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These 7 wellness gadgets helped me become more mindful (and they're on sale)
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When you think of mindfulness and wellness, your first thought probably isn't technology, but there are actually plenty of devices and gadgets these days that can help you be present, put your phone down, relieve stress, and even help you sleep.
Also: The best Amazon Big Spring Sale deals: Live updates
As a wellness enthusiast, I know these kinds of gadgets can be expensive. But during Amazon's Big Spring Sale this week, I've found a few deals on some of the best wellness tech that will help you find inner peace.
The best wellness gadgets to buy now
The Hatch Restore 3 sunrise alarm clock helps you decompress in the evenings with soundscapes, meditations, and sleep stories, while in the mornings, it gently wakes you up with a glowing sunrise light, morning stretches, affirmations, and more to start your day on the right foot.
This bundle gets you the sunrise alarm clock and Hatch's portable sound machine, the Hatch Go, for $170 -- equal to the normal retail price of just the Hatch Restore 3 on its own.
Also: This sunrise alarm clock helped improve my sleep routine
For those looking to make meditating easier, the Moonbird device is an excellent resource for beginners. It fits in the palm of your hand and mimics your own breathing, allowing you to match the device's rhythmic changes to your own breath.
After you complete a session, you can see proof of your stress levels going down thanks to a photoplethysmogram (PPG) sensor that tracks your heart rate, heart rate variability, and level of coherence (the degree of synchronization between your heart rate and your respiratory rate).
Getting a good night's sleep is essential to overall wellness, and your sleep environment plays a big role. The Ozlo Sleepbuds have unique features like different sleep sounds (or masking sounds) you can sort through, an earbud alarm that can wake you up from your slumber, and a sleep timer that shuts the buds down after a certain amount of time to save battery.
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ZDNET associate editor Nina Raemont said these were the most comfortable sleep earbuds she's ever tested, adding, "I can't recommend them enough to anybody who needs to quiet down their bedtime environment."
Doomscrolling and social media have taken over many of our lives. If you're like me and use your phone a little too much, the Brick helps you disconnect and lower your screen time so you can replace your scrolling with more beneficial activities like reading, walking, journal, partaking in a hobby, etc.
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The Brick uses NFC technology (also found in contactless payments) to enable or disable app use. Tapping the brick, or "bricking," blocks the use of the apps of your choosing until the phone is tapped once again and "unbricked." By creating this physical separation and requiring a rescan to use your phone, you are less likely to pick up your phone when you're bored and fall into a one-hour scrolling session.
The Renpho Eye Massager is a must-have in my wellness toolbox: it uses compression, heat, and vibration to massage your eyes and temples, effectively giving your head and eyes a break. Especially if you're like me and stare at a screen all day, using this eye massager at the end of a workday is a game-changer.
Also: This eye massager doubles as my meditation tool
It also has soothing, relaxing music while massaging and heating your eyes (so soothing, I've fallen asleep while wearing it more than a few times). However, you can connect the mask via Bluetooth to play your own music or sounds (such as white noise, which can actually help relieve migraine symptoms).
While there is some overhype about red light therapy in the wellness world — claiming it is a cure-all for skin care and recovery — some studies do suggest positive improvements in acne, cognitive function, and chronic pain after a red light session.
This one from LifePro has 90 LEDS that combine 660nm red and 850nm near-infrared light therapy with three different light modes. The longest session you can do is up to 30 minutes, and there's a built-in timer for customized sessions as well.
I personally stare at screens all day — from my laptop to my phone to the TV — so even just getting light from a different spectrum other than blue is enough to convince me to try out this panel.
Part of your overall wellness is knowing your health, and this smart scale can give insights into crucial health metrics like metabolic age, bone mass, muscle mass, body water percentage, and more to give you a better idea of your health and how to improve it.
The scale pairs with an app where you can see all these metrics, and you can even connect and sync your data with popular fitness apps like Apple Health and Fitbit to track your progress even easier.
When is Amazon's Spring Sale?
Amazon's annual Big Spring Sale event runs March 25-31, 2026.