The 10-Minute Habit That Changes Your Sleep

Added: 2026-06-04

[00:00:00]in morning light, if you can get it, you're going to have melatonin that night and get to sleep 14 hours later.

[00:00:05]The phase of sleep where you actually have clear the beta amyloid and tau proteins that are accumulate in Alzheimer's and other dementias, as well as repair bone and repair muscle, um, which happens only during deep sleep.

[00:00:19]And that's why deep sleep is so important and you only get it in the first couple cycles of sleep, maybe the first third of sleep, and you only optimize it when you get adequate morning light to set your circadian rhythm. That's why that 10 minutes is so important in the morning. And you can do it from your doorway. You can do it from a fire escape where in New York City.

[00:00:38]You can do it from an open window. And yes, it does require extra effort to bundle up and look.