You Have a Sun Literally Within You

The light your cells create (and why it matters)

Every morning I try to catch the sun. Even if it’s only for a few minutes before the kids start calling for me, I step outside and let the light land on my skin. Sometimes it feels like my whole body exhales. There’s a calm that comes with it, like my cells are quietly saying, “yes, this is what we needed.”

And maybe that’s why it feels so universally good for us. Because the sun isn’t just out there. It’s also in here.

Inside every one of your cells, your mitochondria are at work. As they move electrons along, they give off tiny flickers of infrared light. That light isn’t wasted. It shapes the water inside you into something extraordinary…a form that can actually hold energy, almost like a built-in battery system. And it’s not just around your cells. This structured water even lines your blood vessels. The first time I learned that, I couldn’t stop picturing a soft glow running through me. Protective. Supportive. And honestly? Magical.

This is your inner sunrise. A rhythm happening so many times per second that we could never count it, yet it’s what keeps you alive and humming along.

When I step outside barefoot, I notice how quickly my mood shifts. It’s before my to-do list even has a chance to grab hold. Morning light resets your internal clock, steadies your hormones, and matches the same wavelengths your mitochondria are already producing. The earth under your feet balances the charge moving through you. And everything around you…the breeze, the trees, the ocean spray if you’re lucky enough to be near it, even the humidity in the air…all of it interacts with the electricity you carry. Your biology isn’t separate from nature. It’s literally tuned by it.

And here’s where it gets practical. We’ve built lives that keep us indoors, under bright LEDs, juggling nonstop stress, with devices pressed against our faces and plugged into our ears. I fall into it too. One more email, one more scroll. It’s like taking your inner sun and shutting it in a basement. The signals are still there, but fuzzy and out of sync. No wonder a few minutes outside feels so good. Real light clears the static.

That’s what I find both comforting and empowering. You don’t need the latest gadget or supplement to light yourself back up. You already carry the framework inside you. The sunrise outside is just a reminder of the one you’ve had all along.

So the next time you feel that little lift when you step into the morning light, don’t brush it off as coincidence. That’s your biology catching the signal. No big deal or anything 😉. That’s your inner sun, and to me, there’s nothing more comforting.