Page 2 - Wool Wellbeing

Most people think of wool as a winter material - but it’s one of nature’s best-kept secrets for staying cool at night. In this blog, we explore why wool duvets are ideal for summer, how they help regulate temperature naturally, and why thousands of our customers swear they’ll never go back to synthetic duvets again.

Devices and TVs are part of most people's lives but that last minute scrolling before bedtime will be affecting your ability to wind down for a good night's sleep. In our blog we discuss how 'blue light' affects melatonin production and our ability to fall asleep. We also suggest some tips and lifestyle tweaks on how to reduce the effects of screens on your sleep.

The Sleep Gap is the difference between how many hours you would like to sleep each night and the hours you actually sleep. Over time this adds up to a lot of sleep loss, which can impact on our wellbeing. In our blog we discuss the main causes for a Sleep Gap and what lifestyle tweaks we can do to help us to achieve a better quality of sleep.

It's only natural that you should want the best for your child...and that includes ensuring they get a good night's sleep. In our blog we explore why wool bedding is a natural and sustainable choice for your child and why LIttle Lana - our specially created children's bedding range - offers a range of benefits that help to create a perfect sleep environment for your little lamb.

Interrupted sleep cycles through waking up too hot or too cold impacts on our overall wellbeing. In our blog, we discuss how your choice of bedding impacts on your body's temperature regulation whilst you sleep and why bedding made from natural materials helps to achieve a good sleep environment throughout the night - and is also more sustainable.

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.