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New Year, New You Health, Fitness & Beauty


Promotional Content • Saturday 10th January 2026 The silent alarm, making all the noise


January is a month built on good intentions. We vow to eat better, sleep more, drink less and somehow ‘be- come morning people’. But for many, it all begins the same way, with a blaring alarm that catapults us into conscious- ness and straight into stress. Where peace turns into panic. However, peo- ple are now asking: does it have to be this way? One British start-up thinks not.


Morning Vibe, a small vibrating wrist alarm, is quietly (and somewhat ironi- cally) making noise among those look- ing for calmer mornings. T e idea feels perfectly timed for


the season of self-improvement. We’ve spent years perfecting sleep but rare- ly considered the moment we wake.


“T e human body wasn’t designed to be startled into consciousness,” the creators say. Rather than shocking the nervous system, Morning Vibe uses a silent vibration to nudge you into wakefulness — no noise, no panic, no partners grumbling beside you. T e device itself is elegantly simple.


T e strap is made from soft, adjustable silicone and looks more like a sleek fi t- ness band than a gadget. It delivers a subtle yet eff ective vibration when it’s time to rise. One hour of charging gives around a month of battery life, with no companion app or complex setup to slow you down, quietly ticking the box- es of modern design: simple, aff orda- ble, effi cient. T e appeal goes beyond conveni-


ence. Couples with diff erent schedules call it ‘the alarm that saved my mar- riage’. Shift workers and new parents use it to rise early without waking an- yone else. It’s also valued by those with hearing impairments and self-pro- claimed ‘heavy sleepers’ who say it’s the fi rst thing that actually works. At a time when wellness is obsessed


with sleep hygiene, Morning Vibe adds a new perspective: the quality of our wake-up matters just as much. It’s a clever, understated reminder that technology can make mornings not louder, but kinder. Morning Vibe sits neatly at the in-


tersection of practicality and mindful- ness, proof that sometimes, progress isn’t about adding more features but stripping things back. In a culture ob- sessed with noise, it’s refreshing to see technology embracing quiet. Start your day off buzzing.


The steep climb back


T ere’s a point in many people’s lives when small, everyday slip-ups begin stacking quietly on top of one anoth- er: the missed meals, rising stress, nights of broken sleep. For Manny Singh Tura, those gradual slips cre- ated a slope far steeper than he ever expected. Having lived with Crohn’s disease since he was 11 years old, he learned to push through dis- comfort. It wasn’t one moment but hundreds of little ones that left him vulnerable by his late twenties. T at slope reached its darkest


point one Christmas Day when Manny was rushed into emergency surgery. Surgeons removed a foot of his intestine and he woke with an il- eostomy bag. He was alive, but shak- en by how slowly the decline had crept up on him. Recovery forced him to look closely at the chain re- actions that had led him there.


As Manny rebuilt his health, he


became fascinated by how the mind and body responds not to dramatic overhauls, but to the small, daily choices that nudge a body towards balance or imbalance. T is reali- sation became the foundation of Fifth Ray, the British brand he later founded. Fifth Ray focuses on gen- tle, functional plant teas designed to accompany calmer routines and more mindful habits. Its


best-known blend, Cosmic


Hue, is crafted with natural botan- icals and intended to accompany people as they rebuild steady rit- uals. Fifth Ray invites customers to explore how simple, repeatable habits can help steer wellbeing back uphill. Manny’s journey from hospital


bed to wellness founder has reso- nated widely, encouraging people to examine their own small steps be- fore they gather momentum.


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