If shorter daylight hours are affecting your sense of well being, sound sleep, your productivity, or state of mind, you may want to consider light therapy (also known as phototherapy). Or, if you have been suffering from any type of depression, this may be a good option for you. You may not need medical drugs for it. Even those who simply experience less energy and enthusiasm during shorter/darker days find that light therapy helps noticeably.

This new light box has two blue lights and two full spectrum lights, providing the illumination to stimulate our brain and mind, as well as our physical body, its systems and cells. It is a God-send for us during the cooler, shorter days.

 

We turn this light on each morning, all four lights, and look at it while the tea is brewing. The alert, wide-awake shift to high expectations for the day is immediate and lasts for hours. We then turn off the blue lights for the rest of the day.

 

For afternoon sleepiness or inertia after lunch, try turning the blue lights on again for a bit. If you have to work past your usual bedtime and feel groggy, stand in front of the lights again for a few minutes or somewhere else in the room if the combination is too stimulating.

 

The light box is not quite the same experience as lying on a warm beach in Hawaii with bright sun beaming on your back, but it is the best substitute we have found! We bring it out every September and enjoy it until summer. 

This is the highest quality light therapy and full spectrum lighting in the world. The Blue-Lux is effective in 15 minutes a day instead of 1 to 2 hours sitting in front of it. This technology combines a specific wave length in the Blue Spectrum with high intensity to produce a faster and stronger response to light than other 10,000 lux and Full Spectrum Lights.

 

With most light therapy products, a person typically has to sit within 2 feet of the source for light therapy for a period of 30 minutes to 2 hours. With the new Blue-Lux technology, you only need to be somewhere in the room to benefit. You do not need to sit directly in front of it to receive the benefits.