8 Lights For Relaxation and Creating a Calm Atmosphere
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By BlissLights
You never need an excuse to relax. Everyone craves time in a calm atmosphere free of work and other obligations – in fact, science has established relaxation as a human need (1). If you, like many people, struggle to find time and ways to relax, lights for relaxation might help.
When you don’t get enough relaxation, you can experience the following:
Some people can create a relaxing atmosphere just by closing their eyes and drifting away. If you’re not this kind of person, you might want to consider incorporating certain lights for relaxation – here’s how.
According to a 2017 study in the scientific journal PLOS ONE (9), blue lighting “accelerates the relaxation process after stress in comparison with conventional white lighting.” This study found that stressed people immersed in blue light relaxed three times as quickly as in white light. Blue light has shown additional promise for calming people outside clinical settings: Some cities have correlated the installation of blue public lights with lower crime or suicide rates (10).
Blue light baths can be especially helpful if work or creative tasks are your main stress source. A 2016 study in the scientific journal Sleep (11) found that blue light has an “alerting effect, and enhances performance on cognitive tasks.” When work or creative stress hits hard, try some gentle blue laser lights – for example, our BlissBulb – in your workspace to shake off your nerves and get in the zone.
You can also buy our BlissBulbs in green, a color also associated with relaxation. According to a 2016 study at the University of Oxford (12), green light promotes sleep – which is one of the key ways our bodies relax – since it causes an especially strong reaction with the sleep hormone melanopsin (13) (different from the well-known melatonin!).
Additionally, in a 2009 Canadian Medical Association Journal survey (14) of green light’s use in medical settings, many experts describe green light as soothing. Prominent hospital architects whom the study cited said that green is “fresh in appearance and slightly passive in quality” and ideal for “rest and contentment.”
Green isn’t the only color associated with relaxation. We mentioned earlier that red light is prominently associated with better sleep. A few possible reasons for this correlation exist, and one potential explanation relevant to relaxation purposes deals with light wavelength.
According to this theory, which the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (15) endorses, the eye’s sensitivity to light decreases as wavelength increases (16). Red light has the longest wavelength of all the basic colors, meaning it won’t stimulate you, so it may make relaxation easier to achieve.
At BlissLights, we make gorgeous, mood-setting laser lights in a number of varieties. Read on to learn more about other light types.
Wherever you’d use normal light bulbs, you can use laser light bulbs instead. Laser light bulbs easily fit into standard bulb sockets, but unlike standard bulbs, they project gentle patterns of softly colored blue, red, or green skies throughout your room. Our BlissBulb is a great example: Once you’ve set it up, you’ll enjoy delicate, colorful lighting that can help you drift away into that inner peace you seek.
If you’re lying peacefully in your blue soaked bedroom but want to relax in your living room instead, you can easily make this change with portable laser lights. When that urge to relocate strikes, just relocate your light too. For example, if you’re using a BlissLights StarPort Laser USB plugged into your laptop or mobile charger to relax, just take your device – and serenity – with you between rooms.
If you’re lying down and aiming to soothe your nerves, immersing yourself in lovely blue or green nighttime skies and nebulas can help you get there. With sky lights, you can project these stunning sights throughout your room, forget about your usual worries, and find yourself in a long-sought, much-needed state of relaxation. Our Sky Lite Laser Galaxy Projector projects starry skies throughout your space, with your long-sought calm potentially following.
As with sky lights, ambient lights immerse your room in cool blue hues. Unlike sky lights, ambient lights also generate green auroras that move throughout your room. To distract yourself from your worries, try keeping track of the aurora generated by our Ark Ambient Aurora Light as this green light travels – relaxation will follow.
We’ve mostly discussed blue light in the last few relaxation light examples, but let’s talk about red and green lights for a second. Yes, that includes outdoor Christmas lights, and you can safely move your outdoor Christmas projectors indoors for relaxation. However, since these lights often cover thousands of square feet of wall space, you might think they would give you light too strong for relaxation. That couldn’t be further from the truth.
For example, the BlissLights MINI laser projector projects a relaxing aura from a far corner of your bedroom or anywhere you’d normally put a desk lamp. Bringing the BlissLight MINI indoors with a projector stand douses your room in just the right amount of red or green light to calm those frazzled nerves and guide you to bliss – it’s in our name.
Your relaxed self is your best self. You’ll feel less stressed, concentrate better, make better decisions, and minimize your irritability when you find time to relax. Lights for relaxation from BlissLights can help you achieve that relaxation and move toward these desirable emotional states.
Whether you prefer the simplicity of a laser light bulb, the portability of a USB-powered laser light, or the novelty of sky and ambient lights, you can find the perfect lights for relaxation at our online shop. Browse the BlissLights laser lighting collection to set the stage for a more relaxing journey ahead of you.
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BlissLights has been a leader in the laser lighting industry since the company was founded in 2006. Our team of experienced engineers and technicians helped create award-winning special effect lighting for major theme parks before minaturizing our patented technology for home use. BlissLights is dedicated to laser safety and education, and is registered with the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH).