Jun 4, 2026 · 9 min · 6 segments
**Are you struggling to wake up feeling refreshed, or wondering if high-impact workouts are actually safe during perimenopause?** If you have ever felt really groggy (even after a weekend lie-in), or…
Lorna MarieHost
To begin with, we've got our light sleep, and that can be just, you know, as we're drifting off, and we can, we go into light sleep throughout the night as well.
The second part is that deep sleep, so that's the really deep restorative sleep, and that is where your body physically repairs itself.
Then we have our REM sleep, rapid eye movement sleep, and that is where our brain consolidates memories, things that we've learnt.
It also helps us to feel fresher in the morning, and it also helps to regulate our hunger hormones for the next day as well.
So you've got your, your light sleep, you've got your deep restorative sleep, and you also have your REM sleep.
Now, these are going through cycles throughout the night, and if you wake up in the middle of a deep sleep, you kinda know about it, because it's that sleep inertia.
You know when you wake up and you just feel really foggy and really groggy, and just like you, you c- you can't wake up.
So in an ideal world, we would wake up at the end of a sleep cycle and, ah, ready to start our day.
To begin with, we've got our light sleep, and that can be just, you know, as we're drifting off, and we can, we go into light sleep throughout the night as well.
The second part is that deep sleep, so that's the really deep restorative sleep, and that is where your body physically repairs itself.
Then we have our REM sleep, rapid eye movement sleep, and that is where our brain consolidates memories, things that we've learnt.
It also helps us to feel fresher in the morning, and it also helps to regulate our hunger hormones for the next day as well.
So you've got your, your light sleep, you've got your deep restorative sleep, and you also have your REM sleep.
Now, these are going through cycles throughout the night, and if you wake up in the middle of a deep sleep, you kinda know about it, because it's that sleep inertia.
You know when you wake up and you just feel really foggy and really groggy, and just like you, you c- you can't wake up.
So in an ideal world, we would wake up at the end of a sleep cycle and, ah, ready to start our day.
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