A British band has worked with sound therapists to create a tune described by scientists as the "most relaxing song ever".
Boffins say the eight minute track, called Weightless, is so effective at inducing sleep it should not be listened to while driving.
Carefully arranged harmonies, rhythms and bass lines help to slow the heart rate, reduce blood pressure and lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol.
Manchester trio Marconi Union worked with sound therapists to create the soothing tune, which also slows breathing and reduces brain activity".
All i can say is i've got it on right now...and at about 0:35 i was waiting for Mark Knopfler to come on and say....."I want my M T Veeeeeeeeeeee"...futhermore i think that ......zzzzzzzz.......zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz............zzzzzzzzzzzz...........zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Ima major insomniac, and have been having some serious bouts the last couple of nights. I'm going to download this now, and try it out tonight. If it works, then I will believe it! :)
I bought one of those sounds of nature CD's once to try to help me sleep. It was the sounds of the rain forest. It was really nice until the part with the mosquito.
Well, I put it to the test last night. I ripped it from youtube, loaded it on my Mp3 player, got into bed and listened to it as I tried to fall asleep. I listened to it two times through, and, while it didn't make me fall right to sleep, I definitely fell asleep faster than usual (half an hour instead of an hour), and I stayed asleep pretty much all night (which is really rare for me!). I'm not sure how much is placebo and how much is the "scientifically researched" part of this piece of music, but it seemed to have a real effect on me. I also recently watched a documentary called "the science of sound" on netflix, and there is A LOT of research going on about how music affects the brain. So I wouldn't be surprised if this music really did stimulate portions of the brain associated with going to sleep...
By the way, for fellow bad sleepers, check out http://sleepyti.me/. You can tell it the time you want to wake up (or the time you want to fall asleep), and it tells you the right time to go to bed (or wake up) so that you wake up at the right time in your sleep cycle. This is supposed to keep your circadian rhythms aligned, and also to help prevent sleep-grogginess. The main trick is to determine the amount of time you need between lying down and actually falling asleep. The default is 14 minutes, as that is the average time it takes a "normal" person to fall asleep, but you should figure it out for you, and add that amount of time to when sleepyti.me tells you to go to bed... ---------- == I S A A C ==
Portions of the music sound like imitations of heartbeat and inhalation. This is some relaxing stuff.
"By the way, for fellow bad sleepers, check out http://sleepyti.me/. You can tell it the time you want to wake up (or the time you want to fall asleep), and it tells you the right time to go to bed (or wake up) so that you wake up at the right time in your sleep cycle. This is supposed to keep your circadian rhythms aligned, and also to help prevent sleep-grogginess. The main trick is to determine the amount of time you need between lying down and actually falling asleep. The default is 14 minutes, as that is the average time it takes a "normal" person to fall asleep, but you should figure it out for you, and add that amount of time to when sleepyti.me tells you to go to bed..."
Given the differences in individual rhythms, between person-to-person and night-to-night, and other factors involved, I would be extremely skeptical.
