Falling asleep isn’t always as easy as closing your eyes. Some nights, your mind races, your body holds tension, and rest feels out of reach. If that sounds familiar, you’re not alone. Breathing, something we do every moment without thinking, can become one of the most powerful tools for unwinding. That’s why Pillow created the "Mindful Breathing" collection, a curated set of guided breathing meditations designed to help you relax deeply and fall asleep more easily.

Why Breath Matters More Than You Think

Breath is the bridge between your body and your mind. When stress builds up, our breathing becomes shallow and erratic, reinforcing feelings of anxiety and alertness. But when we intentionally slow down and regulate our breath, we signal the body to shift into a state of rest and restoration.

What You’ll Find in the Mindful Breathing Collection

This collection offers guided sessions that support your sleep across a range of situations. Whether you’re winding down after a long day, recovering from a nightmare, or adjusting to a new environment, there’s a session designed to meet you where you are.

Each meditation invites you to slow your breathing, focus your attention, and release tension from your body. Some include gentle visualizations, while others guide you through simple techniques like box breathing or extended exhales—all with the goal of easing you into a relaxed, sleep-ready state.

How It Works with Pillow

Pillow doesn’t just help you fall asleep, it helps you understand your sleep patterns and what influences them. When you use the Mindful Breathing collection before bed, you can track the impact it has on your sleep duration, efficiency, and quality as soon as you wake up, and keep track of how your new habits influence your sleep quality over time.

This data-driven approach empowers you to build a bedtime routine that truly works. You can see which wind-down practices lead to deeper sleep and customize your relaxation routine accordingly.

Why This Matters for Your Sleep Wellness

Incorporating mindful breathing into your nightly routine isn’t just a temporary fix, it’s a long-term investment in your overall sleep wellness. By teaching your body to respond to stress with calm instead of tension, you set the stage for more consistent, restorative sleep night after night.

And because it requires no equipment, no special setting, and just a few minutes of your time, it’s one of the most accessible and sustainable sleep habits you can build.

Breathe Better, Sleep Better

If you’re ready to bring more calm into your evenings, explore Pillow’s Mindful Breathing collection. Let your breath be your guide to a quieter mind and a better night’s rest.

Immerse Yourself in Calming Meditations, Enchanting Bedtime Stories, and Soothing Soundscapes for a Restful Night

As the days grow longer and the nights warmer, it’s important to adjust your sleep routine to match the unique rhythm of summer. Pillow’s new Sleep Aid Collection is specially curated for the summer season, offering a refreshing suite of auditory experiences designed to help you unwind, relax, and drift into a deep, restorative sleep even on the hottest nights.

A Curated Collection for Summer Calm

Pillow’s summer sleep aid collection brings together three powerful elements that have been tailored to the season:

Guided Meditations:

Experience calming guided meditations that incorporate imagery of warm breezes, sunlit beaches, and tranquil summer evenings. These meditations are designed to help you clear your mind, manage the summer heat, and ease into a state of relaxation that prepares your body for sleep.

Bedtime Stories:

Immerse yourself in enchanting bedtime stories set against a backdrop of summer adventures. Whether it’s a tale of seaside escapes or a journey through sun-dappled forests, these narratives not only transport you to a serene summer world but also gently lull you into a restful state.

Ambient Soundscapes:

Let the soothing sounds of summer wash over you. From the gentle lapping of ocean waves and the rustle of palm leaves to the soft chirping of crickets on a warm night, our ambient soundscapes are designed to evoke the natural, calming essence of the season. These soundscapes help mask disruptive noises and create an immersive environment that encourages deep, uninterrupted sleep.

How It Works

Accessing the Summer Sleep Aid Collection is simple. Just tap on the Sleep Aid tab within Pillow and explore a selection of tracks that are perfectly suited to the season. The collection is updated with both seasonal and evergreen content, ensuring that your summer sleep aid experience remains fresh and engaging throughout the season.

Transform Your Summer Bedtime Routine

Integrating Pillow’s seasonal sleep aid collection into your nightly routine can make all the difference in achieving restful summer sleep. As you prepare for a long day under the sun, these carefully selected meditations, bedtime stories, and soundscapes work together to ease your mind and create a calming environment. This tailored experience helps you transition smoothly into a deep sleep, so you wake up refreshed, rejuvenated, and ready to enjoy everything summer has to offer.

Embrace the serenity of summer nights with Pillow’s new Sleep Aid Collection. Download Pillow today and transform your bedtime routine into a sanctuary of summer calm—where every evening is an opportunity to relax, recharge, and sleep soundly under the stars.

Tailored meditations, bedtime stories, and soundscapes designed to help calm racing thoughts and support restorative sleep

For individuals with ADHD, the challenge of winding down and falling asleep can often feel overwhelming. Racing thoughts, sensory overload, and difficulty transitioning into relaxation are common obstacles that disrupt sleep. Recognizing these unique challenges, Pillow has developed a specialized Sleep Aid Collection for ADHD, designed to help you quiet your mind and create a soothing environment that promotes deep, restorative sleep.

Tailored Content to Calm the Mind

Pillow’s Sleep Aid Collection for ADHD offers a thoughtfully curated selection of audio tracks specifically created to address the needs of those with ADHD. This collection includes:

• Guided Meditations:These sessions focus on mindfulness and breathing exercises, providing structured guidance to help you shift your focus away from racing thoughts. By gently leading you into a state of calm, these meditations serve as a powerful tool for reducing stress and easing into sleep.
• Bedtime Stories:Crafted with care, these bedtime stories offer a perfect balance between engaging narrative and soothing calm. They are designed to capture your attention just enough to distract from daily stressors, yet presented in a gentle tone that lulls your mind into a relaxed state.
• Calming Soundscapes:The soundscapes feature consistent ambient sounds—like gentle rain, soft wind, or ocean waves—that help mask environmental noise and create a peaceful backdrop for sleep. These soundscapes can help reduce sensory overload, providing a stable and comforting sound environment.

Benefits of the ADHD-Specific Sleep Aid Collection

Tailoring your sleep aid content to the needs of ADHD can significantly improve your overall sleep quality. Here’s how Pillow’s new collection makes a difference:

• Calms Racing Thoughts:The guided meditations are structured to help you redirect your focus from intrusive thoughts, making it easier to relax and transition into sleep.
• Reduces Sensory Overload:The carefully selected soundscapes offer a consistent, non-intrusive auditory background that can help mitigate the impact of disruptive environmental noises.
• Establishes a Consistent Routine:By integrating these soothing audio tracks into your nightly routine, you can develop a predictable, calming ritual that signals to your brain it’s time to sleep—an essential step for those with ADHD.
• Promotes Overall Well-Being:Quality sleep is critical for managing ADHD symptoms, and by improving your sleep quality, you can expect better focus, mood regulation, and energy levels throughout the day.

How to Access and Use the ADHD Sleep Aid Collection

Accessing the ADHD-specific content is simple. Open the Sleep Aid tab within Pillow, where you’ll find a dedicated section for the ADHD Sleep Aid Collection. Browse through the available guided meditations, bedtime stories, and ambient soundscapes, and select the tracks that resonate most with you. The content is designed to be easily integrated into your pre-sleep routine, offering flexibility whether you’re winding down at home or on the go.

Embrace Better Sleep for a Brighter Tomorrow

For those with ADHD, quality sleep can be transformative. By addressing the unique challenges you face at bedtime, Pillow’s new Sleep Aid Collection for ADHD provides a tailored solution that not only calms the mind but also sets the stage for a rejuvenating night’s rest. Each carefully crafted track is designed to help you overcome the barriers to sleep, empowering you to wake up refreshed, focused, and ready to face the day.

Take control of your sleep journey with Pillow’s specialized collection. Download Pillow today and discover the difference that a tailored sleep aid experience can make in your life—because when your mind is calm, you’re truly ready to thrive.

We're thrilled to announce our latest feature: Monthly Sleep Recaps! This comprehensive report highlights your key sleep metrics during the month, and is designed to help you understand patterns, identify areas of improvement and stay on track with your sleep goals.

What to expect from Monthly reports:

Key Metrics at a Glance:

Each Monthly Sleep Recap provides a breakdown of your most relevant sleep data, comparing it to the previous month to help you easily identify any changes.

• Sleep Quality and Duration– View your average sleep quality and duration, and how they changed compared to the previous month. Did any new habits make a difference?
• Best Sleep Session – Celebrate your most restful night this month! Did you do anything differently that day to improve your sleep?
• Sleep Stages – Check your average time spent in each sleep stage per night. An adequate balance is key!
• Sleep Disruptions – Review how often and for how long your sleep was interrupted. Can you notice any patterns affecting your rest?
• Sleep Sessions – Easily spot how many nights you recorded your sleep, staying consistent is key!
• Wake-up Mood – Understand your average wake-up mood and spot trends! How you feel in the morning can reveal a lot about your sleep quality!

Your Sleep & Your Health

The Monthly Sleep Recap also provides key highlights into how essential body functions perform during the night, helping you understand the connection between rest and your overall health.

• Heart Rate and HRV - Easily spot if there were any changes to your average Heart Rate & Heart Rate Variability. These can be powerful indicators of how your body is handling stress, recovery and overall sleep quality.
• Respiratory Rate – Track your average number of breaths per minute and if it changed compared the previous month. Monitoring your respiratory rate can help detect potential issues with nighttime breathing!
• Snoring – View your total snoring duration and the average duration per session! By comparing it to the previous month you can easily spot if there were any changes that could be caused by new habits or any external factors.

Why It Matters

The Monthly Sleep Recap provides easy-to-read insights about your data to help you make informed decisions about your sleep and overall well-being. With a quick summary, you can easily understand your sleep during that period, identify any areas of improvement and make any adjustments necessary to improve your overall health.

Where to Find It

The Monthly Sleep Recap is now available right inside Pillow. Just head to Discover > Reports, then choose the month you want to review.

Start your journey to better sleep today!

With spring in full bloom and the air brimming with freshness, it’s the perfect time to rejuvenate your nighttime routine. Introducing Soothing Springtime, a new collection in Pillow’s Sleep Aid section, thoughtfully designed to capture the season’s peaceful and renewing energy. Let the essence of spring guide you into nights of deep, restorative sleep.

What’s Inside "Soothing Springtime"?

• Springtime Meditations: Embrace the refreshing energy of spring with guided sessions designed to calm the mind and cultivate positivity. These meditations help you unwind, restore balance, and smoothly transition into a deep, restful sleep.
• Nature-Inspired Soundscapes: Immerse yourself in the gentle sounds of nature, from the soothing flow of a river to the melodic chirping of birds and the whisper of a forest breeze. These tranquil soundscapes create a serene atmosphere, perfect for unwinding and drifting into restful sleep.
• Spring-Themed Bedtime Stories: Step into a world of blooming gardens, vibrant spring landscapes, and whimsical fairy realms. These enchanting bedtime stories whisk you away to magical settings, creating a soothing escape that helps you relax and ease into a restful sleep.
• Relaxing Spring Music: Gentle, uplifting melodies with acoustic harmonies and ambient tones, inspired by the warmth and serenity of sunlit forests.

The most relaxing way to welcome this Spring.

This spring, refresh your nights with our newest sleep aid collection, designed to bring the season’s calm and renewal into your bedtime routine. Now available in Pillow

We’re excited to announce a powerful new addition to Pillow’s sleep tracking experience: Live Activities on the Apple Watch. Building on our popular Live Activities support on iPhone, we’ve now brought the same seamless real-time updates to your wrist.

Why Live Activities on Apple Watch?

We believe that the best way to understand and manage your sleep health is to have the information you need right where and when you need it. With Live Activities on Apple Watch, you can:

• Quickly Monitor Your Sleep Session: Stay informed about the status of your ongoing sleep tracking session without navigating through multiple screens. Just glance at your watch, and you’ll know exactly where you stand—whether you’re sleeping, in a pause state, or nearing your wake-up time.
• Launch Pillow in One Tap: Need to quickly return to Pillow? Tap on the Live Activity to launch Pillow.

How It Works

1. Start Your Session: Begin a sleep session on your iPhone or directly on your Apple Watch.
2. Automatic Live Activity: Once your session is running, the Live Activity will appear automatically on your Apple Watch. It mirrors the behavior you’re familiar with on iPhone, ensuring a consistent, unified experience.
3. Pause and Resume: If you need to pause tracking—maybe you’re momentarily getting out of bed—the Live Activity will immediately reflect this state change on your Apple Watch. When you resume tracking, the Live Activity updates in real-time.
4. Customization Options: Prefer not to see Live Activities? No problem. You can turn this feature off in the configuration settings for each of your presets, giving you full control over your tracking environment.

Compatibility and Availability

Live Activities on Apple Watch requires watchOS 11 and iOS 18 or newer. This feature is available to both free and subscribed users, so everyone can enjoy easier access to their sleep data.

The Future of Convenient Sleep Tracking

Live Activities on the Apple Watch is just another step in our commitment to make sleep tracking simpler, more intuitive, and readily accessible. By bringing this feature to your wrist, we’re ensuring that you have the insights you need, when you need them, to make informed decisions about your sleep.

Update to the latest version of Pillow and experience more convenient, real-time sleep tracking right from your Apple Watch—because a great night’s sleep is always worth keeping an eye on.

We’re excited to announce a new addition to Pillow’s Sleep Aid section—an exclusive collection of Visualization Meditations. Designed to help you relax and drift into restful sleep at night or begin your day with renewed mindfulness, these sessions utilize guided imagery to calm the mind, soothe the body, and create a peaceful mental landscape before you even open your eyes to the world outside.

What Are Visualization Meditations?

Unlike other forms of meditation that may focus on the breath, sensations, or non-judgmental awareness of thoughts, visualization meditations involve conjuring vivid, calming images in your mind. Through this practice, you’re not just observing your inner state—you’re actively shaping it.

A typical visualization meditation might guide you through imagining a serene beach at sunrise, a quiet forest clearing, or a gentle river flowing beneath a clear sky. By engaging the senses and immersing yourself in a tranquil scenario, these sessions help redirect attention away from anxious thoughts, bodily tension, or racing worries. Instead, they foster a sense of emotional ease and mental clarity.

The Science Behind Visualization

Scientific research supports the effectiveness of visualization and guided imagery for relaxation and stress reduction. According to the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, guided imagery is associated with lower stress levels, improved emotional well-being, and enhanced overall quality of life. Learn more here.

Additional studies have also found that incorporating visualization practices can positively influence sleep quality. By regularly cultivating peaceful mental images before bedtime, individuals can create a more conducive internal environment for sleep, potentially reducing the time it takes to drift off and improving the overall restfulness of the night’s sleep.

How Our Visualization Meditations Can Help You

For Better Sleep: In the evening, let a gentle voice and soothing background sounds guide you into relaxing mental images that help ease tension, calm the mind, and prepare you for a sound night’s sleep.

For Mindful Mornings: Start your day on the right note by visualizing scenes that instill a sense of purpose, positivity, and mental clarity. By doing so, you set an intentional tone for the day ahead.

For Overall Well-Being: Visualization meditations are versatile. They can be useful anytime you need a quick mental reset—whether you’re feeling overwhelmed at midday or simply craving a calmer mindset.

Try the New Visualization Collection Today

Navigate to the Sleep Aid section in Pillow and discover a range of carefully crafted visualization meditations. Each session is designed to accommodate different schedules, preferences, and goals—whether you want a quick 5-minute mental escape or a longer, more immersive journey.

We’re committed to continually expanding our collection of tools to support your journey towards better sleep and greater overall well-being. Stay tuned for more additions, and in the meantime, give visualization meditations a try. They may be the key to unlocking a calmer mind, more restful sleep, and a brighter start to every day.

We’re excited to introduce a new feature in the Discover section of Pillow that offers deeper insights into one of the most crucial aspects of sleep health—sleep duration trends. Here’s how this new feature can help you better understand and manage your sleep.

New Sleep Duration Trend Insight

Understanding how your sleep duration changes over time is key to identifying patterns and making adjustments for better sleep health. With the latest update to Pillow, the Discover section now includes a new insight feature that tracks your sleep duration trends, providing notifications of significant changes, whether they are improvements or declines.

How It Works

As you consistently track your sleep with Pillow, the Discover section processes and analyzes your sleep data to detect trends. This insight focuses specifically on variations in your total sleep time, helping you to see how your sleep duration evolves.

Notifications for Immediate Updates

If you opt-in for notifications, Pillow can alert you directly through your device about significant changes in your sleep duration. These notifications are rich, meaning you can long-press on them to see full details right from your lock screen or notification center—no need to open the app. This feature is not only convenient but also saves you time, making it easier to stay informed about your sleep health.

Privacy and Personalization

As always, your data privacy is paramount. All analysis is done on-device, ensuring that your personal sleep data remains confidential and secure. These insights are tailored specifically to you, based on your unique sleep patterns and goals.

What’s Next for Discover

We are continuously working to enhance the Discover section with more features and insights. Stay tuned for upcoming additions that will provide even more detailed analyses and personalized recommendations to help you achieve your best sleep.

Get Started

To access this new feature, make sure you have the latest version of Pillow installed. After a few days of Sleep Tracking, dive into the Discover section to see your sleep duration trends and start receiving actionable insights. As we continue to expand Pillow’s capabilities, we look forward to helping you discover more about your sleep and enhance your overall wellbeing.