Light Up Alarm Clock

How can you reduce the amount of stress in your life?  Well many people believe that by trying to live a more natural life, we can alleviate some of the tension that many of us suffer from.  We can’t all go and live in a forest, surviving on nuts and berries, but one small way that we can be more natural is to use a light up alarm clock.  Instead of being blasted into consciousness by an irritating buzzer or loud music, which tend to trigger our ‘fight or flight’ response, a light up alarm clock simulates dawn light to bring you gently awake.

The simulated sunrise of a light up alarm clock is cleverly designed to bring you awake in a gradual and gentle way.  When you think about it, this is the way that humans are designed to awaken and having a loud noise alarm just makes our bodies fill up with adrenalin, because a loud noise usually signals danger.  If you wanted to invent a way to make people wake up feeling stressed and irritable, you would invent the buzz alarm!  If you want to wake up feeling calm and alert, then switch to a light up alarm clock.

There are many types of light up alarm clock available on the market and a number of them also have a feature which allows you to listen soothing natural sounds.  These could include sounds like:  ocean waves and seagulls, rain forest, mountain stream and songbirds. Some models of light up alarm clock end the progressive light period with a soothing chime sound, which signals that it’s time to get out of bed.  You get such a feeling of luxury with a light up alarm clock and people who start the day in a good mood are more likely to continue in a good frame of mind throughout the day.

Furthermore, you can use the natural sounds from your light up alarm clock to relax you off to sleep at night.  They are popular with people who suffer from insomnia and scientific studies have proved that the sounds of nature penetrate deep into our brains and produce a profound effect.

The light up alarm clock is a good example of the way that new technology can actually bring us closer to nature and benefit our health.  The digital recordings of chirping cicadas, a bubbling stream or the wind blowing through trees may be artificially produced, but they are crystal clear and can fool our brains into thinking that we are in a totally natural and relaxing environment.

If you live at a latitude that doesn’t get too much natural light in the winter, this may have the effect of making you sleep more deeply and you may struggle to feel totally awake in the mornings.  In these circumstances, a light up alarm clock is the perfect solution because it will give you the natural light that your body needs to signal the end of the sleep period.

In my opinion the light up alarm clock is a wonderful, natural way to begin the day and take the stress out of morning awakening! And, yes, I do use one myself!