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Temperature-Minimum Light Timing
Time bright light exposure relative to your body temperature minimum to shift circadian phase. Light after the temperature minimum tends to advance the clock so you feel sleepy and wake earlier, while light before it tends to delay the clock so you sleep and wake later; the same timing logic can also be used with exercise and other cues to adjust jet lag or schedule shifts.
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“Here's the question you need to ask yourself. What is your typical wake-up time? If your typical wake-up time most days is 7 a.m., well, then your temperature minimum is 5 a.m.”
huberman · Essentials: Sleep Toolkit for Optimizing Sleep & Sleep-Wake Timing · Jun 11, 2026 · 30:29 · open ↗
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