How to Feel Energized & Sleep Better With One Morning Activity | Dr. Andrew Huberman

So the sun is just peeking through the clouds or it's more dense cloud cover . You want to get about 10 minutes of sunlight exposure to your eyes early in the day and on days that are really densely overcast or maybe even a rainy , you're going to want to get as much as 20 or 30 minutes of sunlight exposure . Another key thing is do not forget about , just don't try and get this sunlight exposure through a windshield of a car or a window , whether or not it's tinted or otherwise , it takes far too long .

How to Feel Energized & Sleep Better With One Morning Activity | Dr. Andrew Huberman

But we can give some general guidelines in general on a clear day , meaning no cloud cover or minimal cloud cover . You want to get this sunlight exposure to your eyes for about five minutes or so . Could be three minutes , one day , could be seven minutes the next day , about five minutes on a day where there's cloud cover .

How to Feel Energized & Sleep Better With One Morning Activity | Dr. Andrew Huberman

Well , then I suppose , try and get near a window . That would be the last , last resort , but you really want to get outside to get the sunlight exposure .

How to Feel Energized & Sleep Better With One Morning Activity | Dr. Andrew Huberman

There's so many different wavelengths of light coming from the sun and they are bright enough that they will trigger the mechanisms that you want triggered at this early time of day . So try and get outside ideally within the first five minutes of waking or maybe it's 15 minutes , but certainly within the first hour after waking , I wanna share with you three critical things about this tool of morning sunlight viewing . First of all , this is not some wu biology thing .

How to Feel Energized & Sleep Better With One Morning Activity | Dr. Andrew Huberman

But then get outside once the sun is out on cloudy days , you especially need to get outside . I repeat on cloudy days , overcast days , you especially need to get outside and get sunlight . You just need to get more of it .