PC Magazine - USA (2021-02)

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The app also shows an individual value or score for each of the activity,
readiness, and sleep metrics listed above, and you can click into each one for an
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metric, as well as your overall activity, sleep, and readiness scores. I’m happy to
report that in the month that I’ve been using the Oura, my average sleep score
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me forgetting to manually record my workouts in the Oura app than an actual
decrease in my activity level.


TAKING A MOMENT TO REDUCE STRESS


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mindful breathing. There are a handful of guided meditation sessions from
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as long as you want, with a soundscape or in silence.


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and skin temperature variation, so you can see how it impacts your health.
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worse, or much worse than usual).

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