They help you sleep better
They help you feel more energetic
They regulate your circadian rhythm (24-hour body clock)
They help to alleviate SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder) and the Winter
Blues
Clinical proof: Bodyclocks use your body's natural response to sunrise
and sunset to help synchronise your circadian rhythm (sleep/wake pattern).
Using the Bodyclock will help regulate your melatonin cycle to keep
levels high at night (making you sleepy) and low in the day (keeping
you alert). So you sleep better at night and feel more energetic during
the day.
One of the major causes of SAD is a circadian rythm
that's out of sync, which happens especially in the winter in northern
countries. The Bodyclock helps to get your sleep/wake pattern back in
sync. Clinical studies have shown dawn simulation to have a dramatic
effect in relieving the symptoms of SAD* as well as improving mood,
energy, productivity and ease of awakening.**
*Biol Psychiatry 2001Aug 1;50(3):205-16
**Acta Psychiatr Scand 1993 Jul; 88(1):67-71
Dawn simulation is a technique using a light that comes
on very slowly in the early morning to imitate a natural sunrise. The
key research is that our ‘body clocks’ respond to this stimulus
by speeding up and reinforcing the waking up process so that we have
more or less woken up before our eyes even open. It is important to
note that a light coming on quickly doesn’t have the same effect.
We suppose that the explanation goes back to when mankind was evolving
and our systems adapted so that our ancestors woke with the sunrise,
which their systems recognised as being a gradual increase of light.
Many people ask how our bodies know that the light is
on when we are still asleep? Try this… look out of your window,
now close your eyes and cover them with your hand. Take your hand away
but keep your eyes closed and see the change in darkness. This is how
that it happens when you want to wake in the morning, so, even when
your body is in a deep sleep, the light enters your eyes and therefore
registers a sun rise.
At night the Lumie bodyclock gradually fades into darkness,
giving your body the signal to wind down and so helping you to drift
off to sleep. It gives your brain a signal to start releasing Melatonin
and slowly wind down into a sleep.
An added bonus is because dawn simulation occurs whilst
you sleep, it takes no time out of your day therefore making it easy,
so, no excuses for not doing it!
Lumie Bodyclocks
Lumie bodyclocks became a real hit last year as more
and more people started to understand the benefits of waking naturally
with light. We believe that everyone should have one so that the snooze
alarm can be banished leaving you energized and refreshed in the morning.
For new users who are often anxious that it will not
wake them up, all three models include an audible alarm after the light
has reached full brightness, although most people find that they are
fully awake just in time to prevent the beeper sounding.
