Are you among the 50 to 70 million Americans who suffer from sleep disorders or have something called sleep debt; the cumulative effect of not getting enough sleep? Or, perhaps you are one of the 30 percent of adults who experience symptoms of insomnia as reported by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Either way, inadequate sleep and wrestling with nightly insomnia leads to a variety of unwanted health issues and can lead to dangerous situations.
According to the American Sleep Apnea Association, ‘Sleepiness affects vigilance, reaction times, learning abilities, alertness, mood, hand-eye coordination, and the accuracy of short-term memory. Sleepiness has been identified as the cause of a growing number of on-the-job accidents, automobile crashes, and multi-model transportation tragedies.’
As you can see, not getting enough Zzzzz’s doesn’t just affect productivity and well-being, but reduced quality and lack of sleep can be detrimental to health and potentially harm others. But what about the materials you sleep on? What are the health effects and are you even aware of the potential dangers of the fabrics you’re sleeping on?
Conventional Bedding Chemicals Are Harming Your Health
The nonprofit organization, Made Safe, has created the Detox Your Sleep report and compiled a list of the hazardous ingredients found in conventional mattresses, pillows, and bedding by detailing the accompanying health hazards associated with each material or chemical.
Foam: Most, if not all, of the ingredients used in making the polyurethane foam in mattresses, are petroleum products derived from fossil fuels. Foam has been found to contain:
- Flame retardants: linked to endocrine disruption, lower IQ, hyperactivity, altered sexual development, fertility issues, thyroid dysfunction, and cancer.
- Isocyanates: linked to asthma attacks, irritation to mucous membranes, skin inflammation, chemical sensitization, respiratory disease, and cancer.
- Volatile organic compounds (VOCs), including a poisonous gas originally used as a chemical weapon in WWI that was responsible for the majority of deaths.
- Methylene chloride (urethane grade): can cause skin and eye irritation and is readily absorbed through the lungs.
- Acetone: skin and eye irritant; linked to respiratory tract irritation, dizziness and weakness in workers.
Polyester: Used as ticking, this is the same material used for soda bottles, chemicals in which are linked to cancer and hormone disruption.
Adhesives: These are mostly kept secret as proprietary information, but one commonly-used chemical, nPB, is linked to irritation of the eyes and respiratory tract; neurological effects like dizziness, confusion, and headaches; and cancer
Sheets: Especially cotton, those labeled “wrinkle-free,” “no wrinkle,” “no iron,” and other terms can contain a formaldehyde finish. Formaldehyde is a known carcinogen.
Synthetic Pillows can be made with flame retardant chemicals, phthalates or alternative plasticizers.
Mattress Toppers & Pads: Antibacterial and antimicrobial compounds can be added to bedding, including sheets, mattress pads, and mattress toppers, including triclosan, a known endocrine-disrupting chemical.
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Meet the SAMINA Sleep System
Unlike conventional bedding that can be loaded with toxic chemicals (see above), SAMINA creates a whole-body bedding system approach with luxurious sleep products that are in their most natural form. In fact, the Made Safe certification seal offers a Sleep Safe Fact Sheet: Tips for Choosing a Safer Mattress and SAMINA products avoid these three chemicals of concern: VOC’s, flame retardants, and isocyanates – among many others. In fact, the entire line of Samina bedding solutions is hypoallergenic, non-toxic and metal-free. This SAMINA Sleep System includes:
- A climate-regulating wool pad topper
- A supplementary Lokosana® grounding pad
- A latex mattress
- An orthopedic flexible slat frame
Did You Know? The SAMINA Pillow outside case is filled with Merino wool from Sheep species called “Merino,” and is hand washed with organic soap. With this time-consuming process, SAMINA retains the highest amount of lanolin – also known as “wool fat;” bugs + dust mites hate the smell of it. The wool can absorb up to 30 percent of its own weight in moisture which leaves no moisture and no nourishment for all these little unwanted critters.
Dare to Dream
We spend one-third of our lives sleeping. Did you know that by the age of 75, you’ll have spent about 25 years in bed? SAMINA understands this and believes every minute in bed should count.
The SAMINA Sleep System is the cutting edge of modern sleep technology. When other companies proclaim they’ve been making the same mattresses the same way for many, many years, we have to wonder “Why”? Today, we know so much more about sleep and our biological, physiological and psychological needs for truly healthy sleep. Old forms predated the basics of our modern understanding of sleep science and components like metal springs make no sense. SAMINA offers the only truly eco-friendly mattress that will transform your sleep. A good night’s sleep is proven to upgrade your wellbeing, offering endless health benefits. Reset your body systems with SAMINA Sleep and enjoy relief from:
- Back Pain
- Sweating
- Detoxification
- Asthma & Allergies
- Sleepless Nights
- Tossing and Turning
- Snoring
- Grounding
- Adjustable for Comfort
- Eco-Friendly, sustainable materials
- Animal-Friendly
- Hypo-allergenic
- Spinal Support
- Breathable, open-air system
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SAMINA Uses the Purest, Natural Materials for All of Its Healthy Sleep Products
- Humanely raised, free-roaming sheep in the mountains of Austria and Germany produce rich, unpolluted wool.
- SAMINA mattresses are lightweight and durable, made from 100% natural talalay rubber (organic latex). Latex has natural antibacterial properties for a perfectly healthy sleep.
- Natural processing, using only wool from the top side of the sheep ensures cleaner, sun-drenched wool.
- No harsh detergents or chemicals are used in processing to preserve the natural fibers and, very importantly, the lanolin (or sheep’s wool fat).
- No silent off-gassing chemicals – only purely natural and organic materials.
- 100% organic cotton covers encase the wool and that is all there is in SAMINA’s duvets.
Why are Natural Materials Important for Sleep?
- Lanolin gives wool the perfect features for sleep, moisture-wicking and temperature control. No one wants to sleep or can sleep well hot and sweaty or freezing beneath the sheets.
- Wool fibers are hollow and cork-screw shaped. They can hold up to 30% of their weight in moisture which is why you sleep drier.
- We recommend covering the SAMINA duvet in an organic cotton, machine-washable duvet cover for ideal comfort and easy cleaning.
Optimal Back Support
When we first met husband/wife team, Claus and Denise Pummer, who head the North American arm of SAMINA, we were jumping for joy! No, really. We got to see and test the SAMINA Sleep System out ourselves. When Claus encouraged us to literally jump on the patented, the double-sided, free-floating SAMINA slat frame, we thought he was joking. But Claus insisted the slats wouldn’t break. So, we channeled out inner-two-year-old and jumped. Much to our surprise, the slat frame held up. Let’s just say, if it can do that, we’re confident in what it can do for nightly back support.
To ensure optimal recovery of the back, the spine and the muscles, the ideal sleeping base should support the body just as if it was standing up. The SAMINA healthy sleep concept fulfills this criterion perfectly. The slat frame supports and relieves the body and thus ensures constant pressure between the sleeper and the base.
We Couldn’t Have Said it Better Ourselves
The rave reviews of happy backs and rested customers speak for themselves, but you can read more SAMINA praise HERE.
“For years I searched for the greatest bed on earth…After years of chronic pain, and annual or bi-annual bed replacement (I kept buying organic futons, which I know consider short-lived and disposable), I was getting tired of…well…feeling tired. I finally went for it. SAMINA is the healthiest bed on earth.” -Daniel Vitalis, Host, entrepreneur & writer
A Luxury Holistic Sleep System with Grounding “Barefoot” Technology
The holistic and metal-free design has been proven to remedy back pain, relieve symptoms from allergies and other breathing ailments, and to improve deep sleep for optimal benefits. Sleeping inclined with the head slightly above feet can also transform the body’s natural systems improving blood pressure regulation and aiding in brain detoxification. This eco-friendly product is also designed to include a grounding pad to re-align the body, protect from EMF frequencies, and increase oxygenation. The SAMINA Sleep System experience allows for your body to get back in touch with its natural rhythm. This eco-friendly mattress system also includes grounding properties to realign the body and protect from EMF frequencies with the addition of the supplementary grounding pad.
EMFs are wireless energy waves that surround electronic devices. Specifically, these are artificial EMFs since they’re created by human technology. Hopefully, now that you know what EMFs are and their effects, you can apply this knowledge to keep your bedroom radiation-free.
Lokosana Grounding Technology
The basic idea of the Lokosana Grounding pad is to improve the quality of sleep through grounding (AKA “earthing”) and the desired stabilization of natural magnetic fields.
•It’s no secret that when you’re in nature, especially barefoot, you feel great because you’re physically connected to the earth—grounded!
•Scientific studies about grounding demonstrate that when we ground ourselves, free electrons in our body flow more freely. Thus, we can use a connection to the electromagnetic earth which most of us are missing in our modern lives for a better and deeper sleep.
•Grounding helps neutralize free radicals in the body to aid in combatting inflammatory factors like stress, infection and injury.
•People who sleep grounded experience better circulation, less pain (inflammation), and awaken feeling refreshed and with more energy!
•The Lokosana® grounding pad is a revolutionary way for you to have the “barefoot in nature effect,” giving you healthy, restful sleep night after night.
•The high content and quality of silver embedded with the organic cotton and large surface area coverage of the Lokosana Grounding Pad is what makes it so effective.
As human beings, we are bioelectrical organisms living on an electrical planet. Most people feel comfortable in the great outdoors especially when they are barefoot and that’s because they have direct contact with the earth – they are physically grounded. The Lokosana® grounding pad is a revolutionary way for you to have a healthy, restful sleep. With Lokosana, you can have the “barefoot in nature effect” throughout the night. As part of the SAMINA healthy sleep system, you would place the grounding pad on top of the natural latex mattress and then layer the wool pad topper on top of it.
Organic Mattress & A Full Line of Luxury Sleep Products
The SAMINA Sleep System is recommended for optimal sleep, support, comfort and health. SAMINA offers a full suite of luxury products to enhance and upgrade your nightly slumber including:
1. Organic Bed Frames – Metal-free, natural and sustainable. The SAMINA bed frames are constructed from 100% natural materials like solid hardwoods (not formaldehyde-drenched particle board) and organic oil finishes (not synthetic varnishes or paints with harsh chemical off-gassing). The Pummer Inclined Adjustable Bed Frame is one of the more popular. Constructed from FSC-certified hardwoods in Canada.
Did You Know? Metal has proven harmful in your bed because it can behave like antennae attracting non-native electromagnetic fields (EMF’s) towards your body and interrupt your natural Circadian sleep rhythm.
2. Pillows – Eco-friendly, organic and animal-friendly for full head and neck support. The SAMINA pillows utilize Bio-Ceramic® Organic sheep’s wool from German sheep roaming in the pesticide-free outdoors of the Austrian alpine area.
3. Nursing Pillows – Using hypoallergenic, eco-friendly and raw materials. The SAMINA Nursing and Positioning Pillow is made from two simple unpolluted raw materials: virgin sheep’s wool and organic cotton.
4. Duvets – Using sheep’s wool, the SAMINA duvets are animal-friendly and provide restful sleep. Choose the best one based on your location or the season.
Did You Know? Because wool has the ability to absorb up to 30% of its own weight in moisture, it’s an ideal material for bedding. The moisture-wicking properties of wool ensure you do not sleep sweaty and the hollow fibers help keep an even temperature under the covers and the open-air design allows the moisture wicked away to simply evaporate, keeping your bed a warm and dry, cozy place.
5. Lokosana Grounding Pad – As humans, we are electromagnetic. Positive free-flowing electrons in our bodies have been linked to inflammation, aging, and other chronic conditions. It especially interferes with our natural sleep rhythms. Grounding your body at night while sleeping, the body is restored to its normal electrical state. The Lokosana Grounding Pad offers a natural way to improve quality of sleep through earthing and the stabilization of natural magnetic fields to restore the natural, balanced electrical state of your body while sleeping.
Did You Know? The organic mattresses and other SAMINA healthy sleep products were designed to improve the quality of peoples’ lives with the intent to achieve better sleep and living healthier, fitter, and more successful lives. -Dr. Günther W. Amann-Jennson, SAMINA founder, sleep psychologist and health expert
Great news! We’re offering you a chance to win the GRAND PRIZE: Your choice of a luxurious queen or king-size Midsummer Night’s Dream duvet! Total Value: $1,400.00 – $1,680.00!! Click below to enter (and share with a friend or loved one who could benefit from slumbering safely). Sweepstakes open to residents of the United States and Canada age 18 or over. Ends 9/17/19.
A Healthy Sleep Concierge
Located in sunny California, the SAMINA North America team are passionate and knowledgeable sleep enthusiasts. They and their team of SAMINA Sleep Concierges are available to assist you with hands-on service to assure you and your sleeping partner, when applicable, have the right system for your respective physical needs and specific sleep concerns and answer any question you have about the SAMINA Sleep System and line of products. You can reach them via email at info@saminasleep.com or call them toll-free at 1.877.494.1091. They invite you to visit and try out the bed yourself cuz, well – sleeping is believing!
One Mission: Healthy Sleep
With payment options and financing available, it’s time to kick the chemicals, trash the toxins and give yourself and your loved ones the gift of health in the form of organic, non-toxic and natural bedding. The time is now to be your most productive self…claim your greatest night’s sleep and dare to see your dreams come true. Sweet dreams, friends!
Great news! We’re offering you a chance to win the GRAND PRIZE: Your choice of a luxurious queen or king-size Midsummer Night’s Dream duvet! Total Value: $1,400.00 – $1,680.00!! Click below to enter (and share with a friend or loved one who could benefit from slumbering safely). Sweepstakes open to residents of the United States and Canada age 18 or over. Ends 9/17/19.
Nancy Hutt says
The nursing pillow was a wonderful “new baby” gift for my daughter in law
Jeannie Smyth says
I like the Grounding Pad, it sounds amazing!
April Johnson says
Pillow
Sharon says
The SAMINA Combi-med pillow looks like it would be great for my neck support.
Brandon Scott says
I really like the bedding because as a hard working grocery stocker I need a good night sleep.
Rhea Angle says
I don’t have one yet, but if I win I can try one!
Debbie says
I like the bed you are giving away looks very comfortable. Sure would help my lower back.
Tara says
Looks amazing, I don’t have one, but my fingers are crossed ? that I get to!???
GINA STEVENS says
I like the Samina pillows.
Christy Keen says
I would love to try the mattress, after years of Sleep Apnea, back trouble and other health issues, sleeping in a recliner has gotten to be very uncomfortable. Sounds like the SAMINA Mattress would be an amazing relief for my sleep issues!!
Kimberly c Sprouse says
The pillows are like little clouds of heaven!!!
Catherine L. says
The SAMINA Mattress sounds divine. My back would appreciate something like this.
penny says
flexible slat frame
Karen Munro says
I desperately a new mattress..Safe slumber would be my pick…
Jonathon Scott says
I think that the safe slumber mattress would make all my dreams come true.
Carol Farthing says
That bed looks so luxurious. Maybe the grounding mat would help my hubby get a good nights sleep with all his health issues, it wouldn’t hurt to try!
Claus & Denise says
One of the reasons so many holistic practitioners recommend SAMINA to their patients is the fact that the bed is metal-free (lowers EMF attraction) and that we have a grounding pad. It couldn’t hurt to learn more. https://saminasleep.com/lokosana-grounding-pad/
trusinak rusinak says
The bed sheets are soooo comfy!!
Debbie Browne says
I have to have smooth sheets and yours look like they would be amazing.
Jennifer Hart says
The duvet for sure!
Martha says
The mattress, the mattress, the mattress!
Maria B says
The inclined bed
claus + denise says
The more you learn about this simple sleep innovation, the more you will want to sleep inclined, too! The simple solution is to put a couple of books beneath your headboard. When you want to go fancy…and metal-free….and organic oil finish…and carpenter-crafted by hand…and have an heirloom piece of furniture like days of old…then check out the Pummer Inclined bed frame with adjustable legs.
Lawrence B says
I have no problems sleeping, usually but the pillows I’d use as I always seem to have a problem getting them just right under the head … stiff neck.
Heather Meadows says
Duvet!!
William says
I like the mattress! – will consider it for my next purchase!
claus + denise says
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James Martin says
Want to try your bed have bad back
claus + denise says
Although SAMINA addresses so many needs of the body for deep, restful sleep, the #1 reason always has been and remains to be back pain. For active support all night especially the pesky lower back, SAMINA slats contour to your body giving you a hug all night long so you awaken feeling refreshed.
Shelley says
I love it
Cheryl says
I like the Pummer Adjustable Inclined Bed Frame.
Dale Steele Nicolov says
Love your organic sheets!
KEN HARTZ says
ORGANIC BEDS ARE SWEET
claudia davis says
Nothing is better than organic sheets. So wonderful to sleep on.
Eva D says
I love the Pummer bed frame. I love that it is adjustable and stlish and it would look great in my bedroom
claus + denise says
The Pummer bed frame was the result of years of working on functional design and is the ideal solution to help you “function”, i.e., sleep comfortably at an incline, without losing the “fashion” of your bed frame.
claus + denise says
Functional and fashionable.
That’s how we put it.
Thanks for noticing!
Letisha Williams says
All of them….They look so comfortable and stylish
Dee says
Looking forward to trying the Samina pillows to help with neck pain..
Ron & Lisa Beres says
You will definitely enjoy them, Dee!
tammy ta says
I have never tried these products before. I would love to win and make the comforter my new favourite!
Trish F says
I think the Lokosana Grounding pad could easily become a favorite. I have listened to health experts tout the benefits and I could use some of those benefits. Thanks!
Deborah Erickson says
I have never heard of this company before but an very excited that there is a completely natural mattress out there. The grounding pad looks great and I would love to try it
claus + denise says
Deborah,
We are “under the radar”. Although SAMINA celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, the brand is not so recognizable outside of its store locations in Austria, Switzerland and Germany (the German-speaking market). You will notice that all tags and labels are also in German. It’s taken us some time to get an all -English website and information translated for the US and Canadian markets but we can answer any and all of your questions. Check out our website and don’t hesitate to contact us if you do have questions.
Lastly, good luck with the sweepstakes!!
Renee West says
what would it take to win a healthy home?
Barbara A Bauer says
duvet!
Belinda says
Amazing back support!
Brenda Williamson says
The latex mattress and grounding pad look so comfortable. It would be great for my sensitivity to smells.
claus + denise says
Brenda, you are correct! One of the first things I realized when I began working with Claus as we unloaded several systems from Austria, is that there was no odor whatsoever. We serve a chemically-sensitive client and this is a big reason. So many other mattress brands are just toxic to our MCS sufferers.
CHRISTOPHER KOLLERER says
Made in Austria is a commendation in itself.
claus + denise says
We think so, too!
It’s one reason we are not even going to attempt manufacturing here. Too many compromises when SAMINA, after 30 years in business, is doing things right!
Tamara B. says
Midsummer Night Dream Duvet, lightweight gives it an airy feel that doesn’t suffocate you in the hotter evenings.
Gwendolyn Jordan says
Organic sheets
Paula Pennachio says
I love the decorating and the colors. I want to try the material so bad it looks really comfortable. I’m most excited about the style
Lydia Vera says
Love all
Thomas Gibson says
I really like the organic beds.
Eva Mack says
sleep well
John G says
Delta Pillows are so comfy, and I love that they’re organic. Natural and healthy sleep options for my family.
Sandy Weinstein says
i have never heard of this company but their products look very nice. i have never seen a bed like this, mattress, etc. i like the climate regulating wool topper and the Lokosana grounding pad. i love that their products are organic.
Teresa D Kunberger says
I’m new to the company but after a quick Google and your post I’d love to try!
claus + denise says
Come see us in Pasadena!
(Just remember that we are “open by appointment” and we’d love to see you!)
Doreen Lamoureux says
I have not heard of this company before. I really appreciate the review. I absolutely know that my favorite product of this company will be the Midsummer Night’s Dream duvet!. The details of this duvet is outstanding and amazing. I need one.
denise + claus says
Doreen,
We appreciate your comments and SAMINA is a little-known brand outside of its store locations in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. We are trying to change that! At this time, our boutique showroom is in the Los Angeles area. If you are ever nearby, we would love to meet you! (Note: We are open by appointment only but very flexible with dates/times)