If you’ve ever had trouble waking up, you know very well how difficult it can be to get yourself going after a night of little sleep. Even if you do clock enough hours in the sheets, many people find it dreadfully hard to get out of bed in the morning.
There are many techniques that can help shake off the sleep eye, with some working better than others. One of the best ways of getting out of bed in the morning is actually with the use of a dawn simulator. These nifty little gadgets simulate the sunrise, by gradually lighting up your bedroom the way the sun would if you were sleeping outdoors. It seems like a bit of a sham, but its power is actually based on science. Waking to a dawn simulator will automatically stop the production of sleep hormones, like melatonin, and kick-start the wake up hormones, like cortisol. Studies even show that waking to light boosts your mood.
Dawn simulators work so well that even the members of the British Olympic swimming team have been supplied with them in order to help them wake for their 5 a.m. training sessions.
There are many types and brands of dawn simulators which can be found in several shops online. Some of the best are developed by Lumie, and run from about $100 – $175. This dawn simulator was featured by MSNBC: BlueMax Sunrise System