Falling asleep together, relaxed
More and more couples sleep apart, hoping that both of them will sleep better and wake up rested. There is another way. Read why relaxing together before bed is the path to a deep sleep, and how a massage module under your mattress can help.
The best moment of the day
The lights go out, the phones are put away, and the day falls away from you. Lying in bed together, talking a little longer, and slowly drifting off. That is how every evening should end.
But often it goes differently. He falls asleep straight away, she lies awake for another hour with a mind that won’t stop. One turns over, the other wakes up. And at some point comes the question many couples know: wouldn’t we be better off sleeping apart?
Sleeping apart? There is another way
of adults in the US sometimes or always sleep apart from their partner, to sleep better. The main reasons: snoring, different sleep schedules and tossing and turning. American Academy of Sleep Medicine, 2025
Sleeping apart means you no longer wake each other up. But it changes nothing about the tension each of you takes to bed. And it comes at a cost: the last conversation of the day, lying close together, waking up together.
Does one of you snore loudly, or stop breathing at night? Then have it checked by your doctor. No mattress or massage can help with that.
What works better: each of you relaxing in your own way, together in the same bed.
Why relaxing is the path to a deep sleep
The deepest sleep comes mainly in the first hours of the night. So how you go into those first hours matters a lot. If you lie down relaxed, you slip more easily into that first deep phase. If you take the tension of the day to bed, you stay longer in light sleep.
And tension is personal. For one of you it sits in the back, after a long day on your feet or at a desk. For the other it sits in the head, which just won’t settle. Two bodies, two kinds of tension, in one bed.
What too little deep sleep does to the two of you
You don’t notice a restless night at night, but the day after. And when you both sleep badly, you notice it in each other too.
Tired, even after a full night energy
Without enough deep sleep, your body doesn’t recover properly. You wake up without energy, and by midday you are already flagging.
Quicker to snap, at each other too mood
After a bad night you have less patience and a shorter fuse. Sleep doctors see that people who sleep badly argue more often with their partner.
Less focus mind
Deep sleep helps your brain process the day. Too little of it shows in your concentration, your memory and your productivity.
You look older than you are appearance
Deep sleep is your body’s overnight maintenance, including for your skin. If you sleep badly, it shows in bags under your eyes, a dull complexion and fine lines.
The good news: deep sleep is not fixed. How relaxed you both are when the night begins makes a big difference.
A moment to look forward to together
The day is over, the phones are away, the lights go out. This is the moment that belongs to the two of you. No talk of plans or work, just lying together and letting the day go.
Each of you switches on the massage module under your side of the mattress and relaxes in your own way: one after a long day on your feet, the other with a mind that keeps turning. Fifteen minutes in which you both feel the tension ebb away, side by side. After a few evenings you notice you are already looking forward to it.
Your new evening ritual in three steps
- Phones away The first signal to yourself and to each other: the day is over.
- Your own programme Each of you chooses a programme, an intensity and a duration on your own module. No need to agree on anything.
- Drift off together A quarter of an hour of relaxation, and then falling asleep calmly, together.
The solution
Sleeping more deeply together, each in your own way
ANDUFIT is a massage module that you slide under your mattress, one on each side of the bed. So each of you chooses your own programme, your own intensity and the length of your session. You keep sleeping together, and each of you gets what your body needs. Does one of you mainly want to fall asleep faster? Then there is programme 19, Falling asleep.
One module on each side
Only 7 cm high
How it works
Gentle, low-frequency Andullation® vibrations travel through the mattress via seven motors to five body zones, from the shoulders to the calves. They help your muscles relax and bring your body to rest. The same technology is also used in physiotherapy.
Andullation® technology, backed by science
Andullation® was developed in Germany together with universities, and is also used in physiotherapy. The technology has also been studied independently.
A peer-reviewed study, published on PubMed, followed 50 people who received five half-hour andullation massages. The researchers measured, before and after, how participants experienced pain, how they felt and how much pressure their lower back could tolerate.
What changed after five sessions
Study of 50 people without a control group, published on PubMed. ANDUFIT is not a medical device and does not promise a cure. If complaints persist, please consult your doctor.
And for your sleep? In a survey of its own users, 82% said they fall asleep more easily and 79% that they wake up more rested.
“I come home completely stressed. One session and I’m a different person. My wife notices it straight away.”
“My mind was constantly running at full speed. After twenty minutes I’m simply calm and fall asleep.”
Curious what ANDUFIT can do for the two of you? Try it together for 14 nights
Before you set up a second bedroom, you can first try sleeping more deeply together. Put a module under your mattress on each side and use them for two weeks the way you would use them every evening afterwards.
- Night 1 Each of you chooses your own programme and the intensity that feels right.
- Week 1 Relaxing together before bed becomes a fixed moment of your evening.
- Night 14 You decide. If you notice no difference, send it back free of charge and get a full refund.
- Free delivery in 2 to 3 working days, free returns
- Pay in instalments
Sources
- American Academy of Sleep Medicine, Sleep Prioritization Survey 2025 (2,007 adults in the US). Source for 31%.
- ResMed, Global Sleep Survey 2024. Source for snoring and different sleep schedules as the main reasons.
- Parras-Moltó A, Ribas-Serna J. Dose-Response, 2019;17(2). PMID 31105478. Source for the results of Andullation®.
- ANDUFIT, survey of its own users. Self-reported, without a control group. Source for 82% and 79%.
This article is an advertorial by ANDUFIT. ANDUFIT is not a medical device and does not replace medical advice. Results vary from person to person.