Rule No. 1: Do not take a nap if you have trouble sleeping at night.

Sleep Researcher Els van der Helm discusses the best way to take a nap.

I had a ton of work to catch up on and a couple of days in between my lease so I thought, "why not?" Saving an hour on the commute every day and sleeping under the desk has got to be a good idea, right? Well, here is what I learned

I awoke from my first cat nap to a spacious quiet that seemed to stretch out forever. It was a profound feeling of well being. Being well. I soon expanded my nap time to include dog-sitting my niece, a Siberian husky named Ella.