By drinking coffee before taking a powernap, you'll sort of getting a double energizing effect, since the caffeine starts to kick in after your powernap comes to an end after 15-20 minutes. This is one for my personal toolbox, which already includes breathwork, mantra meditation, Reiki, yoga, and hypnosis with the use of a "Inner Mental Room", all good alternatives for getting rid of tiredness.

The phenomenon was first studied by British scientists at Loughborough University, looking into ways to combat driver sleepiness. After measuring the participants’ brainwaves whilst in a driving simulator, they found that the caffeine/nap combo worked better than either caffeine or napping on it’s own, cold air, or a break with no nap. The caffeine nap was most effective at improving driving performance, virtually eliminating the mid-afternoon drowsiness peak that the other groups exhibited.

Featured image: A cup of espresso. Photography by stylist Ginny Branch. Via One Chapter A Day.