The Lokosana® Sleeping and Grounding Pad (“Lokosana”) was created by SAMINA to improve sleep quality by grounding the body. This grounding mat works through “earthing,” stabilizing the earth’s natural magnetic fields. See “What is Grounding?” for more information.
Lokosana is a key component of the SAMINA Sleep System but optional. It also can be used with other mattresses to improve sleep quality and your health.
Enhance Your Sleep with Lokosana’s Grounding Technology
The Lokosana grounding pad features SAMINA’s innovative and patented technology, designed to provide effective grounding for your body indoors as you sleep. Grounding, or “earthing,” typically requires direct contact with the Earth’s surface, but the Lokosana pad makes this possible even when you’re indoors. The pad works by connecting to the Earth through a cable that plugs into a standard grounded electrical outlet. This outlet is linked to the building’s wiring, which extends deep into the Earth, allowing the pad to simulate the natural grounding effect of being outdoors. Importantly, the system operates without electricity, guaranteeing safe and passive grounding throughout the night.
The grounding process allows your body to absorb the Earth’s gentle negative charge, which helps rebalance your bioelectrical system, ultimately leading to more restorative sleep. Studies have shown that grounding can produce significant health benefits. These include anti-inflammatory effects that help relieve muscle soreness, joint pain, and tension, as well as improved blood circulation. Additionally, grounding has been found to normalize cortisol levels, reducing stress and promoting a more relaxed state conducive to sleep. By reducing inflammation and stress, grounding may also help support the immune system and accelerate recovery from physical strain.
Grounding has proven particularly effective for those suffering from chronic pain or insomnia, as it enhances sleep quality by creating a deeper, more restful experience. The Lokosana pad offers an easy and convenient way to replicate the benefits of grounding indoors, making sure you can experience these positive effects every night, regardless of your environment.
Discover Distinct Advantages: What Makes Lokosana Truly Exceptional
The Lokosana® grounding pad by SAMINA comes with several distinct and unique advantages that set it apart as a premium choice for enhancing sleep quality through body grounding. Each of these features works together bring a more effective, comfortable, and safe grounding experience.
- Certified Medical Device: Lokosana is a certified medical device (CE) in accordance with strict EU standards, administered by Swissmedic. This certification highlights its proven ability to promote sleep and support the body’s natural regeneration processes, so users can trust in its effectiveness and safety.
- High Silver Content: Unlike many other grounding products that use less conductive materials such as carbon or low amounts of silver, Lokosana contains an impressive 46% silver in its metallic fabric. Silver is the most conductive metal, bringing a higher supply of health-enhancing free electrons, which are necessary for enhancing sleep, reducing inflammation, and supporting cellular regeneration.
- Indirect Contact Grounding: SAMINA’s design makes sure that no part of your body touches the silver threads. The indirect contact grounding method minimizes the risk of electrostatic shocks, a common issue with other grounding mats that rely on direct contact between your body and conductive materials.
- Protection Against Dirty Electricity: The adapter plug used with Lokosana includes an earth protector choke, which neutralizes erratic or “dirty electricity” that could otherwise disrupt the grounding process, guaranteeing a safer, more reliable grounding experience.
- Bio-Magnets: Swiss bio-magnets are integrated into the pad to replicate the Earth’s natural magnetic field, helping to reorient your body. These bio-magnets enhance the antioxidant effects of grounding, further supporting improved sleep and overall well-being.
These key features make Lokosana an exceptional solution for those seeking to prioritize safety, comfort, and efficiency in their sleep routine.
A Certified Medical Device with Swissmedic Approval
The Lokosana® sleeping and grounding mat by SAMINA is a certified medical device (CE) according to the EU standards established and administered by Swissmedic. It is specifically designed to enhance sleep quality and promote effective regeneration. Medical devices like Lokosana meet specific requirements for efficacy, safety, performance, and quality, making sure they can alleviate symptoms related to non-organic sleep disorders.
Oxidative stress, a common barrier to producing melatonin (the sleep hormone) and reducing cortisol (the stress hormone), is often a major factor contributing to insomnia and poor sleep. Lokosana is particularly beneficial for those who struggle to fall asleep, have difficulty staying asleep, or wake up too early without being able to return to sleep. The grounding pad has been shown to upgrade sleep by promoting the body’s natural ability to relax and recover.
Lokosana has demonstrated efficacy for the following ICD-10 coded indications:
1 A medical device is not medicine, but something intended to be used by and on humans for the purpose of alleviating symptoms, to treat disease or injuries, or otherwise to support health. Medical devices are designated with the letters CE indicating the product meets the requirements for efficacy, safety, performance, and quality. Certified medical devices are then monitored continuously to ensure these requirements are maintained once in use by the public.
2 Swissmedic, the Swiss Agency for Therapeutic Products, is the body responsible for monitoring medical devices and the system of compliance assessment and certification of medical devices for Switzerland and recognized throughout the European Union (EU). The certification process is overseen by Swissmedic which issues permits to test the device, conduct clinical trials (known as investigations in Europe), and then, importantly, owns the responsibility for after-market vigilance.
3 The ICD – 10 classification is the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems – 10th Revision, German Modification Version 2005.
Examining Lokosana’s Unique Features in More Detail: The Superior Conductivity of Silver
Metals like nickel and copper are known for their conductive properties, but silver stands out as the most conductive of all metals. With its lowest electrical resistance, silver guarantees the highest level of conductivity, which is why SAMINA chose to use highly conductive silver threads blended with organic cotton in the Lokosana grounding pad. The combination enhances the pad’s effectiveness in grounding your body during sleep.
Safe Sleeping with Silver’s Superior Conductivity
Silver’s exceptional ability to conduct electrical and electromagnetic fields makes it ideal for grounding. The silver-cotton fabric in Lokosana attracts radiofrequency (RF) and electromagnetic (EMF) fields, drawing them into the pad and away from your body. Since the human body is a poor conductor compared to silver, these fields naturally gravitate toward the superior conductor, making sure better protection from environmental radiation while you sleep.
Gentle and Even Grounding
Lokosana’s silver fabric brings a smooth and balanced grounding process. Unlike carbon-based products, which can cause uneven discharges, Lokosana’s silver threads gently dissipate accumulated electrical charges throughout the pad’s surface, preventing abrupt or jerky discharges. The consistent, even grounding delivers a more restful and effective experience.
Lokosana vs. Other Grounding Products
Unlike a carbon-based grounding mat, which often distribute electrical fields unevenly, the silver technology in Lokosana efficiently directs fields away from your body. This upgrades both the effectiveness and comfort of the grounding process, offering a superior, long-term solution for those seeking enhanced sleep and health benefits.
Enhancing Sleep Quality with the Lokosana® Grounding Pad and SAMINA Sleep System
Each Lokosana® grounding pad is carefully designed to serve one individual, respecting the unique bio-electric system of each person. The pad’s expansive surface area maintains optimal conductivity, making the grounding process as efficient as possible. For couples or those who share a bed, it is recommended that each individual uses their own grounding pad to maintain the effectiveness of the grounding process. Sharing a single pad may compromise the benefits, as each person’s bioelectric system operates differently and requires individual grounding.
When integrated into the SAMINA Sleep System, the Lokosana® grounding pad is placed between the natural rubber mattress and the sheep’s wool mattress topper. This precise positioning allows for maximum conductivity, as it helps the pad maintain close contact with the body while benefiting from the comfort of SAMINA’s high-quality natural materials.
For those using non-SAMINA mattresses, the Lokosana® grounding pad can be placed directly on top of the mattress, like a standard mattress pad. It is ideally used in combination with a SAMINA sheep’s wool topper for optimal comfort and conductivity.
Grounding during sleep helps restore the body’s natural electrical balance by aligning it with the Earth’s magnetic field. The alignment can improve sleep quality and overall well-being by supporting the body’s regenerative processes. The bio-magnets embedded in the Lokosana® pad stabilize distorted electromagnetic fields, particularly in urban areas, where environmental factors can disrupt the body’s natural rhythm.
SAMINA’S Grounding Technology
SAMINA’s innovative grounding technology is wrapped in organic cotton for added luxury, combined with layers of soft sheep’s wool to guarantee both comfort and functionality. The grounding process uses high-quality silver threads interwoven within the fabric to attract RF (radiofrequency) and EMF (electromagnetic field) signals, preventing them from affecting the body.
The pad is grounded via a plug that connects to your household’s electrical system, allowing the connection to the earth’s grounding system without the use of electricity. Innovations in SAMINA’s grounding system have addressed concerns about “dirty electricity” by incorporating a diode that assures current can only travel in one direction, thus preventing any possible shocks. There is no electric current running through the pad, only the grounding connection.
Bio-magnets embedded within the pad deliver additional benefits by simulating the Earth’s magnetic field, further enhancing sleep quality. The soft wool acts as a dielectric, so you feel comfortable while receiving the benefits of grounding without the need for direct contact with the silver threads.
Grounding is Harmless: Contraindications and Exclusions
There no evidence to suggest that the use of this device could be detrimental. In medical terminology, there are no concrete contraindications to this medical device. As grounding the body can positively impact all of its systems, it is advisable for individuals to monitor their drug dosages. By doing so, one can optimize the effects of medication and promote overall well-being. In particular, study results have shown that the long-term effect of body grounding during sleep can have a mild blood-thinning effect. Likewise, body grounding can enhance thyroid function and blood sugar regulation.
For patients with electromedical implants (e.g., pacemakers) there is a version available without bio-magnets (Lokosana™ Bio-Energy).
Lokosana’s Materials and Structure: A More Detailed Explanation
Dr. Günther Amann-Jennson, the founder of SAMINA, created Lokosana using an unconventional approach over 25 years ago. For better health benefits, he incorporated a thin layer of bio-active sheep’s wool, Swiss bio-magnets, a layer of fabric interwoven with pure silver threads, and encased these layers inside of pure organic cotton. It’s the high amount of silver in the composition of the pad that impacts the expense of this product.
Unlike other body grounding devices, Lokosana works through indirect contact with your body meaning you don’t touch the silver fabric inside of the pad. Our bodies are conductors of electricity, so to be in direct contact with metal could cause electrical shock, which has been reported with other grounding products. The indirect contact method is, therefore, much safer.
Claus Pummer inspecting fabrication of Lokosana Sleeping and Grounding pads. SAMINA headquarters, Frastanz, Austria – 2019
Cross-Section of Lokosana grounding pad with virgin sheep’s wool on bottom, silver-organic cotton fabric then more wool, all encased within organic cotton.
The sheep’s wool is unbelievably soft, keeping the pad from feeling stiff and providing a moisture pathway from your body.
The bio-magnets stabilize distorted electromagnetic fields especially common in urban living and help re-orient your body in alignment with the Earth’s magnetic bringing an antioxidant effect. The pad effectively has you sleeping in a head north – feet south position regardless of the position of your bed for optimal healthy sleep.
Lokosana is grounded with a plug that goes directly into a common household outlet. Recent innovations have improved this connector to remove any concerns about so-called “dirty electricity”.
When an outlet has 3 holes, it is likely grounded meaning that it goes through the electrical panel connected to a grounding rod that goes at least 8 feet below the ground. When you order a Lokosana sleeping and grounding pad, you will receive an electrical outlet tester to have your outlet grounded for safe use.
There is no electric current flowing between the grounding pad and the outlet. The pad works because of the connection with the grounding rod whose sole purpose is to dissipate static electricity like lightening. This is how your household appliances are protected and why they don’t shock you.
The plug has undergone a re-design to make sure of even safer use with Lokosana. There is now a diode on the cord which guarantees that current can only travel in one direction removing concerns about “dirty electricity” and there is now a universal adapter so that the pad may be used internationally by plugging in specific adapters by country.
Restoring our lost connection to Earth while sleeping at night is a passive way to improve health and wellbeing with proven studies to support that it supports higher sleep quality, helps people fall asleep faster, sleep deeper, and improve symptoms of some sleep disorders.
Lokosana™ Seat Cushion for Home and Office
Never before have human beings been exposed to so much electrosmog or electro-pollution and that is why SAMINA developed the Lokosana™ grounding cushion as a daytime complement to the Lokosana sleeping and grounding pad. Like the night-time version, the daytime seat cushion is made of pure silver, organic cotton, Bio-Magnets, and encased in a blue cotton cover. It is designed to be placed on the seat of your office chair and should remain always plugged in.
16 x 14 inches (40 x 35 cm)
The plug does not have any electric current; it is for grounding purposes only. Lokosana™ then becomes a better conductor of electricity than your body due to the high content of pure silver it contains. This helps protect you from the direct exposure of EMFs in your environment from common items such as:
- PC (personal computer)
- Cell phone
- Wireless phone
- Notebook or tablet
- Bluetooth devices
- WiFi networks
- Wireless printers
- Cell phone towers
- Power grids (Notably of more concern in the USA and Canada as many European countries have restrictions on proximity of power grids to residential areas)
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