So, we can actually have a lot of benefits in less than 20 minutes. You’ve already mentioned that a catnap can reduce the stress level. Can you explain us how?
"Vinci Power Nap – Sleep Café" corresponds to the discovery honored with the Nobel Prize in 2017. It's been scientifically proven that regular naps significantly reduce the cortisol level (stress hormone) in the organism, thus we feel better. A nap improves everyone’s health. The habit of an afternoon nap is related with i.a reduction of mortality from diabetes by 37% (Naska et al., 2007).
Some companies are introducing the concept of nap as an element of the work-life balance strategy. Can they serve as a new benefit for employees?
No wonder that more and more companies, also in Poland, are currently introducing naps as a new element of the work-life balance program. The researchers from Harvard estimate that sleepy employees bring losses to American companies at the amount of 63.2 million dollars annually. What’s more, when employees’ energetic resources aren’t managed well, productivity drops drastically – nearly by 520 man-hours.
Can catnaps bring some benefits to employers too?
From the company’s point of view, a 20 minute long nap improves productivity in using working time as well as the level of engagement. It's already been discovered by such companies like Google, Nike, Apple, Zappos or Cisco. They were the first enterprises that allowed their employees to take naps during breaks at work.
Who should mostly take a catnap?
The prototype of "Vinci Power Nap – Sleep Café" was launched in Wroclaw in 2017. This is the first such idea of health protection that exceeds the existing standards and bases on restoring the lost energy. This is a perfect tool for supporting decision makers, whose psychophysical condition determines the quality of their undertaken actions. The group includes: leaders, managers, surgeons, commanders, etc. It can help healing trauma, for instance, after a loss of relatives, PTSD and many others. People who take naps are less nervous and more cheerful as well as full of positive energy.
The name of the café includes the word "Vinci". Does it refer to Leonardo da Vinci?
"Vinci Power Nap – Sleep Café" takes care about health in the tradition of Leonardo da Vinci, that is healing all senses at the same time by eliminating distractions like different colors, loud sounds or uncomfortable sleeping positions forced by improper place; you can simply relax all your senses.
What people from the world of culture, science or politics are in the habit of taking a nap during a day?
The habit of taking a catnap was practiced not only by pilots but also by all figures who have changed the world like Leonardo Da Vinci, Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Napoleon Bonaparte, Winston Churchill or Nikola Tesla.
Let’s get back to "Vinci Power Nap – Sleep Café". Is it a place for everyone?
"Vinci Power Nap – Sleep Café" is a place for every person who feels burnt-out, tired or needs some sleep after a restless night. This is a place for both adults and children.