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Originally Posted by Supple Cow
I never thought of doing that. When I visited Japan, I was in bed really early every night and I would wake up with the sunrise, orient myself for a minute, and then proceed to have the best 2-3 hours of sleep in my life before starting each day. My homestay family told me that "second sleep" is the most restful, but it never occurred to me to interrupt my sleeping time to have it if I was already going to get less than 8 hours. Maybe I'm not getting your meaning, especially since you didn't say what time you used to go to sleep.
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I never considered any mystical or otherwise significant aspect. Essentially, I discovered this tactic from two distinct experiences. The snooze concept, whereby you set your alarm a bit early (or fool with the correct time) so that you can enjoy a few minutes extra sleep, was always nice. But then one night I woke up and I thought the alarm had gone off and I was terribly disappointed that my sleep time had been so seemingly brief. I looked at the clock and it was still the middle of the night. So it dawned on me at that moment that I would be able to sleep for a few more hours! As my head hit the pillow it was one of the most pleasant experiences in my life.
So I duplicated it manually by means of a dual alarm system.
I was never awake, per se, during the brief interruption. It's only a semi-awareness, half-second of time to kill the first alarm. But I was able to achieve the same feeling as my head hit the pillow.
Ah ... man ... I love sleep.
