I read a little into REM and sleep patterns, so if someone a bit more knowledgeable in this area could point out any mistakes or wrong assumptions below, that would be helpful.
This diagram shows a typical sleep pattern at night
The graph shows the stages of REM and outlines the top one in dark red to outline the times when you are most likely to dream. This is also the lightest stage of sleep where you are able to wake up with ease.
My questions are:
1) How are you able to time it so you wake up during the REM 1 stage?
2) If REM 1 occurs 4/5/6 times then doesn't that mean that you can have several dreams within these periods?
3) What's the best way of waking up naturally at a time you specify? (e.g. 8am)
Regards,
Joshua
