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Woman asleep on her side hugging the MAREA kapok body pillow, the modern version of the hugging bolster
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A Short History of the Body Pillow: From the Bamboo Wife to Your Bed

The body pillow feels like a modern invention, something that arrived with king size beds and pregnancy pillows. It isn't. People have been sleeping with a long pillow held against the body for at ...

historySilky wild harvested kapok fiber spilling from the unzipped end of a MAREA pillow, the same fiber once stuffed into mattresses and life jackets

A Short History of Kapok: Sacred Tree, Life Jackets, and the Fill That Came Back

Explore kapok’s documented bedding history, its place in life jackets, and how MAREA pairs a traditional plant fiber with organic cotton and adjustable loft.