You know that feeling when you wake up on a summer morning and the sunlight is gleaming through your window? The day is brighter, your mind is clearer, and you can pretty much do anything. What about when the sun finally appears after a rainy day and you’re instantly filled with a sense of warmth and happiness? Why does this happen? Why …
Unhealthy Light May be the Reason Why Your Kids Aren’t Sleeping
Putting your kids to bed is a battle, to begin with, but ensuring that they’re actually sleeping after you’ve tucked them in, raises just another problem to face. Well, what if we told you there are some contributing factors to why your child won’t sleep (other than the fact they’re just a normal kid who shows bedtime resistance)? What if we …
Improve Your Focus at Work with Light
It‘s no secret that there are a number of factors can affect your focus at work: from loud office banter to the slight humming of a computer. However, even after addressing the most common distractions, you may still find that your productivity at work is not where it should be. This may be because you’ve completely ignored one of the most …
Concentration Hacks for Brain Fog
Ideally, when experiencing situations or strict deadlines, we have thought about working with hyperfocus for hours on end without ever losing concentration and doing our best work. Sadly, our brains are not programmed to work effectively that way because we cannot hold attention for a long period of time. Being highly productive, focused, and …
Improve Your Focus at Work With These 3 Types of Light
Workspaces are optimized in many ways to ensure hard work and efficiency are taking place within them. However, one aspect that employers and workers alike often neglect, is the lighting in an office or working environment. It is actually quite simple to improve your focus at work by selecting the proper types of lighting for your specific space. …
Tips for Good Sleep: It’s not About Counting Sheep
We have all heard how important sleep is to our everyday lives; our health, energy, mood, and patience are all affected by the quality of sleep we get. Not to mention there are various studies linking things like weight and memory to the quality of sleep as well . For these reasons and more, tips for good sleep can be a crucial component to …
Which Forms of Light Cause Long-Term Damage to Your Eyesight?
As humans, we are surrounded by light. Unfortunately, over time, certain types of light waves can be damaging to our eyes! With the naked eye, we can only detect lightwaves on the visible light spectrum, so it’s important to educate yourself on how to keep your eyes protected. As you might know from experience, ultraviolet light from the sun …
How the Benefits of Light Can Decrease Depression
Did you know: The light in your house could be the cause of your depression symptoms?Have you ever noticed yourself feeling a little bluer during the winter months? If so, you may have experienced Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), which is quite common in most people. SAD is a specific type of depression that is affected by the changing weather or …
4 Ways to Avoid Headaches in Your Home
Have you ever asked yourself ‘why do I have a headache’ when you’ve been in the house all day? It could be caused by external or internal factors including physical health deficiencies, bright light, loud noises, or allergens and strong odors. At Gallery of Lighting, we spend a lot of time in-store helping you choose the perfect lighting for your …
5 Tips to Improve Your Relationship With Light
What is your relationship with light? Does your brain first think of the sun radiating light and heat? How it naturally influences the details of how life comes to be? The role it plays in biology, impacting the life cycle? Or does your mind automatically go to a lightbulb that radiates artificial light 24 hours, if needed?Have you ever …