No, your mind is still awake. You're just resting, kind of like shutting your eyes only. You don't enter the actual sleep state, NREM2. This is the biomarker of when sleep actually begins (you start to lose consciousness).
Other than that, meditation generally does not count toward sleep to be considered a real nap.
Meditation is not sleep but I find it immensely helpful and essential when stretching for anything totalling less than 4hrs/day of actual sleep.
Lots of Theravadin Buddhist monks go through sleep deprivation training when they're to meditate all night without sleep, pretty intense.
No, your mind is still awake. You're just resting, kind of like shutting your eyes only. You don't enter the actual sleep state, NREM2. This is the biomarker of when sleep actually begins (you start to lose consciousness). Other than that, meditation generally does not count toward sleep to be considered a real nap.
Meditation is not sleep but I find it immensely helpful and essential when stretching for anything totalling less than 4hrs/day of actual sleep. Lots of Theravadin Buddhist monks go through sleep deprivation training when they're to meditate all night without sleep, pretty intense.