13 methods that will help you get out of bed early - even at 4am! 

My challenge is going to bed before 12 and waking up before 12

I am definitely NOT watching this video because I want to wake up at 4 :00 AM :)) I watch because I really like Samurai Matcha positive sunny vibe :))

1. Don't get straight to 4:00 am- but just an hour earlier over a week or two 2. Alternate hot and cold shower 3. Stretch or Yoga before bed 4. Turn off main light 1 hr before bed ( no phone or comp) 5. Keep smart phone away from bed (don't hit snooze so easy) 6. Take measures against the cold 7. Wear earplugs 8. Get enough sleep- get to bed at right time for your needs (hours) 9. Do something that makes you happy in the morning 10. Create your morning routine 11. Record your routine 12. Put away your foton or make your bed. 13. Declare publicly (social) that you wake up at 4:00am My extras: read The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod and the 5:00am Club by Robin Sharma

I actually get up every day at 4am I go to bed around 8pm I read and listen to bamboo flute music I love getting up before most of my neighbors it's so quiet & peaceful Thank you Aki for this video

quick note of my own - when you tell people about something good your going to do, your brain gives you a reward, which lessens your motivation. Its best to say your doing something after you've done it for a while becausei t gives a reward for somethings you've already done. it kinda the basics of it so i hope it makes sense

I embodied the samurai matcha life since I first watched Aki while he was a school teacher. It's really wonderful Piece by piece, I am finding my peace. Everything starts to click

I adore this guy. It's so rare to find role models in the current day. Thank you for everything!

I, for years, had to get up early for work. My desire from that experience was to wake up when I wake up and not have to wake up at a specified time. Since I'm retired, I go to bed when I'm tired and I wake up when I'm no longer tired. Getting sufficient sleep is essential to optimum health.

Hi, I just wanna tell you, rather you get the financial benefit you expected from this channel or not, that your videos really improve my life in a very positive way, and so thousands of other people around the globe. Thank you for making these videos. Kind regards from Germany.

WOAH that futon completely blew my mind! It's folding and tucking it properly looks so clean!

I think these tips are ideal even for someone who has trouble with sleeping in too much like me. Depression often makes it difficult for me to find happiness when I wake up to start the day, so even if I wake up at 10am, I will be using these tips. Thank you so much

Please make a video on personal finance, how did you manage to quit a stable salary to go around the world without worrying about your future finance / future retirement ?

another good tip is to do crossword puzles or sudoku, for people who like to play games on their phone before sleep, I am doing this now, I love sudoku, but instead of playing on my phone now I do it on paper with a sudoku book I bought, helps me get sleepy without the phone. I really l ike your videos Samurai Matcha, I am slowly trying to live more like you, I have a totaly different lifestyle because I am from big city in Brazil and I have many dogs and cats, but I am slowly decluthering my home, changed my bed for a futon, bought a little towel instead of big one, I have very few clothing and itens now, even tho I have an art hobby I got rid of the thing I dont use and am eveyday owning less, its very cleaning for the mind, thankyou for your help, you are helping me a lot to improve my life.

I don't think I want to get up at 4am as I am my most creative and productive self in the evening hours - 9 to midnight. However, there are many helpful tips for me in this video. I love your positive focus. Thanks for sharing it with us!!

In terms of the physical getting up. Train yourself not to hit snooze at your current wake up time. Instead when the alarm goes off sit up at the side of the bed for a minute. Then get up and keep moving. I gradually increased my wake up time by a half hour when I knew my work shift was changing. Turning on a really bright light as soon as you sit up at the side of the bed, and one with a full spectrum bulb (mimics sunlight) will also help regulate your body to a new wake up time. But it does go hand in hand with practicing good night time sleep hygiene. Turn lights down a few hours before bed, don't read/watch stuff that's too exciting or stimulating, etc.

during a phase of heavy insomnia i managed to get this sleeping pattern for a few months. i never felt more energetic and refreshed. there is something special about the sleep before midnight - like sleep on steroids.

You are such an inspiring person for me. I wish to meet a man like you one day. God bless you 🤍💫🍀

I love the way of life the Japanese follow. I usually tell people that I have OCD tendencies because they do not understand how these habits you speak of help keep your life happy and calm.

Omg! And you uploaded this at 4am Singapore time!

Wonderful video! You are an amazing coach, showing us how to realistically set and achieve this goal. And even if you don’t choose to get up at 4:00 am, the lessons here are so helpful for good sleep hygiene and personal development. There is so much value in watching this. Thank you for this video. I hope your trip is going well and you are enjoying the new scenery each day. 🙏💙

Thank you for your encouragement. For some weeks I am waking up one hour earlier which is by 6:00 o’clock. This helps me so much in my daily activity with my children. ❤

Thank you Senior Samourai Matcha. I really appreciate those ideas.

Thank you for sharing your wisdom with us on getting up early! It's something that I've been trying to do lately (though not quite as early as 4am) but have been struggling with. With these methods, I hope to make it a regular and enjoyable custom!

Thank you for another awesome video! I am currently trying to keep the 5AM routine, but it is really difficult if I don't fall asleep by 22:30 to 23:00. My actual struggle is not waking up at 5AM but to be in bed by 10 PM!

Thanks you for all your ideas. You are full of joy.

Your advice is helping me! Thank you!

I just want to say thank you for sharing your lifestyle. I have been setting up a routine for myself in the mornings and your videos have been a positive influence on my life.

Thank you for sharing these tips. ❤

My husband shared your matcha tea ceremony video with me and now I'm obsessed! I've wanted to wake up earlier for a long time but your video has given me some great ideas, thank you & hello 5am!

Great information. Thank you for showing your journey/methods. It's a great place to help anyone start to incorporate a healthy morning routine. I also absolutely loved the blooper at the end! 😄

Thanks a lot for sharing this one ❤

Lovely like always. Watching your videos makes me calm an happy 😊 thank you

Excellent ideas and tips. Thank you!! Continued safe travels on your journey :)

Dear Samurai Matcha, This is my first time seeing one of your videos. It was funny, beautiful, interesting, & inspiring. I accept the challenge. I have no set schedule. Sometimes I stay up all night & don't sleep at all. Last night I went to bed about 7:30a.m., & was woke up at 1pm. Been up since then. After seeing this video I decided to stay up until at least 6p.m to help me get closer to waking up at four. I want to get up at 4 a.m. every day! I started to listen to you a second time, & caught your comment about watching part one first. Look forward to watching it today. I hope to try all the methods you described that I don't all ready do in addition to the ones that I do do. I enjoyed a cold/hot shower. Then I did something that makes me happy. I weeded in the morning. You're awesome. Thank you for helping people to be healthier & happier. I love the Japanese!!! Peace Brother!

Thanks for all the good tips. I usually wake up 15-30 minutes earlier each day until I reach my goal. I need to stretch before getting out of bed in the morning. I do make up my bed right after I get out of it.

Hi, Aki. These are just more amazing tips. I was absolutely amazed by your Extreme Challenge 4am video and have been trying it myself since then, but I keep reverting back to being a night owl. I usually finish work at 11:00PM, but I couldn't sleep properly. Yup, I totally agree with you that making drastic changes is not easy. Ah, I will continue to keep trying though. I will! Thank you so much, Aki, for always inspiring us. I truly admire your self-discipline, which is one of the best traits I admire about the Japanese.👏👏

Your videos make me so happy! Your energy is amazing and you truly motivate me to do better. Thank you for all that you do! ❤️

Aki san, thank you so much for your advice!!! I will definitely try your method. Have fun in Europe!!! I hope to see you soon!!!!

Aki-san, I really appreciate your methods which helped me a lot to incorporate not only new habits, but new type of mindset which I really like!😊 Always looking forward to new videos✨

HURRAH! Keep doing💫 Those early hours can infuse courage into the entire day's journey. and ❤️the out-takes ... ESL teacher here - I've always thought my foreign students unmask and disarm, in the most charming ways, the rock strewn path of English phonolgy. Keep traveling 🌱🦄

Awesome video!!! Perfect timing. Excellent methods. Thank you very much. This is so helpful & cheerful. Namaste. Peace!

Great! Thank you so much! ❤❤❤

Hi! Lot a great ideas! Thank you! Really like the one to write our morning routine. For someone who love to sleep in the morning, it would help! But I really love the night...! It’s 2 am in Canada and I watch your video! 😀 For me go to bed at 8 pm, it’s to early. But, I gonna try to fix a morning routine. Thank you for the inspiration! 😃🌼✨

Thank you for the helpful tips! I was aware of turning the light down, but not for how long before bed. I liked the idea of having something I like to do in the morning. Thank you for your happiness and encouragement. 😀

I'm happy with this part-2 video. I'm not a morning person. I have to wake up early for work. I do it but everytime it still so hard.. It's true.. I feel it easier to do it in the weekend because I don't have the pressure because I will do things I love such as jogging, yoga, dancing, cleaning the house etc. Arigato Aki san!

I need this, thank you ❤

Thank you for the video. There were so many tipps, that are great even without trying to get up early. Also: very motivating video. 😊 I want to try getting up early. But I will wait for most of the methods until I'm healthy again. Hot and cold showers when recovering from a cold are probably not the best idea... I wonder how often I'll end up re-watching this video in order to find the next idea to add to my day. There were just that many... Lots of love from europe

Hey ya Aki, thanks soo much for your inspiring video. I follow you for a while now and after watching this recent one I feel like it would create a difference in my life. I definitely wanna try it out. Thanks for awaking my enthusiasm :) Keep well and safe a save and amazing trip

Thanks!

Thanks!🌸

i love your videos! thaks you very much.

it's really inspiring!

I'm learning a lot of good habitat trough your videos. I learnt to wash my clothes with magnesium balls and citrum acid. In Italy we are ... on late! Thanks thanks thanks!

Thank you 🙏 teacher for giving good habits to us . God bless you sir 😄🙏. Keep sharing your learnings of Japan. Me from india

Thank you ❤

I'm a night shifter trying to go to bed at 9am and wake up at 4am, so I'm going to try some of these to see if they help in the day. Maybe the shower will help? Sleeping in a loft bed has helped a little since I need to climb out of bed, then don't feel like climbing back up. Thank you for the tips!

One thing I've been doing is staying on the floor right when I wake up. Instead of sitting on a soft cushier chair right off the bat after my mourning routine. I'll sit on the floor instead. Westerners aren't used to being on the floor all the time. I've been changing my habits when I started learning about some of the yogic traditions and noticed that most of the world actually sleeps on the floor and sits on the floor to eat. I've been doing lots of stretches as well. I look for places that are soar in my body and stretch those out first. If you start training your body in this way no matter what routine you do, if you don't allow yourself to get comfortable first and save comfort for the last possible moment, then your body is going to get use to the hard changes. Mostly because it will realize that your not giving it any choice. So, it relearns what comfort actually is. So, stating I'm comfortable with waking up at 4 am in the morning every morning eventually your body gravitates towards what you believe is comfortable even if its not right away. It sounds counter intuitive. But it seems that the counter intuitive ways are the ways the body works sometimes.

Easy. Just have children, you'll never really sleep again!

Love these... Don't know how to do it with a 5 and 1 year old but I love the goals. Plus the ending was very cute ❤

Yup. Right!

"The colder it was, the less I wanted tot get up in the morning". thank you for the tips and inspiration.

Insightful video

Thank you for the video, I wake up at 7.00 but I am aiming for 5.00, this video will help greatly to do it more easy and use the time more wisely.

Luckily I received this video ❤❤❤❤ so helpful as I want to make my yogaroutine longer and need to get up earlier

9. Do something that makes you happy in the morning. My friend thats not being have to go work and sleeping 😅

Right! ( Aki ends the video with English conversation practice session, and I wanted to reply! Good job, Aki! )

Watching this at 3am HAHAHA

Usually wake up at 7 on workdays and around 9 at weekends. But I managed to wake up at 5:30 every single morning for the past year. And it changed me a lot. Grateful.

As one who has always been up early, I love how much I get done in the day by waking early. Then by the afternoon, I have so much less to worry about and can relax at night. I love the idea of having a futon and I make my bed after waking as well.

You can even break it down further by just waking up 30 minutes earlier each day for a week, then another 30’minutes earlier the next week until you reach the time you want to wake up. Much easier for your body to adjust if you take it slow and allow yourself to get comfortable with each change

Great ideas

ありがとうございます🌱💚✌🏼

Interesting video! Thanks! My sleeping patterns are strange. I sleep until early afternoon on days off and then get up at 4:45 am on work days. Your suggestions will hopefully help me.

Thanks, Aki for a fruitful video as usual ^^ I usually wake up at 6am and find that I still need more time:"> Step 1, try to improve my sleep during the night, I will try some of your methods first :D Btw, for me, more headache to think about what i am gonna do after i wake up earlier 😂 Thinking to start with some mini habits :)

Am a culprit of resetting the alarm, so tonight I will keep my phone far from my bedside table. Thank you for the tips.

Just adding to the conversation, I avoid showering everyday, for water conservation purposes. And although I know that cold showering is beneficial ( a la Wim Hof), my mind is sooo resistant to it! Replacing old habits with better ones is really difficult for me. I’m still trying to start a regular meditation practice, and regular Qigong. It is SO MUCH EASIER to scroll through RU-vid!!!

I will try making my bed every day. Another secret may be airing out your room. Carbon dioxide builds up during the evening. Your body needs oxygen during the morning for activity. I have a ceiling fan, but a window fan might be a good investment.

Great

Gracias por compartir. En especial me ha interesado hace tiempo a levantarme temprano para saludar al sol, pero he incorporado a mi rutina los hábitos de un monje tibetano y efectivamente siempre hay cambios pero primordialmente uso herramientas de acuerdo a los yoguis hindues😊 con el fin de mejorar mi sistema. Gracias nuevamente. Saludos

5 am I used to stop dreaming of a Toyota Motor home. 😴 I clean my teath and go out jogging. Cold shower and stretching. Reading in the bible or learning languages or mathematics. In winter I need one hour more sleep. Often I don't have enough discipline. Then next day better. Hold on.

I used the magnesium BB for my laundry and it works great. Do you have any recommendations for bar soaps or liquid soaps for bathing? Or maybe another magnesium hack like for the laundry.

The outtakes "...right?😁" ending was hilarious 🤣👍

I thought of another good idea, especially for Westerners: get dressed or putting on makeup and posting to social media. You do not want to get back in bed after because you don’t want to wrinkle your clothes or waste/ruin makeup after putting in the time after making sure your clothes and/or face look nice. Additionally, you’ve invested the time in looking nice, which create endorphins, giving you an energy boost, making you feel happy and boosting overall levels of positivity. 😊

He made me happy by looking happy

Back before cellphones, I'd place my alarm clock across the room so I wouldn't hit the snooze button. It worked.

Hello, new to your channel and newly subscribed. Love your videos! If you haven't already, I would love to see a video of your morning stretching routine, as I am going to start implementing some of the habits in this video. Thank you.

Good informational video. I'm at 0530 right now. LOL

One thing I do is that I set three alarms at one hour intervals. Basically the first one is to shake myself out of any deep sleep that I might have been in, the second to properly wake me up so to give me an hour just to laze and get myself ready fro the day and the third to finally get out of bed.

Do you sleep without pillows and why?

@Samurai Matcha, Like to listen about the Japanese ways. Some of it quite tallies with here in India. Look forward to hear. :)

Hi from Argentina. You inspired me and I bought a sleeping bag. It is wonderful but although I hand it outside every day it says that you cannot wash it. So how do you keep it clean?

What I want to do is sleep later! Too often I wake up far too early (2 or 3 am) and have trouble returning to sleep. My dream is to sleep uninterrupted for at least 6 hrs (and preferably 7+ hours) every night. That would make such a difference in my life.

Getting up early is not my problem, my clock rings all workday at 5 AM, I have more of a problem go to sleep earlier.. and sleep better....

My job requires me to get up at 4:00am. It sucks, been doing it for 8 years and it's not natural to be up so early. No matter how early I go to bed. I'm a morning person, so I like to get things done early, but 4 is crazy. Why would you want to do this on purpose?

I love waking up early. My first tip is to go to bed early, ideally, as soon as the sun goes down or even earlier. If you get up at 4:AM right away, this should be easy. If you don't do this, everything else will be a struggle. Also don't eat right before going to bed. Give yourself an hour or so to digest first.

are you going to teach us the tea ceremony soon? I watch other videos but they are not personable like you are!

I`m wake up in 5.50 and go to sleep in 12.00 am. I have a work and I`m study from 7 pm to 10 pm almost everyday. And a have a lot of household chores. I`m don`t have much time in the morning for a happy thing and something like that and I don`t want wake up more earlier.

Hi 👋 just wanted to tejano you for this video and wishing you safe travels 🙏🏼 also I wanted to ask you if you need help writing your script in English, I can help you if your interested, you don’t have to pay me, I just love your content and wonder if I could be of some help, so that it can be easier for you to read 😊🙏🏼🕉️💫

It’s beautiful to wake up at 4am

❤