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Sleep and Sound Therapy
The purpose of sleep is to replenish the brain's
energy. High frequency sounds (over 8,000 Hz) also replenish the
brain's energy. If the brain receives adequate stimulation from
sound, then the need for sleep is reduced.
As the middle ear muscles are toned by Sound Therapy, the high
frequency sounds that can once again reach the inner ear stimulate
the brain and improve the functioning of the whole nervous system.
A Sound Therapy listener is less likely to accumulate
tiredness during the day and displays energized tranquility that
enables rest. The therapy can improve the quality of sleep,
producing a profoundly restful slumber even for people who are restless sleepers.
A survey of Sound Therapy listeners
indicates that between 70% and 80% of Sound Therapy Listeners notice
an improvement in their sleep, with most noticing an improvement in
their sleep even on the first night.
Learn more about how Sound Therapy stimulates the brain.
Deeper, better sleep
Deep sleep (medically termed "hypersomnia") is the most essential
type of sleep for our well being. Dreaming sleep or REM (Rapid Eye
Movement) is a lighter sleep, and with Sound Therapy it may be
reduced in length without ill effects. Sound Therapy
listeners usually find they need 1 - 3 hours less sleep per night.
Though Sound Therapy aims to recharge the brain for activity during
the day, it can also have a calming effect which enables one to slip
easily and quickly into sleep. While the brain and the nervous system
are stimulated by the sound, an active serenity may be experienced,
which also allows for deep rest.
Listener's Stories
A 29 year old lawyer
"I listened dutifully to the tapes for over 200 hours (averaging 6
to 7 hours a day) until a remarkable change occurred in my sleeping
patterns. I began to awake at 5:30 in the morning after 5 to 6 hours
sleep, and was fully refreshed and ready to leap into action.
Previously I needed 7.5 to 8 hours of sleep per night.
"I am now a morning member of a gym and have plenty of time to pursue
study interests, all before leaving for work. I am continuing to
listen and maintain my new sleeping patterns.
"I have also noticed that I rarely get a stiff neck working at my
desk. I often listen while engaged in work and find my concentration is excellent.
"I feel I am very lucky to have accidentally discovered Sound Therapy and would heartily recommend it to anyone, particularly those
wanting to get more out of life."
Linda Taylor Anderson - Florida, USA
"I have always required eight hours of heavy duty sleep. Now I often
wake up in the night, after only three to four hours sleep, snap my
eyes open, stretch and feel ready to tackle whatever may be coming
my way. I do not always rise to the occasion, preferring the
comfort and warmth of the bed. But there is none of the old tossing
and turning. I lie peacefully, pursuing my ranging thoughts, making
promises and programs for the hours and days to come, as I am now
able to concentrate my energy into a basic force that is not easily
sidetracked.
"I see others fade; I am fresh and eager for the next encounter. If
I feel the approach of tiredness, I simply lie down for a few
minutes with the music and drift into rest, rising calmed, refreshed and ready to carry on."
Courtney Milne - Saskatchewan, Canda
"I felt always harried, often exhausted and needed eight or nine
hours sleep a night; now five or six suffice, and I awake deeply
rested and with a supply of energy which remains
constant throughout my long days."
Insomnia
Many insomniacs have experienced an immediate and dramatic
improvement in their sleep by using Sound Therapy.
There are two main
ways in which Sound Therapy can help overcome insomnia:
- Insomnia caused by stress / anxiety: the opening of the ear to high frequency sounds re-creates the pre-birth experience and
can facilitate the resolution of early emotional anxieties. Stress
reduction produced via Sound Therapy enhances the body's ability
to replenish itself with sleep.
- Insomnia caused by excessive cortical excitation that
cannot be stopped: Sound Therapy cuts mind chatter and
calms hyperactive brain cells, allowing the mind to move naturally into the slower rhythms that lead to sleep.
Listener's Stories
Wanda Harrison - Michigan, USA
"For the first time in many years I am able to lie and go to sleep
without taking any pills! This alone makes me feel like a new
person, not to be tied to the bottle of tranquilizers at bed time
and particularly to wake up after 4-5 hours of sleep feeling totally refreshed and no morning 'blahs'. My memory is much clearer as are
my thought processes as well as my writing ability."
Dreams
While neurologists see dreaming as a random firing of nervous energy
based on past images, some psychotherapists believe that dreaming is
one of the most important indications of our emotional healing and
the state of our inner psyche. Whatever the case, the changes in
dreams experienced through listening to Sound Therapy indicate a
re-ordering of the brain and psyche in a positive way.
Some of the changes reported by Sound Therapy listeners include:
- nightmares subsiding;
- clear, positive dreams being recalled;
- dreaming in colour for the first time; and
- beginning to remember dreams after not having remembered them for
many years.
Listener's Stories
Dr Cliff Bacchus - Eleuthera, Bahamas
"After ten days of listening, there was a change in the character of
my dreams. I had had great difficulty in remembering my dreams, while knowing that they usually verged on the nightmarish. Listening to the
therapy music for a time before going to sleep, I began having vivid, happy dreams, with the clarity and purity of childhood dreams:
sailing away on a Caribbean cruise; flying through the high air from
Hawaii to Tahiti. I also remembered the dreams in detail.
"I now sleep better, think better, write better, and am eager to get
all my patients onto Sound Therapy - particularly the pregnant women,
and the children with learning problems."
How to listen to Sound Therapy
You need to develop a listening routine that suits you needs and is
appropriate to your individual response to the program. Some Sound
Therapy listeners find it suits them best to listen:
- as they go to sleep, either for the first 90 minutes or all night;
- during the day, with some using them for an energy boost if they
become drowsy in the evening; or
- to put them back to sleep if they wake in the night.
Learn more about how to use Sound Therapy.
