Daylight savings bonanza at Natura World

At Natura World, we celebrated daylight savings time – with gusto. On Twitter, Facebook, our blog – the conversation was hopping as you tweeted, chatted and congratulated us and each other. Now that’s a great big warm fuzzy on a cool spring day!

We could all use a nap

National Napping Day reminds us to nourish our bodies and protect our health by taking the down time we need. Let’s face it, we all need some shut-eye. Yet, according to the World Napping Association 34% of us feel guilty about taking a nap.

It’s time to start rethinking – and protecting our health with a little down time now and again. A good nap is a great tool for clearer thinking, better health and higher productivity!

• Insomnia & sleep deprivation costs companies $18 billion a year in lost productivity
• People who nap for at least 30 minutes at least 3 times per week lower their risk of death by heart attack by 37%
• NASA sleep researchers say that a nap of 26 minutes can boost performance by as much as 34%
• Statistics show the average person collects an annual sleep debt of 500 hours and sleep deprivation reduces our ability to learn new facts by about 40%.
• Thomas Edison, John F. Kennedy and Winston Churchill all napped daily – did they suffer from lost productivity? No way!

Natura tucks-in for a snooze

At Natura we celebrated National Napping Day by wearing our jammies to work – and by sharing the Natura love with our Facebook, Twitter and blog community. Every hour between noon and 9pm yesterday we gave away a 2-in-1 Blanket pillow. (It’s amazing how productive you can be in your bathrobe).

Blanket Pillow Extravaganza

12 am Shelley Johnson, facebook fan

1 pm @AuntieThesis aka Arlene Felix , twitter friend

2 pm Tom Homrich, blog reader

3 pm Suzanne Perkins-Gaye, facebook fan

4 pm @madly59 aka Arlene Joy,twitter friend

5 pm @annedoggett aka Anne Doggett, twitter friend

6 pm Jacqueline Griffin, facebook fan

7 pm Wendy Milner- Mathew, facebook fan

8 pm Scott Kent, blog reader

9 pm Carolyn Gonzales, facebook

Grand Prize Winner “and the Natura Serene Mattress goes to…”

What did we chat about the most? Winning the Natura Serene Mattress, of course. Delicious layers of Talalay latex paired with a natural-memory foam base, plush helpings of Natura Wool and natural cotton – it’s the stuff dreams are made of. And for one of you, it’s now a glorious reality. And that one, lucky, deserving, sleep hungry winner is…

“Congratulations, @Mom2Ways, Twitter Fan”

Thank you all for dreaming, snoozing and ‘sleep’ talking your day away with us in celebration of National Napping Day. It was a grand affair, thanks to your participation!

Are you accumulating a sleep debt? For more information to help you sleep better, visit our Healthy Sleep Center.

Searching for a community that cares about sleep, health and environmental ingenuity? You’ve found one! Join in the conversation and fun of our Facebook and Twitter communities. We’d love to say sweet dreams!