Sleep and Sound Therapy

The purpose of sleep is to replenish the brain's energy. The high frequency sounds (between 8,000 and 14,000 Hz) that can once again reach the inner ear as the middle ear muscles are toned by Sound Therapy stimulate the brain and improve the functioning of the whole nervous system. If the brain receives adequate stimulation from sound, then the need for sleep is reduced.

A Sound Therapy listener is less likely to accumulate tiredness during the day and will display energized tranquility that enables rest. The therapy may improve the quality of sleep, producing a profoundly restful slumber even for people who have been 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.

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 may 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.

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:

• Where insomnia is caused by stress or 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.
• Where insomnia is caused by excessive cortical excitation that cannot be stopped, Sound Therapy cuts mind chatter and allows the mind to move naturally into the slower rhythms that lead to sleep.

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.

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.