Ultradian rhythm

And there is hard science that backs that up.

The Ultradian Rhythms is a study that shows that we have this biological requirement for periods of rest activity, rest activity, rest activity throughout the day.

I haven't heard of that.

90 minutes of activity, 20 minutes of rest, 90 minutes of activity, 20 minutes of rest.

The idea that recreation is about honoring rhythm and not fighting it.

So in this episode, Henry and I go through These types of biological rhythms, the short ultradian cycles that affect our focus throughout the day, our 24 hours circadian rhythms, and those longer infradian rhythms that take us through cycles and seasons.

It's a great one for understanding why rest and recreation aren't optional extras.

They're actually built into our biology.

This is the alignment we're exploring in this episode.

So we're going to break down our conversation into three rhythms.

We've got ultradian rhythms, which are cycles less than 24 hours, circadian rhythms, which are these 24-hour cycles, and infradian rhythms, which are cycles more than 24 hours and generally less than one year.

So Henry, do you want to talk about ultradian rhythms and how they relate to our mental health? Sure.

So sometime during the day you're more intellectual.

Uh, uh, it's called ultradian, uh, a frequency.

Ultradian.

Sometimes during the day you're left brain, couple hours, or it changes, and then you go into right brain.