Sleep is an underrated and undervalued part of our natural existence. We all do it, but what amazing things happen to you when you experience sleep of the highest quality? Your body naturally re-charges. As you go about your regular daily activities, your body uses up energy, a bit like your smart phone battery. But, unlike your smartphone, you can’t plug your body into the mains electricity to recharge it. So, your body naturally recharges itself as you sleep and recharges fully when you sleep properly. This is why you have more energy after a good nights sleep. Your damaged cells rebuild. Your body naturally repairs damaged cells as you sleep. When you have wounds or ailments these hea
Every Sunday, The Telegraph newspaper includes a magazine supplement. Last Sunday their magazine included an article by journalist Rachel Matthews entitled ‘6 Buys for a Better Night’s Sleep’ in which Purley Pillow’s Bamboo Memory Foam pillow was featured. Bamboo and Memory Foam Pillow A bamboo fibre outer that keeps you cool and dry filled with shredded memory foam to contour to the shape of your head and neck. The 5 other products featured were: Lumie Bodyclock Active 250 A light emitting alarm clock that wakes you gently by gradually getting brighter. Jawbone UP3 A wristband that tracks what stage of the sleep cycle you’re in and records it on an App. Valeran & Hops Herbal Bath A liquid f
I have created a range of pillows that, once manufactured, I shall be wholesaling nationwide to retailers. Developing this range has meant sourcing materials from around the world. Last week I jumped on a plane and made a journey half way around the world to China. I visited a factory in Hangzhou. Here are 7 reasons why the trip was worthwhile. To Meet the People – I found the factory via the sourcing website Alibaba.com. Before the visit my only contact with the factory has been over the internet. Initially, via Alibaba’s own messaging facility, then via email and later on Skype and WeChat. The factory employs an English-speaking representative to communicate with prospective clients. My tr
