When I lived in Sydney, where summer was scorching and air conditioning residential houses had practically non-existence, it was practically mandatory to block the dazzle of the warm sun by closing my curtains, blinds and windows.
Like many things, Tikokok has taken this nugget of good meanings and cut it into a sleep hack with a fancy new name – ‘method of caves’. The method of caves is essentially a word that describes your bedroom like a cave cool and dark, in which a little airflow enters from outside.
Where I live in the UK now, it can be hot, but for us it is rare that we recently fed a long run of uncomfortable warm nights. Therefore it is not really necessary to keep the blind and curtain closed.
But now, in the grip of a long -running heatwave that is wreaking havoc on my sleep, I decided to give ‘method of caves’, to see how much effect it could have. What happened here …
What is the method of caves?
If you have ever moved to a cave on a hot summer day, you must have seen that the drop of temperature is important – and that is what you are trying to simulate with the method of caves.
When the outside temperature is set to higher than the indoor temperature, it is time to close curtains, blinds and windows to create a cool shelter.
Therefore, when you can be wooed to open a window to catch a passing air when the temperature rises, you should do the opposite.
Close your bedroom window in the morning to catch the cold night air and keep your curtain closed throughout the day to prevent your room from cooking in the sun. Et Voila! It is good like a cave.
What happened when I tried the method of caves
I have quite high tolerance to sleep well in summer, but once it started impressing my children’s sleep, I knew that it’s time to act. Enter: Method of caves.
I tried the method of caves on a beautiful sunny day. But with a temperature set to hit 94 ° F (34 ° C) later that day, I decided not to open curtains. It was still felt relatively calm in our bedroom, so I closed the windows to trap in the air of that night.
Until you are out of the house, the most strange thing about the method of caves is slow light.
Despite the bright daylight outside, I was working from home, well, a cave of darkness. I turned on a lamp to attend a meeting, while my colleague was sitting in a sunshine background in T-shirts.
However, around lunch, when my house usually starts drying up, I still found calm and comfortable. The biggest impact was in my boys’ bedrooms while sleeping.
My own bedroom also felt more clearly colder than normal
They usually achieve the dazzle of the evening sun, which makes their room uncomfortable. This time? It looked quite cold and they were able to sleep quickly – the winner.
My own bedroom also felt more clearly colder than normal. While I usually like to sleep with the window wide open, I kept it closed, so I did not harass the cool heaven made by me. I normally slept quickly and slept through the night.
Will I try the method of caves again? 100% yes (I am still using it.)
How to cool your room with the method of caves
1. Close your bedroom window in the morning
It is easy to keep a room cool, which actively cools a room that becomes warm throughout the day.
If you are hoping that it is a hot day, close your windows in the morning and do not open your curtains or blinds.
Closing the morning windows keeps the morning cold air locked in your room and prevents hot air from entering from outside.
2. Take out the dazzle of the sun
Keep your curtain closed in the morning so that the dazzle of the sun can be converted to your bedroom into sauna.
Stopping the dazzle of the sun is an important step in the method of caves. However, if your curtains are thin or your blinds allow some sunshine, you will not get the same cooling effect.
If so, I would recommend taking a pair of blackout curtains in the Prime Day Sleep Deal. (This pair of my pick will be Portable blackout curtains that have 34% discount in Amazon,
3. Open windows when temperature falls
If you are lucky enough to leave the temperature after going under the sun, then you should open your bedroom window.
Opening your bedroom window allows the cold air to your bedroom – bliss. The temperature is not moving? I have some other tricks on my sleeve …
3 other hacks swear to cooler sleep this summer
1. Create your own aircrain
I am Blessed with air conditioning But there is a hack that I swear that (almost) gives the same cooling benefits.
Placing an ice pack in front of a fan means that the air rotating in the room is cold, which helps reduce room temperature.
2. Take a hot bath before bed
It’s very hot, you have worked sweat by walking stairs, you can’t wait to jump in a hot bath? It seems reverse, but taking a hot bath or shower can really help you cool down and fall asleep fast.
Before we sleep, our body temperature falls. When we get out of a hot bath or shower, our main temperature also cools down, indicating our brain and body that it is a shut-i time.
3. Switch to a top sheet from a dwet
Switch to breathing, cooling bed sheet is the first thing when I start rising.
But when the night temperature barely falls, I switch my duvat to a breathe top sheet completely. In this way you get the benefit of feeling sneeze but without any heat.
