No matter how early you go to bed, it's always hard to get up in the morning.
Feeling refreshed and rejuvenated even after a full eight hours of sleep is often tricky, leaving many of us reaching for the coffee to perk up.
However, experts say a simple 10 minute exercise can make you feel like you've had an extra 44 minutes of sleep every day.
Researchers from Oregon State University claim that doing mindfulness - including breathing exercises - stops you from feeling exhausted.
The team completed two studies on busy entrepreneurs who were feeling tired but didn't have enough time to sleep.
They found that "mindfulness exercises provide avenues for entrepreneurs to combat exhaustion".
The research showed how sleep and mindfulness go hand-in-hand, with researchers concluding that "these two factors compensate for one another; as the usage of one increases, the efficacy of the other decreases."
Charles Munieks, the study's lead author, explained: "You can't replace sleep with mindfulness exercises, but they might help compensate and provide a degree of relief.
"As little as 70 minutes a week, or 10 minutes a day, of mindfulness practice may have the same benefits as an extra 44 minutes of sleep a night."
However the findings did also show that the exercises didn't help those who were getting enough sleep but feeling exhausted due to stress of work.
"If you're feeling stressed and not sleeping, you can compensate with mindfulness exercises to a point," added Munieks.
"But when you're not low on sleep, mindfulness doesn't improve those feelings of exhaustion."
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