Morning Light and Better Sleep
Song Cato, a friend of mine in Taiwan, writes:
I was very surprised that the quality of my sleep greatly improved after I switched to waking up at 5:30 am and walking in the park soon after that. I started it about a month ago. The park is packed with people doing everything from tai chi to ballroom dancing. I used to go to bed at 1 or 2 am. and wake up between 7 and 8:30 am with a foggy head. Now sometimes I feel tired and go to sleep at 10 pm which has never happened in my life since I went to middle school.
She got the idea from me. I go outside around 7 am every morning and fall asleep between 11 pm and midnight.
More. She gets up at about 5:15 am and gets outside about 5:30. She stays outside for at least 2.5 hours, mostly in the park, where she walks, talks to vendors, shops a little, and does simple stretching exercises. Talking to vendors = very good!
March 25th, 2010 at 4:52 am
Hi seth, question on morning sunlight. I have to be to work before sunrise, but i can, if i choose work with the sun shining directly on me through a glass window in the morning. Do you think this would this give me the same benefit as direct sunlight outside, (it’s a standard house window, no special properties to it)
Thanks
August 24th, 2011 at 5:19 am
They key is to get up around sunrise while maintaining an adequate amount of sleep (I checked the charts and sunrise in Taipei in June is around 5 am). It has helped me immeasurably. I get a sense of overall well-being, and lack the foggy-headed tiredness that has dogged me like a black cloud over my head.