Daylight savings time ends Sunday at 2:00 a.m.

THE WOODLANDS, Texas -- Daylight savings time will end Sunday, November 2, officially at 2 a.m., allowing the community an extra hour of much-needed sleep, after a fun-filled week of pumpkin festivals, Halloween events, and costume parties.

That additional hour of sleep won’t help your body adjust to the time change, as biorhythms struggle to adjust to the change, which can result in sleep disorders, mood swings, disrupt concentration. According to sleep specialists, the oscillating levels of melatonin might be slightly deficient over the next few days until the body adjusts to the difference in routine and re-establishes its biorhythm. Melatonin is the hormone whose biological effects regulate the sleep-wake cycle in human beings.

An understanding of the body, and nature in general, can aid in the transition. After every nap, dogs and cats stretch their spines when they get up. This sends stimuli to all the senses simultaneously.

Yoga instructors, Brooke Duff and Rachel Ulbig, at Legends Sports Complex, recommend spinal flexing after every period of inactivity.

“You should flex your spine both ways, before you even attempt to get out of bed,” suggests Ulbig, “or even after sitting for long periods of time.”

A yoga movement referred to as the “Cat-Cow” pose, is a standard stretch activity in both instructors’ classes. The spine is stretched by arching the back, then slowly inverting it; typically done on all fours (hand and knees), but it can also be performed sitting or standing.

They also offered these additional suggestions to ease your body through the transition.

“The temperature will begin to drop earlier in the day as the darkness sets in sooner. Providing your body with hot liquids, like hot teas and soups, will warm it, and help it acclimate to the time and temperature change,” said Duff. They also recommended ‘paying it forward.’ Instead of waiting until the wee hours on Sunday morning to go through the time change, go to sleep an hour later on Friday and Saturday night, giving your body the whole weekend to adjust. For some, it seems like it takes longer to adjust, as long as 127 days...the length of time until Daylight Savings Time resumes...March 8, 2015.