR) Life Network: RAW Podcast #12
Boundless Life
Ben Greenfield
4.6 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 5 February 2026
⏱️ 34 minutes
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In this episode, I pull back the curtain on one of the single most powerful tools in my daily performance and recovery toolkit: Non-Sleep Deep Rest (NSDR) and its close cousin, Yoga Nidra. If you’ve ever found yourself burning the candle at both ends—waking up at 4:30 AM to fit in work, workouts, and family life—yet still trying to show up at your best, this is for you.
I cover common myths around short sleep, explain why even “powered-through” fatigue adds up, and illustrate why most of us can’t cheat biology by running on six hours forever. You’ll get an honest play-by-play: what actually works for rebooting your system after a short night, the real science behind NSDR (think: brainwave states, nervous system regulation, and hormone balancing), and the exact guided meditations, apps, tech (like Sensate, or BrainTap), and routines to supercharge midday recovery.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to a special raw episode. What does raw mean? Well, within the Life Network at JoinLifenetwork.com, |
| 0:08.3 | I pop on every once in a while and just release solo-soed conversations with me, myself, and I. |
| 0:16.7 | Today is one of those raw episodes. This is going to be at joinlifenetwork.com if you want to check it out. |
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| 1:40.5 | order. Welcome to the room... Let's start that over. |
| 1:45.3 | We're here to talk about awkward, edgy, controversial content. |
| 1:49.5 | Nothing is off-limit, and you're going to learn a lot. |
| 1:52.7 | Welcome to the Raw podcast. |
| 1:56.0 | Welcome to Raw. |
| 1:57.8 | I'm your host, Ben Greenfield, as usual. |
| 2:03.5 | And today I want to share with you something I have alluded to, but not unpacked in much detail on podcasts. I have talked in the past before about how I |
| 2:15.0 | like to get up very early in the morning. |
| 2:21.2 | Because I have a family and work obligations and social obligations, |
| 2:29.8 | I often go to bed later at night at a time that dictates that I'm not getting the full recommended seven to nine hours of sleep per night. |
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