Sleep Resources, Tools

RESOURCES AND TOOLS

FOR BETTER SLEEP (AND THE RESULTING HEALTH EFFECTS)

Coordinate this with the actions and other items in The Sleep Checklist.

You spend 1/3 of your life sleeping, so... it is vital that you "perfect" this area for yourself! Vital, vital, vital, vital... If you don't give the body time to fully repair itself and to integrate emotions and experiences from the day, you will have consequences - big ones! Read two basic pieces (in the sidebar) on this, of course.

BLUE LIGHT For Waking Up And Blocking Blue Light For A Good Sleep

Wake up: Lots of "wake up" light. Sunlight, bright lights, blue light generators:

Verilux Happy Light (2500 lux) - 1/2 hour, follow instructions

Philips goLite - Can use for travel to reset your body clock! (I switch this on first thing when I sit down in the

morning, even if it is already daylight..)

Some people prefer 10,000 lux: Blue Lights

Sleep/Wake Up Light Music Alarm -

Philips Wake-Up Light With Colored Sunrise Simulation (Sits on a surface by itself, highest ratings)

Stop the blocking of melatonin

Blue light blocking lenses:

Fitover: Fitover With Driving Lens

Non-fitover: Uvex

Modifying blue light sources:

f.lux software to turn down your screen's blue during night time

Book: Great Sleep! Reduced Cancer!, Richard L. Hansler

SLEEP MONITORS

I use the Fitbit Flex for exercise monitoring, but it also monitors your sleep and movements. It projects to a computer, phones, tablets so you can have statistics and graphs.

ASSURING DARKNESS (critical to sleep and signals and hormones)

Blackout curtains

Sleep mask: For home: Sleep Master

For travel: Contoured Sleep Mask With Earplugs

REDUCE/ELIMINATE NOISE FACTOR

Ear Plugs

White noise for masking noises:

Use app for smartphones

Conair Sound Therapy

SLEEP INDUCTION/MEDITATION

Smartphone apps preferred

Have 3 or so meditation cds selected, be sure they end reasonably soon