Transition to Sleep: Ambient Rhythmic Entrainment for Deep Rest

(Sounds True, 2009)

Transition to Sleep

Our frantically paced Western culture is populated by vast numbers of people who suffer from insomnia and sleep disorders. While some of these conditions are related to outside factors, ranging from a partner who snores to lifestyle choices and poor nutrition, the fact remains that most of us simply don’t get enough shut-eye. In this hour-long music CD created by sound therapy researcher Jeff Strong, rhythms have been created based on scientific research that help listeners achieve a brain state conducive to deep, restorative sleep, and that specifically help the nervous system to reach a state of relaxation without pharmaceuticals. Tracks include Udu clay pot drumming and rhythmic ambient sounds that help the brain move toward the sleep state. Strong founded and directs the Rhythmic Entrainment Intervention Institute in New Mexico, and is the author of nine books, including AD/HD for Dummies (Wiley, 2004).

Debra Bokur