Livlab Dodow User manual

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Reading this guide takes less
than 5 minutes and increases
your chances of falling asleep.

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THE PROBLEM. Today, there are natural solutions with very
positive results: therapies, sophrology, yoga, meditation.
However, these techniques have not been able to spread
widely given their high cost or time needed.
OUR SOLUTION. We took the best of these solutions to
design Dodow, the first light metronome that retrains
your brain to naturally fall asleep on its own again without
medication.
We are Livlab, a team of insomniacs,
designers and entrepreneurs, whose
mission is to improve your sleep.

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Getting started
Features
Inserting / changing bateries
Turning Dodow on
Brightness setings
Turning Dodow of
Using Dodow
Falling asleep with Dodow
Physiological mechanism
Additional exercises
FAQ
Warranty & disclaimer
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Index

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Getting
started

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Touchpad
LED
3 AAA LR
bateries
Lid
Features

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Inserting / changing batteries
Dodow's light flashes when the bateries are dead.
Open
Closed

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Turning Dodow on
You can choose between two breathing modes.
Here's how you can activate each of them:
20 MINUTE MODE. Touch the touchpad
twice. During the 8 minute mode, if you
want to run the 20 minute mode with-
out starting the exercise from scratch,
touch the touchpad twice as well.
8 MINUTE MODE.
Touch the touchpad once.

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Brightness settings
If the light projected onto the ceiling doesn't suit you,
you can always adjust the brightness setings. Please
first make sure Dodow is of.
ACTIVATE THE SETTINGS MODE. Press
down lightly on the touchpad with
your finger for 3 seconds so that the
LEDs light up. Please note that they
shouldn't be flashing.
CHOOSE BETWEEN THE 3 BRIGHTNESS
SETTINGS. Touch the touchpad to ro-
tate through the setings.
CONFIRM YOUR CHOICE. Press down
on the touchpad with your finger for 3
seconds until the LEDs turn of.
3 sec
3 sec

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Turning Dodow o
Dodow shuts down automatically
at the end of each exercice.
You can switch it of beforehand by
pressing on the touchpad with your
finger for 3 seconds.
3 sec

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Using Dodow

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Falling asleep with Dodow
1. STARTING OFF. Keep Dodow within reach
and activate the 8 or 20 minute mode.

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2. BREATHING. Focus on the blue light beam projected
onto the ceiling and gently synchronize your brea-
thing with the light:
Inhale when it expands.

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Exhale when it retracts.

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Breathe with your lower abdomen (abdominal brea-
thing). Remain passive and don't force yourself to
sleep: you are able to fall asleep on your own and Do-
dow only speeds up the process. To this end, gently
focus your atention on the lower part of your abdo-
men (below the navel) and try to feel the sensations
in this part of your body.

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3. FALLING ASLEEP. Sleep will come naturally during or shorlty
ater the exercice. Dodow will shut down automatically.

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Understanding how something works makes you beter
equipped to reap its benefits. Take 30 seconds to read
below or watch our video at mydodow.com/video.
Alert state Rest state
Physiological mechanism

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1. ALERT STATE. An imbalance in the autonomic nervous
system is responsible for most dificulties when fal-
ling asleep: when disturbed, neurotransmiters like
noradrenaline signal your brain to stay awake.
2. BREATHING. Dodow helps you restore the balance
of the autonomic nervous system thanks to slow
breathing. Following a slow and regular breathing (6
breaths per minute is the optimal rate) helps stimulate
the baroreflex: a physiological mechanism that allows
you to relax.
3. REST STATE. Ater 8 minutes you will be in the ‘rest and
digest’ state. Your metabolism will slow down, the se-
cretion of neurotransmiters will stop, and your body
will be completely relaxed, leaving you less receptive
to your thoughts and to the ambient noise. Sleep is
not far of...

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Additional exercises
FOCUSING ON YOUR LOWER ABDOMEN.
When you continually focus your atention on your lower
abdomen, blood flow to this area increases (there is
more blood flowing in this part of your body). The blood
supply to the brain then decreases, leading to slower
brain activity, and helping you to feel less agitated.
While synchronizing your breathing with Dodow's light,
gently focus on the lower part of your abdomen: try to
feel the sensations in this part of your body. This is how
you can order your atention: 50% synchronizing your
breathing with the light, 25% feeling the sensations in
your lower abdomen and 25% focusing on the remaining
sensations, those you are not in ability to control.