Influence of Lighting on Wellbeing | Feat. Ipek Özmen | Episode #29 Talk Wellness

How does Light impact your Wellbeing? Is Light your friend or a foe?

Listen to this entire episode to undertand the impact of light and lighting on your wellbeing. You dont want to miss this!!

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Whats on this Episode?

We talk about how your nervous systems affected by light. We dive into the science of rods, cones Melanopsin and color temperature.

Find out what diseases you could have because of improper lighting.

Ipek also stresses on the impotance on daylight exposure and having lighting from devices like the Edison bulb that doesnt disturb your eyes or brain.

Of course we talk about oil lamps, candles, filament lamps and indirect lighting like coal lighting and digital fireplaces.

Listen to understand some human centric lighting ideas and Light setttings TIPS for your Wellbeing.

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Who is Ipek Özmen?

Ipek is a senior Architectural Lighting Designer by day and a Light Worker by night. Currently her effort is to bring these two worlds together.

She has studied interior architecture for her bachelor’s and the moment she was introduced to lighting in second grade, she knew that it was her thing and since then she always had a special fondness for lighting.

She got her first master’s degree on Influence of Lighting and Color on Consumer Behavior (or human behavior in general) and her second degree on Architectural Lighting Design.

- Lighting Design & LED Technologies
- M.F.A Building Science, Light and Color
- B. Arch Interior Architecture and Environmental Design
- IB Graduate, DP Core, Sciences Subject Group

Other than practicing as a professional lighting designer, she sees it as her mission to spread the knowledge and raise the awareness on how much we interact with light and how that impacts us.

Her favorite quote on lighting is by Aaron Rose and it goes , “In the right light, at the right time, everything is extraordinary”


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Some TimeStamps for this episode
(On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time)

(01:05) - Somavedic - EMF Mitigator - Sponsor Message
(02:06) - Introduction to Ipek Ozmen
(03:00) - Lights, Humans and the connection
(04:26) - Humans are similar to Light
(05:53) - Anatomy of Light & Human Beings & co-operation
(06:04) - Five BODIES / Sheaths in Yogic System
(08:02) - Nervous Systems of the Body
(08:32) - Lights impacting different nervous systems
(08:55) - MYTH #1 ONLY Eyes take in light
(09:33) - Melanopsin - photopigment receives color tempature & intensity
(11:11) - Architectural lights help to regulate Circadian Rhythms
(11:58) - Importance of Midday Sun
(13:15) - Melatonin and Cortisol release as a response to Lighting
(14:36) - Anatomy of Light & the EDISON bulb
(17:40) - DO THIS if you cant redesign your lights
(18:57) - Somavedic - EMF Mitigator - Sponsor Message
(19:18) - In depth understanding of Light
(20:22) - Influence of lighting and colour on Consumer behavior
(22:26) - Meals in complete darkness
(23:54) - MYTH #2 - Light Therapy is always healthy
(25:43) - Indirect lighting in Architecture
(26:51) - Light setttings TIPS for your Wellbeing
(27:58) - Sunset, Sunrise and Midday to regulate rhythm
(30:38) - Somavedic - EMF Mitigator - Sponsor Message
(31:00) - Disease’s from improper lighting
(32:35) - Ipek's Biggest Failure
(33:24) - Ipek's fondness & LOVE for Lighting
(35:18) - Somavedic - EMF Mitigator - Sponsor Message
(35:39) - 3 Most influential people in her life
(36:15) - Common Myth in her profession
(36:55) - Thoughts on Light Pollution from Billboards
(37:10) - Daily Routines
(37:42) - Pursuit of Relaxation - Thoughts on Happiness
(38:26) - Shipwrecked
(39:09) - Wear Anjaan’s Footwear
(40:03) - Favourite Motto
(41:11) - Somavedic - EMF Mitigator - Sponsor Message
(41:50) - Ending credits and Disclaimer

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Ipek's Media Links
Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ipek-%C3%B6zmen-6b266857/
Instagram - www.instagram.com/_