Alarm Clock Anarchy and the Best Natural Alarm Clocks

Most people would agree that there are not many sounds which are as dreaded as that of the alarm clock in the morning. The irritating tones have been specially selected by product designers to push our buttons in the worst possible way.

You’re in a deep sleep, relaxed, warm and comfortable when a loud, incessant buzzing, beeping or ringing suddenly jolts you out of dreamland and into the cold world of “time to get up”.

Another issue for many alarm clock users is that of becoming used to the tone of the clock…so you actually cease to be woken by it and find that even though it is going off on time, it’s not rousing you at all.

There are many tricks employed by people who find it difficult to get out of bed in the morning including buying an old fashioned, metal alarm clock and setting it on a tin tray to create the most noise possible as well as the old trick of placing the clock out of reach so that it is impossible to just lean over and hit snooze. But once you’ve become used to the sound, the only thing to do is to choose a new tone or buy a new clock.

If you’re looking for a more pleasant but equally effective way to wake up in the morning, then you could try music…it’s a good idea to set your clock to play pleasant music in the morning rather than to ring or buzz but while this is effective it’s still not completely reliable.

Is there an alternative to an alarm clock?

Before we lived in a 24- hour society we relied on our natural body clock to tell us when to sleep and when to rise. Unfortunately we have over-ridden our bodies natural ability so many times that we no longer trust our body, or ourselves to listen to it

Some people are able to control their “inner alarm clock” and wake up at exactly the same time every day without ever sleeping in…but how do they achieve this? One of the most reliable ways to set your inner alarm clock is to simply keep a very regular bedtime and wake up time. Go to bed at the same time every night…not too early and not too late…and then wake up with your alarm clock at exactly the same time in the morning. After a week of this you should in theory be able to wake up without the alarm clock’s help.

To test it out, set your alarm clock to wake you five minutes later and you should find that you wake up just before the actual alarm goes off. This is a reliable method of waking up as long as you do not vary your bedtimes!

Natural alarm clocks

Natural alarm clocks are a great way to take on the morning with a more relaxed attitude! Many natural alarm clocks have sophisticated settings which will gradually increase the light in your room…mimicking the sunrise and allowing you to sense the light changing which will in turn, gradually cause you to awaken. They are also available with sounds such as a dawn chorus of birds or water which will bring you to your senses in a pleasant style rather than the shocking and disturbing tones of mechanical ringing or buzzing! Take control of your awakenings and start your day in a less stressed fashion…whatever method you decide to try, anything’s got to be better than throwing the alarm clock at the wall!

To help you choose a natural alarm clock see the best six below

	Philips HF3520 Wake-Up Light With Colored Sunrise Simulation, White	Philips Hf3470 Wake-up Light, White	Philips Hf3485 Wake-up Light Plus, White	Philips HF3510 Wake-Up Light, White	BioBrite Sunrise Clock Radio, Platinum	Verilux VA04BB Rise and Shine Natural Sleep System, Graphite
	Philips HF3520 Wake-Up Light With Colored Sunrise Simulation, White	Philips Hf3470 Wake-up Light, White	Philips Hf3485 Wake-up Light Plus, White	Philips HF3510 Wake-Up Light, White	BioBrite Sunrise Clock Radio, Platinum	Verilux VA04BB Rise and Shine Natural Sleep System, Graphite
PRICE	$139.99	$99.99	$499.00	$139.99	$119.99	$249.95
SOUNDS	✔ 5	✔ 2 NATURAL 1 BEEP	✔ 4 NATURAL OWN MUSIC VIA USB	✔ 3 NATURAL	✔	✔ UNLIMITED COMBINATIONS.
DIMMER	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
SNOOZE CONTROL	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
RADIO	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
POSITIVES	TOUCH ANYWHERE ON LIGHT TO SNOOZE FOR 9 MINUTES	OFFICIAL NSF PRODUCT.BEAUTIFUL LIGHTING	CAN BE USED AS LAMP. FREE DOWNLOADABLE NATURE SOUNDS. ADJUSTABLE LIGHT SETTINGS. TAP ANYWHERE SNOOZE FUNCTION.	STAND ALONE LAMP	SECURITY FEATURE OF RANDOM EVENING LIGHTING. BACK-UP ALARM. DISPLAYS THE DATE	UNIQUE RETRO LOOK. CAN PLUG IN MP3.
NEGATIVES	FM ONLY	FM ONLY	FM ONLY.	FM ONLY. NOT AS POLISHED AS OTHER MODELS. TOO MANY BUTTONS	FM ONLY. QUITE A BIG MODEL	BIGGER THAN SOME EXPECT- CHECK DIMENSIONS BEFORE ORDERING.