Early morning sunlight exposure to your eyes has been shown to improve mood throughout the day and help us sleep later on that night.

It does this by setting your natural circadian rhythm, releasing cortisol in the morning to help you feel alert and helping promote deeper sleep that same night. Other positive benefits of focus, mood and metabolism have also been shown.

Ideally you want to do this close to waking so no later than 10am. On clear days 5-10 minutes of sun exposure to the eyes is enough to illicit the benefits, if overcast more like 20-30 minutes. Needs to be done without sunglasses (normal eye glasses fine) and do not look directly at the sun.

Why not give it a go especially as the mornings are getting lighter!