It is a well established, much-ignored fact that a good night’s sleep is the answer to most of your nascent, underlying mental and physical health problems. But is merely sleeping 8 hours enough? Of course not. The quality of sleep is of vital importance including the part of how and when you wake up. 

More often than not, we tend to dismiss ‘sleep inertia’ as waking up on the wrong side of the bed aka feeling groggy and lethargic the whole day. Sleep inertia occurs when you wake up in the REM stage of your sleep cycle, which is acknowledged to be the deepest sleep an individual could be in. It is essential to wake up in the lightest stage of your sleep, in order to avoid sleep inertia completely. 8 hours of uninterrupted, sound sleep is what helps repair the wear and tears of our bodies. 

How does iBand+ work? 

The iBand+ is a non-invasive headband that is equipped to sense your brainwaves and head movements. Thanks to its smart auto-learning algorithm, It intelligently understands your sleeping pattern and cycle. Then, accordingly adjusts the music and volume as you fall asleep.  Thus making you fall asleep easily and wake naturally. The iBand+ makes clever use of soothing music, an age-old technique to guided forms of meditation, relaxation, and sleep therapy. The whole idea is to enable you to sleep better and not longer! 

The iBand+ comes with a high-fidelity, compact pair of speakers that go underneath your pillow with ease. The RGB LEDs on the headband plus the speakers work seamlessly together to deliver audio-visual stimuli, keeping in mind the comfort of the user: 

• The music played via the pillow speakers soothes the mind and induces sleep stages naturally. 
• Once you enter the deep stage from light, the music is slowly turned down and white noise is introduced to help deepen sleep. This masks any surrounding distraction and helps you achieve that desired optimal level of deep sleep. 
• The iBand+ elevates and prolongs the REM phase of your sleep cycle, thus automatically improving the quality of your deep sleep stage. 

Know More About Your Sleep!

The Sleep Foundation right states that ‘sleep duration is important, but it’s not the end-all, be-all. Sleep quality is another critical factor to consider, and it is closely connected with sleep continuity and avoiding sleep disruptions. Fragmented sleep marked by numerous awakenings can interfere with the ability to properly move through the sleep cycle, decreasing time spent in the most restorative stages of sleep’ 

When it comes to regulating sleeping patterns, knowledge is power. The more you are familiar with your sleeping patterns, irregularities and trends the better it is to rectify any anomalies that might just be causing mental and physical health issues. The iband+ helps you understand your sleep hygiene in an effective manner you can most ardently act upon. Right before you go to sleep, select your preferred audio from pre-loaded instrumental, nature, and water tones – all included n the iBand+ app! 

Electroencephalography (EEG) is an electrophysiological monitoring method to record the electrical activity of the brain. The iBand+ uses this very technology non-invasively of course, that senses your brainwaves and then adjusts the audio-visual cues to suit those very needs, simply put! It is also possible to view this data in real-time, even during sleep meditation. 

Learn more about your sleep the way you’ve probably never thought of before. A productive day starts with a great night’s sleep. Improved sleep greatly improves the quality of life. Invest in a sleeping aid high-tech that not just helps you sleep, but also elevates its quality to let you lead a balanced life. 

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Sleep Inertia and the traditional ‘alarm clock’ 

Sleep inertia is often described as the ‘heavy’ feeling that we often experience right after we wake up. Prolonged sleep inertia can often leave you feeling groggy the whole day, leading to hampering the quality of sleep and eventually,  life. 

Valley Sleep Centre opines “the majority of people who use a regular alarm clock often experience trouble waking up in the morning. Sleep Inertia often appears as the feeling of incomplete awakening and grogginess that reduces your ability to perform even simple tasks. Part of your body is actually still in a sleep state”

The Healthline observes that “That heavy feeling right after you wake up is called sleep inertia. You feel tired, maybe a little disoriented, and not quite fully ready to hit the ground running. It can affect anyone. Sleep inertia usually doesn’t last that long, but some people experience a version that lasts longer, known as prolonged sleep inertia” 

The National Centre For Biotechnology (NCBI) states that  “sleep inertia refers to the transitional state between sleep and wake, marked by impaired performance, reduced vigilance, and a desire to return to sleep” 

It is inferred that sleep inertia is caused due to the sudden awakening during the REM stage of sleep. It is of utmost importance to waking up at the most optimal level of your sleep cycle. So, what is the most optimal level of your sleep cycle for waking up and why is it important? 

Sleep Stages And The Best Time To Wake Up! 

Think about your sleep as the time of being under maintenance! As it has been made abundantly evident, a normal sleep cycle occurs in 3 broad stages. Namely, light sleep, deep sleep, and REM (Rapid Eye Movement) sleep. Ideally, our body passes through these stages several times during the course of the night. Waking up in the lightest stage of your sleep has proven to provide the best of the best ‘ wake up call’ 

A traditional alarm clock goes off at the time you set it without any or adequate knowledge about what stage of the sleep cycle you might be experiencing. Are we right or are we right? Consideration of what sleep stage you are in while being woken up is vital to fending off any chances of sleep inertia or ‘sleep intoxication’ Abrupt awakening during the REM stage of sleep leads to grogginess and the need to go back to bed and sleep more, irrespective of the amount of time you’ve slept in! Thus, making the traditional alarm clock quite redundant. Enter, iBand+,  with its one-of-a-kind smart alarm that helps you wake up not just effectively but also efficiently. 

The iBand+ featuring the Smart Alarm 

Considered as the most advanced feature of this EEG Brain Sensing Headband that wakes you up slowly, steadily with simulated sunlight, sounds at the most optimal period of your sleep cycle. Setting up the smart alarm is a mere two-step routine. Imagine, getting the best out of your sleeping time in nothing but two simple steps with the iBand+ App : 

• Setting up the alarm time – which is roughly the time you would want to wake up. 
• Setting up the smart wake window, which is a time frame of 15,20,30, or even 40 minutes before your alarm time. 

The iBand+ tracks your brain-waves and head movements throughout the night and is aware of what exact part of the sleep cycle you are in. It triggers the smart alarm at the optimal, light sleep period during the smart wake window. Brilliant stuff isn’t it? The AI-powered iBand+ functions in such a way, that it has entire knowledge about your sleep cycle. The iBand+ intelligently adjusts audio-visual signals to induce lucid dreaming, making you fall asleep easily and eventually paving the way to wake up naturally and fresh!

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Extensive research tells us that our body repairs its wear and tear on a daily basis while we are asleep and that an average adult needs 8-9 hours of undisturbed, sound sleep to function at an optimum level. 

That includes all the vital organs of the body including our very own skin. Need your skin to stop breaking out? Sleep at least 7-8 hours and see the results for yourselves. Want to rid yourselves of progressive acid refluxes and regular indigestion? Go to bed at a designated, reasonable hour every night and mark the difference in a week! Working out proving not as effective for weight-loss? Get that good night’s sleep every day of the week and expect great results coupled with balanced mental and physical health. 

The Sleep Foundation right states that ‘sleep duration is important, but it’s not the end-all, be-all. Sleep quality is another critical factor to consider, and it is closely connected with sleep continuity and avoiding sleep disruptions. Fragmented sleep marked by numerous awakenings can interfere with the ability to properly move through the sleep cycle6, decreasing time spent in the most restorative stages of sleep’ 

Our brain merely does not ‘shut down’ during sleep as per popular myths, but shifts in brain activity during sleep are believed to be part of why sleep is critical to effective thinking, memory, and even emotional processing. 

Waking up – the most important part of your sleep cycle! 

The optimal duration of a sleep cycle is divided into 3 stages – light sleep, deep sleep, and rapid eye movement. The body tends to pass between these stages a number of times during the tenure of our sleep cycle. Did you know waking up in the lightest stage of your sleep is the BEST time to wake up? If this does not occur, we tend to wake up on the ‘wrong side of the bed’ Irritability, lack of focus, fatigue is usually associated with waking up suddenly from a deep sleep. The solution to this is NOT setting an alarm on your smartphone, but rather relying on a sleep device like the iBand+ The problem with waking up to your phone’s alarm is that the device is not aware of the sleep stage you might just be in. 

That’s where the Smart Alarm feature of the iBand+ comes into play. This feature is one of the most advanced alarm features available in the market right now. This alarm wakes you up at a gradual speed with simulated sunlight and sounds at the most optimal hour of your sleep cycle, so you wake up as fresh as a daisy, devoid of any sort of groggy, sluggish feeling. 

Find the best way to go to sleep!

Did you know – sleeping to soothing music is one of the oldest sleep-inducing techniques known to mankind? Soothing, celestial music is also used for relaxation and achieving a meditative state of mind. The iBand+ comes with high fidelity compact and slim pillow speakers that go underneath your pillow.  The purpose of these speakers is to play soothing music that calms your mind and eventually puts you to sleep on a gradual note. Thanks to the iBand+’s smart auto-learning algorithm, it tracks your brainwaves,  head movement, and intelligently adjusts the volume of the music.  All this is happening, while you fall asleep! Brilliant, isn’t it? The iBand+ plays upon your sleep stages. As you enter from the light to the deep stage of your sleep, it then gently introduces white noise that cancels out any distractions ensuring a sound, able sleep that actually helps. Bid adieu to want ‘more sleep’ and make way for better sleep, which is exactly what we need to lead a healthy, wealthy life. 

Knowing  your sleep hygiene with the iBand+ 

Brainwaves

Electroencephalography (EEG) is an electrophysiological monitoring method to record the electrical activity of the brain. The iBand+ uses this very technology non-invasively of course, that senses your brainwaves and then adjusts the audio-visual cues to suit those very needs, simply put! It is also possible to view this data in real-time during sleep meditation. 

Brainwave entrainment is the ability of the brain to naturally synchronize brain waves with steady rhythmic external stimuli like light and sound. iBand+ sleep meditation with brainwave entrainment conditions your brain to associate these rhythmic audio-visual stimuli with your dreams. 

iBand+’s  Sleep Meditation feature with the brainwave entrainment technique is an excellent way to train your brain for lucid dreaming. This self-awareness in dreams is the key to lucid dreaming, and iBand+ is your perfect guide to achieve it!

Sleep insights 

Sleep information related to self is of utmost importance in order to identify problems with sleeping and eventually finding a way to act on them. The iBand+ presents this information on a daily basis and makes it extremely easy to interpret and act upon. 

Customizations 

When it comes to sleep optimization with the iBand+, customization of audio-visual cues is key. LED light patterns, colors can all be set according to the way you prefer!

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