Wool Wellbeing

The type of food that we eat can have a direct impact on our ability to relax and sleep well. It also affects the health of the 'good bacteria' that lives in our gut, which also play a role in regulating sleep as well as our overall wellbeing.. In our blog we explore the foods to avoid before bedtime and which foods can help boost relaxtion for achieving a more restful slumber.

Refreshing your bedroom can help you to create a better sleep environment - and Spring is the perfect time to make a start! In our blog we suggest five ways in which you can do this, including a change to bedding that's made with natural materials and exploring how aromatherapy can help you to relax before bedtime.

According to recent studies, up to 35% of adults experience of insomnia at some point in their lives. In our busy world, there are many reasons why we struggle to fall asleep - and stay asleep. In this blog, we identify common causes of insomnia and offer tips on how specific lifestyle tweaks can help to transform your sleep.

Daylight Saving Time - or British Summer Time as it is known in the UK - means that we put our clocks forward by one hour so that we can enjoy lighter, longer evenings. In our blog we discuss why this can interfere with our body clock for a while and suggest some lifestyle tips that can help to lessen the effect whilst our bodies adjust.

Dreams are a part of our sleep cycle but we don't always remember them. In our blog, we discuss what part of our brain controls dream memory and why we often quickly forget our dreams when we wake up. We also suggest ways in which you can boost your abiity to remember your dreams - and how changing your bedroom environment and bedding can help.

If you are constantly waking up with a blocked nose, itchy eyes or by coughing and sneezing, you might be dealing with an allergy. In our blog we discuss how some types of bedding can make your allergy worse and discover how switching to a wool duvet can help. You'll also discover what special properties wool has and why it is both hygeinic and hypoallergenic.

Have you ever wondered why our sleep patterns change as we get older? In our blog we discuss how our natural body clock changes during our life and the factors that can impact on it. Find out what these factors are and check out our tips on how to achieve better sleep.  You can also find out more in Dick's podcast, which is attached to this blog.

Sleepwalking occurs when someone partially wakes up during deep sleep but their brain isn't fully active. This means they can move around, or even carry out actions, without being consciously aware they are doing so. In our blog, we discuss what can trigger sleepwalking and give some lifestyle tips that can help to reduce it. 

Customers often ask us about TOG ratings and how these work for wool duvets. In our blog we discuss the unique properties of wool, why these make wool such a wonderful duvet filling and how it can help you to sleep better. We also explain why fixed TOG ratings do not apply to our wool duvets.

Caffeine can affect the quality of your sleep and this is because it is a stimulant and can affect your body's natural triggers for sleep. In our blog and podcast we explain how and why caffeine impacts our sleep - and also offer some tips on how we can make some lifestyle changes that will help us to improve our sleep naturally. 

Sleep research has discovered that certain colours are more calming when it comes to relaxing or sleeping in your bedroom. Read our blog to find out which are the best colours for sleep, and which colours are more likely to make you feel energised or more restless. We also briefly touch on the science of colour and how our eyes and brain work to translate light into colour.

With so many duvets out there to choose from, this blog discusses the different types and how a duvet filling can play a significant role in not only your comfort during sleep but also your health and the envrionment. Read more to discover the difference between synthetic, down and wool duvets and then watch Dick's podcast "What's really inside your duvet?"