3 ways the Oura Ring 5 helped me to go from 6 to 7 hours of sleep

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Two months ago, I got my hands on the Oura Ring 5, which you can buy from $399 at Amazon. It's a sleek smart ring that delivers gold standard sleep tracking analysis. But could the Oura Ring actually help me sleep better, or merely hold a mirror up to it?I was wearing the Oura Ring when a sleep doctor helped take my rest from six to seven hours of sleep in a week. And I can now see why it's considered to be one of the best sleep trackers on the market.From keeping me moving throughout the day to pinpointing my optimal bedtime, the Oura Ring has helped me reach my seven-hour sleep goal, and even helped me pay back a chunk of my sleep debt. Here's a closer look at the top three things the Oura Ring did to help me increase my total time asleep, plus the three hidden Oura features that can help you boost your rest.Key takeaways The Oura Ring 5 tracks sleep stages and duration, but it also provides key provides helpful feedback to optimize your sleep. Its health and fitness tracking encourages healthy habits that improve sleep quality, while bedtime reminders help you to optimize sleep timing. Sleep and health metrics also help to pinpoint the reason for any sleep issues and show you when you need to go to bed and wake up to hit your sleep duration target.Other Oura Ring features for seep optimization include unguided and guided sleep meditations and sleep stories.My sleep before using the Oura Ring 5