Have you ever thought about the stress you expose yourself every morning, when the alarm bell rings?
It’s proven, that your cells react with painful stress to the sudden ring sound.
Instead of a relaxed wake-up, your body is instantly set to alert.
Before today’s civilized life, the human body was intended to wake up with the sun. A sudden wake-up was only thought as a reaction to a hazard.
Waking up with the sun means slowly reducing the production of melatonin (the sleep-inducing hormone) and steadily increasing the production of cortisol (the energy-hormone). The result is a relaxed and smooth wake-up.
No shock, no stress, 5 years more to live.
3 weeks ago I discovered the Philips Wake-Up Light on Amazon. It smoothly wakes you up while simulating a sunrise next to your bed. Over 30 minutes, a natural light gradually increases to reach the optimal intensity to wake you up at a set time. You can set the lights maximum intensity to your own preference. After “sunrise”, birds start a gentle whistling until you’re completely up and running.
The wake-up light comes with:
After using the wake-up light for 3 weeks, I can say that it was worth the € 80.00 I spent on it. It changed the usual wake scenario completely. Waking up relaxed (during week) was a totally unknown feeling to me.
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