My alarm is set for 6am three days a week in the ambitious hope that I'll make it to my 6:30am yoga class. In the winter, it's already dark at this hour, midnight, and the only reason I sometimes do vinyasa early in the morning is for the sunrise alarm function. Restoration of hatch 2. I plan to fill the room with gradually glowing light about 20 minutes before the sounds of the singing bowls begin. The light helps my brain wake up before me, and the subtle blows of the bowl seem to seep into my subconscious – I often wake up, almost without knowing why.
Indeed, there are many sunrise alarm clocks. Many of them are cheaper and do not have additional subscription requirements. But I love the Hatch app, which allows you to adjust the duration, colors, brightness, volume, ringtones, etc. of your morning alarm.
You can also set up morning meditations, movements, or inspiring talks to play after your alarm. They last a couple of minutes and are designed to help you transition from a horizontal position to an ambulatory position. Of course, if you're sharing a bed and the other person is still sleeping, playing motivational messages is rude. So I get more benefit from sleeping pills. Sound baths, ambient soundscapes, stories and guided meditations to help manage wakefulness and sleep overload.
A complete library of alarm and sleep sounds, plus access to all stories and music, costs $5 per month. Without this you will only get choice. I've been subscribing for over a year now because anything that gets me up and going to a damn early workout in the dark costs money. — Amy Skorheim, reporter