achieve the sleep of your dreams this Autumn with This Works
Dive into the complex world of sleep and discover how, with science-backed solutions and simple habits, you can prioritise better-quality nights.
While we know that good-quality, restorative sleep has tremendous benefits for our health and wellness, it can often remain just out of our grasp. Despite our best efforts, prioritising peaceful nights (and clocking enough hours in them!) can be difficult, especially with some of our modern-day lifestyle factors at play.
Over one-third of adults report difficulty with sleep -whether it is falling asleep, staying asleep, or waking too early. For many of us, there is room for improvement. This is why This Works has been pioneering research and formulating solutions to bring restful nights and dreams back within reach since 2004.
Restorative nights are not just a necessity for recharging the body; they are a time for dreaming and healing. It’s where we process emotions and memories, physically regenerate, and it forms the basis of what is termed 'lifestyle medicine'. This, along with four other pillars, involves adopting intentional habits that promote physical and mental well-being through daily practices.
Whether you have space to implement a big or small change, there are things we can all do to improve our nights. Your daytime choices, including how you move, unwind, and prepare for rest, all play a meaningful role in shaping your night. Small rituals build significant change – and you have more agency over your sleep than you might think.
This Autumn, This Works is determined to bring sound sleep and dreaming into reach by empowering you with the right solutions. By sharing our back-to-basics content, which breaks down Sleep Science, curated rituals, and real sleep journeys from people just like you, we’re bringing sleep back into focus.
Through pioneering sleep solutions and research on the Circadian Rhythm, we're sharing our expert knowledge on how you can clean up your sleep hygiene.
By incorporating these small habits into your day, you can enhance your Circadian hygiene, which can have a profound impact on your physical and mental well-being throughout the entire 24 hours - not just at bedtime. Discover the products, protocols, and science-backed sleep hacks to make dreaming a reality.
use deep sleep pillow spray for daytime rest.
Our iconic deep sleep pillow spray is not just for bedtime. Using it throughout the day can support your nervous system, helping regulate the parasympathetic response and reduce the impact of stress on the body. By calming the system during waking hours, you set the foundation for deeper, more restorative sleep at night.
light as a pathway to better sleep.
We know from our research on circadian rhythms that light has a profound connection with our sleep-wake hormones. In the evening, light wavelengths lengthen, signalling to the body to start producing the sleep hormone melatonin. Encouraging that gentle natural transition by taking 20 minutes outdoors and then switching off the overhead lights inside, or striking up a candle, will help the body and nervous system downregulate in a way that promotes sleep and calm.
smell and sleep are linked.
It's easy to forget that the sense of smell is a very primitive body system that's there to help us. With a direct connection to the limbic system in the brain, our sense of smell can trigger downregulation of the nervous system and significantly influence our predisposition to sleep.
We know, through extensive fMRI brain imaging studies, that our Functional Fragrances, used in our deep sleep bodycare, activate the part of the brain that connects with reward and calm. Applying deep sleep body whip or deep sleep beauty oil towards the end of the day sets up consistent scent cues that signal to the brain it's time to wind down and switch to sleep mode.
taking time for touch.
Small moments of self-care in the daytime could play more of a role in how you sleep than you think. Applying skin deep dry leg oil after the gym or at your desk opens a moment for 'positive touch' in your day, where touching the skin in a repetitive motion can foster feelings of calm and help co-regulate your nervous system.
sleep stories from our community
“I struggle to sleep, due to chronic leg pain following surgery. I wear prescription pain plasters on my leg, take medication which does have a 'positive' side effect in which it makes me sleepy, however sometimes I find it hard to switch off. I wash my face before bed, put some This Works deep sleep body whip on my shoulders and arms and then clean my teeth. I spray my pillow with This Works deep sleep pillow spray, which does help me relax while I read before turning the light off…Zzz” - Marion
“I have struggled with the elusiveness of sleep my entire life. This Works deep sleep pillow spray has cut down the time I spend tossing & turning before I fall asleep. I don't think I'll ever be asleep as soon as my head hits the pillow, but the pillow spray combined with the pulse point roller have certainly made a huge difference in my life - my night-time routine is far more restful now & no longer something to be dreaded. I've been using these products for years - since before Covid.” - Caron
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