Your body temperature while sleeping plays a crucial role in ensuring restful sleep. In fact, two popular reasons people don’t sleep well is they are too hot and too sweaty. At SAMINA, we understand this, which is why we offer bedding and materials designed to create the ideal warm sleep environment for a natural, restorative sleep.

Now that it is the winter season, the temperature will be dropping each day. The effects of cold weather on your sleep can disrupt sleep quality and affect your body’s sleep physiology. Combined with our sleep system and what you need to know about the effects of cold weather, we can provide you with the materials to keep a warm bed climate throughout the season.

Negative Effects of Cold Weather When You Sleep

  • One thing to consider during snowy weather or cool breezes is that it’s a time when the common cold thrives. Your immune system will be weaker in colder weather, giving conditions and viruses like the common cold and hypothermia room to infect a person’s body. Here are several other ways the cold can affect you:
  • With cold weather comes a drop in barometric pressure, which is the pressure exerted by the weight of the air in the Earth’s atmosphere. The result is sinus issues and migraines.
  • The REM (Rapid Eye Movement) stage of sleep is reduced, making it difficult for the brain to relax while you sleep. This causes difficulty concentrating throughout the day.
  • Secretion of stress hormones such as adrenaline will rise which will lead to a rise in stress and blood pressure.
  • Lung spasms can occur, making it difficult for people with asthma and allergies to breathe.
  • Cold air can negatively affect melatonin production. This means that your sleep cycle could be disrupted and sleep deprivation could occur.

The Effects of Cold on Sleep Quality

Cold temperatures can have a significant impact on sleep quality. As the weather cools, it becomes more difficult for the body to maintain a stable temperature throughout the night. While many people associate colder weather with cozy blankets and restful sleep, it can also disrupt sleep cycles, making it harder to achieve deep, restorative rest. Cold air can cause the body to expend more energy to stay warm, which may interfere with the natural relaxation processes needed for good sleep quality.

How Cold Weather Affects Your Sleep

When the temperature drops, the body responds by constricting blood vessels in an attempt to preserve heat. This can lead to discomfort and restlessness during sleep, causing frequent wake-ups throughout the night. Additionally, cold air can reduce the production of melatonin, a hormone that regulates the sleep-wake cycle.

This disruption can result in difficulty falling asleep and staying asleep, lowering sleep quality. Furthermore, cold environments can exacerbate respiratory issues, making it harder to breathe for individuals with asthma or allergies, adding another layer of challenge to restful sleep.

Ways to Improve Sleep Quality in Cold Weather

To combat the effects of cold on sleep quality, it’s important to create a warm and comfortable sleeping environment. One effective way to do this is by using bedding made from materials that help regulate temperature, such as wool. SAMINA’s wool comforters are an excellent choice, as they naturally balance warmth and moisture, promoting a cozy, dry sleep climate. By maintaining an optimal bed climate, you can avoid temperature fluctuations and experience improved sleep quality, even in colder weather.

By understanding how cold weather impacts your body’s ability to rest, and making adjustments to your sleep environment, you can enhance sleep quality and wake up feeling refreshed, no matter the season.

  • Pure Wool to Keep Your Body Warm

To secure a restful sleep in the cold, it’s important to consider what you’re sleeping on. Fortunately, SAMINA’s wool comforters, also known as duvets, can help provide comfort for a healthy sleep. Each duvet is filled by hand with pure sheep’s wool. The wool selected by SAMINA is from free-roaming, pesticide-free, living sheep that are sheared humanely and then the wool is entirely hand-processed into layers.

This increases the lanolin content in the wool, optimizing its performance, making it one of the best all-around fibers for any climate. The lanolin-rich wool used by SAMINA also enhances the warm, cozy bedding by its ability to absorb around 30% of its own weight in moisture which then evaporates into the surrounding air especially when used in SAMINA’s open air sleep system.

  • The Perfect Duvet for Icy Weather

When temperatures begin to drop during the Autumn season, SAMINA’s Spring/Autumn Duvetis thick and heavy enough to balance your body’s temperature. The additional filling of virgin sheep’s wool further helps keep your body cool while you sleep. And not only for the Fall, SAMINA has crafted duvets suited for each season of the year.

  • Bio-Ceramic Bedding

SAMINA’s Bio-Ceramic Natural Bedding combines 60% organic cotton and 40% bio-ceramic yarn. This special Bio-Ceramic natural fabric is wrapped around pure virgin sheep’s wool to create soft and supple mattress toppers, pillows, and duvets. As a result, this natural bedding helps balance heat and moisture during sleep. The bedding also could make a dry and cozy warm bed climate while also promoting detoxification, relaxation, and stress reduction on the body.

Stay Warm With SAMINA

With SAMINA’s natural bedding products and materials, a warm bed climate is created to promote healthy sleep and maximize comfort. Make sure to go on our website to search for your perfect SAMINA product today. Stay warm, stay in comfort, stay SAMINA healthy.