At The Heal Hive we are all about empowering our members by giving them access to the best health information, research, and tools for taking health into their own hands. 

That is why when our founder, Brooke Geahan, first started wearing an Oura ring, she quickly came to understand that this wearable technology is a game changer for those with chronic illness. For those who are healthy but want to optimize their health, yup, another game changer. 

Brooke's mantra is “Test Not Guess”, and frankly how many times a day do we guess about how we feel? Our world is in constant turmoil and daily stressors can cause headaches, fatigue, lethargy. We are not always in control, as much as we want to be, with what we eat and how we sleep. 

It is really difficult to figure out whether you are about to get sick or if it's just seasonal allergies. How many times do we think we got a good nights sleep but the next day you feel hungover —but you didn't drink. And for those in their battle with chronic illness, how many times are you confused by whether you are truly improving your health, or actually hindering your journey?

This is where the Oura ring is that game changer. 

So how does it work? Inside the ring is an infrared optical pulse measurement, a 3D accelerometer, gyroscope, and a body temperature sensor. These measuring devices allow the ring to track your heart rate variability, body temperature, respiration, sleep quality and time, and movement with great precision.

 The Oura ring App that accompanies the ring also allows the user to drop in custom tags on days where things have gone wonky. Want to track how you feel when you see your in-laws or doctor? Want to track how you feel those cheat days you eat cheap take out? Want to track how bad your sleep becomes when you have 1 drink of alcohol, but even better, how about when you have 3? 

For those fighting chronic illness you can track the days you are back in Grandma’s house that you suspect has mold; you can track the days you take certain supplements or prescriptions; days you do coffee enemas; and you can certainly track the days that you sting yourself with bees. 

What Brooke particularly loves about the Oura ring it has a very precise temperature tracker. This temperature tracker has been compared in research studies to multiple basal body thermometers and has outperformed them. She uses it for her own fertility tracking and is able to custom tag the days she is using it during IVF. 

As for sleep the Oura ring breaks your sleep quality into a few categories: latency, restlessness, REM, deep sleep, timing and total sleep. Why does this matter? As you begin to optimize your sleep hygiene you can use these data points to start to play around with going to bed earlier, keeping your bedtime even, and even figuring out what is your ideal sleeping temperature. 

We recommend the Oura ring to everyone of our members as hands down it takes the guess work out of knowing how well your body is doing. In fact, we recommend it to everyone who wants to take the guess work out of knowing how well their body is recovering from stress, how well they are sleeping, and whether they are about to get sick or stay healthy. 

Use this link to get $50 off your Oura ring, today.