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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\nHow do your mornings look? The alarm blares, you reach for your phone, scroll through notifications, before reaching for your coffee. Then the chaos seeps in, and before you realise it, you are in the office, buried in tasks.Somewhere in that rush, you ignore one of the most powerful signals you need to start your day. Not your morning joe or your supplements, but natural light. You\u2019ve probably heard this a hundred times: getting the morning sun is important. But the reality is more urgent. If your sleep is tangled and your mornings feel like swimming through fog, the problem might be as simple as where you\u2019re standing when you first open your eyes.\u201cMorning light is arguably more important than your coffee,\u201d Mariana Figueiro, director of the Light and Health Research Center at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, told TIME.<\/p>\n The science behind this is pretty straightforward. Exposure to natural light early in the day trains your body to sleep better at night and also makes you alert when it is time to wake up. In a 2021 study published in the Journal of Affective Disorders<\/a>, researchers looked at 400,000 adults who spent more time outdoors during the day. These individuals had fewer insomnia symptoms, less tiredness, and no trouble getting up in the morning.Now here\u2019s the tricky part. Your body can\u2019t tell time by clocks; it reads time by light intensity. Indoor light, even in reasonably bright rooms, sits in the 100-to-500-lux range. Step outside on an overcast day and you\u2019re immediately in 5,000-to-10,000 lux. That difference isn\u2019t subtle. It\u2019s the difference between your body noticing morning has arrived and your body remaining convinced it is still the middle of the night. The gap between that and actual daylight is so enormous that your circadian clock simply doesn\u2019t register indoor lighting as \u2018morning\u2019 in any meaningful way. So stepping out into the sunlight can really help. \u201cYou\u2019re looking at orders of magnitude more light when you\u2019re outside,\u201d Jamie Zeitzer, a circadian physiologist and professor of psychiatry and behavioural sciences at Stanford University, adds.<\/p>\n We all know that morning light is good for our body, but it doesn\u2019t translate into action when you don\u2019t know the mechanics. Do you need direct sunlight, or does a window work? How much time matters? What if you live somewhere dark in winter?Getting sunlight from a window isn\u2019t really effective, according to Zeitzer, because it only gets you around 1,000 lux, which is a fraction of what\u2019s available outdoors. Light has an immediate effect, Figueiro says. It is \u201can alerting stimulus to the brain\u201d, which helps you feel more awake.Ideally, getting outside within an hour of waking is important. Fifteen minutes of sunlight exposure is the practical minimum required to trigger a response, though thirty minutes is more reliable, and an hour is ideal. You can simply go on a morning walk for 15\u201330 minutes, which will also improve your physical and mental wellbeing while you bask in the sunshine. \u201cYou get your exercise, you get your light, you\u2019re all set for the day,\u201d Figueiro adds.Consistency matters. Your clock responds to regular timing. It\u2019s not about hitting an exact time on your watch, but rather training your body to expect light at a predictable point in your wake cycle. Think of it as a ritual, like your morning coffee. Take your morning coffee with a side of sunshine. Walk in your yard as you sip coffee, or, if you have time, go for a walk in the neighbourhood. This simple ritual can do what even your expensive sleep gummies cannot. And the best part? It\u2019s absolutely free.<\/div>\n How do your mornings look? The alarm blares, you reach for your phone, scroll through notifications, before reaching for your coffee. 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